A Comment on “No Kings” Protests

By | March 31, 2026

[March 31, 2026]  Two days ago, people across the country joined “No Kings” protests. Organizers said the rallies were about stopping strong leaders and protecting democracy. In reality, it was a giant therapy session for geriatric, white, Leftist women (and a few mentally weak men).

They wanted to show that no one person should have too much power. But things did not go as planned. In several big cities, the protests turned violent. Once again, we saw what happens when large crowds of Leftists gather outdoors. Peaceful talk gives way to destruction.

The New York Post reported the worst trouble in Portland, Oregon. Protesters wearing gas masks attacked police officers who were trying to keep order. Videos on X showed the crowd getting out of hand.

In Los Angeles and Dallas, things got ugly, too. Some protesters waved Palestinian flags and threw cement blocks at federal agents. Near Mar-a-Lago in Florida, the rally took a strange turn. None of this matched the calm picture the organizers or the liberal press wanted painted.

Back in Minnesota, the flagship rally in St. Paul looked different—at least on television. Local news stations bragged about the size of the crowd. KSTP said “thousands” showed up. Fox 9 claimed over 100,000. WCCO went even higher, saying more than 200,000. Organizers brought in old celebrities like traitors Jane Fonda and Bruce Springsteen.

The media called it a huge success, stressing that the protests stayed peaceful. They made sure to point out that, unlike the George Floyd riots or the anti-ICE riots, Democrats managed to gather without breaking windows this time. For the first time in recent memory, they said, the crowd did not riot.  I guess we can call that a success.

But anyone who pays attention knows the pattern. Whenever Leftists hold a big outdoor event, trouble follows.

The blog post on Power Line put it well. It quoted the old economist Adam Smith, who said that people in the same line of work usually end up plotting against the public. The post joked that the same thing must be true for Democrats. Put enough of them together in one place, and the talk turns to rioting.

Local Minnesota reporters seemed eager to spin the story as a win. They hyped the numbers and ignored the violence happening just a few states away. Why the different coverage? Maybe they did not want to admit that the “No Kings” message was never really about freedom. It was about power, or maybe just stupidity run amok.  The protesters claimed they hated “kings,” but they acted like a mob that wanted to rule the streets.

This is not new. We have seen it before from Leftists.

After George Floyd, cities burned for weeks. When people protested immigration rules, cars were set on fire. Now the “No Kings” events follow the same script. Most of the country remained calm, but the hot spots revealed the movement’s true face. Gas masks and thrown blocks are not signs of democracy. They are signs of a crowd that cannot control itself.

The media’s job should be to report facts, not cheer for one side. Instead, they downplayed the riots and pumped up attendance numbers in friendly cities. That kind of bias erodes trust. Americans can see through it. They know a peaceful protest when they see one, and they know a riot when it breaks out.

In the end, the “No Kings” day proved one thing. Some people talk about liberty but practice disorder. They say they want no kings, yet they act like bullies when they do not get their way.

The lesson is simple. Big political rallies can be fun therapy for the people who agree with them. But when they turn into excuses for violence, they hurt everyone. Leftists and their sycophant media buddies may call it a protest. The rest of us call it what it is: a riot. And until the anti-American, Leftist party learns to keep its gatherings peaceful, the “No Kings” slogan will just be empty words.

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11 thoughts on “A Comment on “No Kings” Protests

  1. JT Patterson

    1. The “No Kings” protesters, chanting against an imaginary Trump monarchy while a duly elected president enforces immigration laws and confronts Iran, perfectly embody Lenin’s “useful idiots”—well-meaning dupes manipulated by radical organizers like Indivisible and MoveOn into undermining the very democratic system that allows their rallies.
    2. Many participants in the massive March 28, 2026, demonstrations appear clueless when asked basic policy questions, blindly following celebrity speakers and billionaire-funded networks that push anti-American narratives under the guise of resisting “tyranny.”
    3. These protests, claiming Trump wants to rule as a king, conveniently ignore that the real power grab comes from unelected bureaucrats, activist judges, and globalist funders who treat ordinary Americans as obstacles to their agenda.
    4. By rallying against border enforcement and military actions abroad while waving upside-down flags and burning effigies, the “No Kings” crowd functions as unwitting foot soldiers for open-borders radicals and anti-Western ideologues who despise American sovereignty.
    5. History shows that such performative outrage from affluent, highly educated liberals rarely achieves policy change but reliably boosts morale for the far-left machine, turning sincere citizens into props that distract from the administration’s successes in restoring law and order.

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  2. Wellington 🕷️

    These No Kings protests sure drew crowds, but calling Trump a king feels like a simpleton overkill. Nice try turning policy gripes into a “brave” rebellion. Marching against everything from gas prices to Iran sure covers a lot of ground. At least the signs were colorful and the chants catchy. Too bad all that energy couldn’t fix traffic instead. Witty slogans won’t rewrite the Constitution overnight. Keep the drama coming—democracy loves a good show. Protesting presidents is as American as apple pie, just with bigger signs. Hey, at least it beats binge-watching the Leftist news!
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    1. Desert Cactus

      Yeah, Wellington. A bit witty. These “useful idiots” of our new neo-Socialsim in America are surely braindead. They don’t even know what they are protesting. I’ve seen a number of videos where reporters ask them simple questions like “why are you out here protesting?” They mostly have no answer, or something vague like “saving democracy.” None of them are smart enough to actually talk about what they are actually doing, or the good that may come from their protests. These are the same people who insisted that we wear masks and social distance during the COVID pandemic or else be sent to jail or a concentration camp. A bit of brainpower is something they simply don’t have. But we can make fun of them, and laugh too. They are pathetic.

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  3. Winston

    OUCH, “In reality, it was a giant therapy session for geriatric, white, Leftist women (and a few mentally weak men).” – Gen. Doug Satterfield.

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  4. Sally from Seattle

    The “No Kings” protests show people standing up for what they believe.
 It is nice to see folks using their voices in our country.
 The article helps us think about leadership and peaceful ways to protest.
 Everyone should learn from these events to make better choices.
 Protests can teach us the value of respect and order.
I like how Gen. Satterfield shares his spot-on ideas about democracy.
 We all want a strong and fair America for everyone.
 His article, seeing some sanity, makes me feel hopeful about our future.

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  5. The Kid

    No Kings protests: where “resist tyranny” means elderly white ladies hurling cement blocks at cops while demanding their own crown. Talk about liberty, practice disorder—classic “no kings, except the mob.” Democracy in action, or just another riot with better hashtags? Thank you, Gen. Satterfield. I always wondered what our senior leaders think about these anti-Americans.

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      1. Commie Red

        Hypocrites who bash the No Kings protesters ignore that peaceful dissent built America.
 Attacking citizens for speaking out shows fear of real freedom, not strength.
 Critics of the protests just want silence from anyone who challenges power.

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  6. Wendy Holmes

    I like you seeing these “protests” as a giant old person therapy session. I like to think of them as a temper tantrum. Either way, they are dumb and immature, regardless of age. ✅

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