There’s Another No Kings Protest This Weekend

This Saturday will be the third “No Kings” rally in places around the country. It’s getting lots of hype in the media of course. USA Today is helping promoters sell this as, potentially, one of the largest protests ever.

With more than 3,100 events planned nationwide to protest President Donald Trump’s actions and policies, organizers expect the No Kings protests to draw millions of Americans into the streets March 28.

Two earlier No Kings protests brought out huge crowds, and organizers hope this event will be among the largest days of protest in U.S. history…

Indivisible cofounder Leah Greenberg said organizers expect people to protest for a variety of reasons − from immigration enforcement to calls for impeachment. The important thing is people come out and build connections, she said. Indivisible is one of the organizers…

The No Kings organizers have built a coalition spanning labor, progressive activists, civil rights groups and faith leaders. In addition to civic organizing groups like Indivisible and Public Citizen, hosting organizations include long-standing activism groups like MoveOn, the Human Rights Campaign, Women’s March and Working Families Power, along with multiple unions and grassroots groups like 50501 that have formed since Election Day 2024.

The AP frames the protests as the rise of the suburbs against the Trump administration:

A growing faction of concerned citizens living in suburban communities across the United States — places once known for political moderation or even conservatism — are increasingly positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance. More than a year into the Republican president’s second term, the soccer moms are becoming bona fide activists taking to their well-manicured streets to fight Trump and his allies…

“We’re going to be everywhere,” Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin said.

Organizers said sign-ups have been especially enthusiastic in suburban areas with high-profile congressional races like Scottsdale, Arizona; Langhorne, Pennsylvania; East Cobb, Georgia; and here in northern New Jersey’s 11th District, which holds a special election April 16.

Every one of these stories is like a brochure for left-wing groups. The LA Times lists the location of all 41 events scheduled in southern California. Feel the hype!

Droves of anti-Trump protestors are expected to attend local “No Kings” protests in Southern California and across the nation on Saturday. Organizers anticipate the third installment in this nationwide campaign could have the largest participation in protest history, beyond the previous two demonstrations last year.

“No Kings” protests have persisted because “Trump continues to act like a king,” said Sarah Parker, national coordinator for 50501, a movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach.

Of course this is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you “report” that the biggest protest in history is about to happen based on quotes from the promoters and you don’t offer a single word of criticism or challenge in any of the stories, you’re probably helping to boost turnout.

This WSJ opinion piece by a psychotherapist labels the protests a form of “bad group therapy.”

After a “No Kings” rally last October, I was walking through the area and paused to read the signs. A woman asked me, “Aren’t these great?”

“I don’t know,” I replied. “I kind of like some of Trump’s policies.”

“Well, f— you then.”…

At their core, the rallies resemble bad group therapy—gatherings that offer validation, solidarity and emotional release. They feel good in the moment. Participants vent, find reinforcement among like-minded people, and leave feeling heard and aligned. The experience can seem productive, even clarifying. But like bad group therapy, it stops at validation. The feelings are processed but not challenged, reinforced but not examined. There is relief but little resolution, and the underlying problems remain. It offers the feeling of progress without the substance of it.

We’ve seen this play out so many times already. There were huge anti-war marches during the Bush administration. And Occupy camps set up around the country during the Obama administration. Then we had the Women’s March, which started big and petered out. Then it was BLM marches nationwide. More recently we had the anti-Israel campus protests and No Kings. Democrats just like shouting at clouds. Then they run out of energy and then a couple years later they come up with a new slogan and start over.

I think they probably will get a big turnout this weekend. People were worked up about ICE for a while and now they’re worked up about Iran, so plenty to complain about. We’ll be hearing about how significant all of this is next week. All Democrats really want is to work up their base for the midterms. It probably won’t amount to anything more than lots of free media coverage and more chances to bash the Trump administration. These days the best you can hope for is that there won’t be any violence.

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