Imagine this: You’re trying to grab a coffee downtown, but the streets are clogged with 60-year-old hippies in tie-dye shirts, waving cardboard signs that say “No Kings” and yelling about fascism—while a masked 25-year-old in black is spray-painting “ACAB” on a police cruiser. That’s not a protest. That’s a costume party with a Molotov cocktail in the punch bowl.
Welcome to the modern left’s traveling circus — the “No Kings” movement — where peaceful protest is the marketing scheme, and political violence is the business model. This weekend, over 2,000 gatherings are planned nationwide, all claiming to oppose Donald Trump’s “authoritarianism.” Translation: they’re mad that Trump is doing exactly what he promised — enforcing immigration laws, cracking down on crime, and protecting kids from radical gender ideology. You know, governing.
Of course, the media will lap it up. CNN will find a woman in a crocheted uterus hat to cry about democracy. Jimmy Kimmel will make a joke that sounds like it was written by a freshman sociology major. And the New York Times will run a glowing piece about the brave souls standing up to tyranny — while conveniently ignoring the pipe bombs and broken windows.
But here’s the truth: the “No Kings” movement isn’t about policy or protest. It’s about power. And when they can’t win it at the ballot box, the left gets creative — with threats, mobs, and violence.
Case in point: Charlie Kirk. The conservative firebrand was assassinated, and suddenly, free speech on campus vanished. Now, universities are slapping conservatives with massive security fees or canceling events altogether. Not because the speakers are dangerous. But because the left has made it dangerous to listen to them. That’s not democracy. That’s extortion, with a syllabus.
And then there’s Jimmy Kimmel — who lied about Kirk’s death and almost got booted from TV. But after bomb threats and gunfire targeted an ABC affiliate, his show was magically restored. Sponsors folded, networks bent the knee, and terrorism got a ratings slot. Who needs advertisers when you’ve got arsonists?
Meanwhile, ICE agents are under siege. Leftists are physically attacking officers, blocking detentions, and even attempting bombings. One attack killed detainees. The left’s reaction? Crickets. Because when the violence comes from their side, it’s “activism.” When Trump sends in the National Guard to clean it up, it’s “fascism.”
And let’s not forget Virginia’s own Jay Jones, a Democrat attorney general hopeful who sent texts fantasizing about murdering conservative children. Still has party support. Still a rising star. But sure — tell me more about how Trump is the real threat to decency.
The “No Kings” protesters will march this weekend, strumming guitars and pretending it’s 1968 again. But don’t be fooled. The real action isn’t in the drum circles. It’s in the shadows — where the radicals are recruiting, organizing, and escalating. Because they’ve figured something out: violence works. It works better than voting, better than debating, better than governing.
And they’re not just fighting Trump. They’re fighting the very idea that you get a say. That elections matter. That laws apply.
So no, this isn’t a protest. It’s a pressure campaign with a body count. And the Democrats? They’re not condemning it. They’re counting on it.
The question isn’t whether the left will try to take power by force. The question is what happens when they stop pretending not to.