By Michael Woyton
While the mayor of MaraTaco is basking in contrived glory during his $43 million taxpayer funded love me fest military parade Saturday in the nation’s capital, there will be 2,000 or more protests taking place around the United States.
The mass peaceful protests, under the heading of “No Kings,” are set to counter what organizers said were the president’s “plans to feed his ego on his 79th birthday and Flag Day,” PBS News said.
It is now entirely possible that more people will be joining the protests because of recent events, such as the ongoing demonstrations against immigration raids around the country and the effort by the administration to silence California Sen. Alex Padilla by forcibly removing him from a public press conference, throwing him to the floor and handcuffing him.
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According to its website, “No Kings” is “a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration.”
Because protests purposefully will not be held in Washington, D.C., organizers hope to displace the military parade as the center of attention with “people coming together in communities across the country to reject strongman politics and corruption.”
In a pre-mobilization call Thursday evening, one of the organizers — Ezra Levin of Indivisible — said that there will be millions of people turning out around the country.
“Most importantly, we are showing up in force,” he said, “in defense of our country.
“There is nothing more impactful than showing up peacefully in your community,” Levin said. “We are pushing back. We don’t do kings in America.”
Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost said during the pre-mobilization call that, when he found out what had happened to Padilla, he had actually been told by Republican members of Congress that he was overreacting when he asked them what they would do if federal agents tried to arrest them.
“If this can happen to a U.S. senator, this can happen to anyone,” he said.
“That is why this weekend is so important,” Frost said. “It’s about protesting what is happening. This is about saying ‘hell no’ to all of it.”
Information about the “No Kings” protests, including where to find the one nearest to you, can be found through this link.
On the website, there are also training videos, artwork for rally signs, as well as information on your rights and how to safely protest.
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Kristi “ICE Barbie” would know about “political theater,” now wouldn’t she.
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We need to pay attention to New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver as well.
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I hear that the potential for lightning could have an effect on the felon’s birthday parade.
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Lead art from NoKings.org.
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