The anti-No Kings push has started.
My counter to that is that it doesn’t take a lot of resources to organize a protest march.
But, of course, this is part of a broader attempt to discredit and delegitimize peaceful protests, which are protected by the First Amendment, in case anyone was wondering. This is trying to get the FNC viewers to dismiss what is likely to be a pretty good turnout this weekend.
There is a broader and more sinister thing going on here, however. The administration is continually linking Democrats in general with “domestic extremism” and thereby with Antifa and terrorism. It is a dangerous attempt to make legitimate protest and dissent appear outside the bounds of acceptable politics. The constant bleating about funding is yet again an attempt to make the normal appear sinister.
Recognizing that there has been an ongoing attempt to turn Antifa into some kind of bogeyman, it is almost amusing that a group of people who don’t want to be called fascists are saying that a movement whose name derives from a contraction of “anti-fascist” is their arch nemesis.
Along these same lines, I noted this from Politico in today’s tab post, but will share again here via Politico, Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering.
Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday slammed the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place at the National Mall next week, describing the planned protest as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.” His characterizations, however, drew condemnation from some Democrats who defended the protest movement, whose first big demonstration was overwhelmingly peaceful.
“They’re all coming out,” Johnson said Friday in an interview on Fox News. “Some of the House Democrats are selling t-shirts for the event. And it’s being told to us that they won’t be able to reopen the government until after that rally because they can’t face their rabid base.”
Then there’s this non sequitur.
I realize the goal is to tie the shutdown to the No Kings rallies, and that might work for low information voters (likely of the type that are already on their side), but that doesn’t explain the ones back in June, now does it?
Also, as a locution, “No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government” makes it sound like King=government, which isn’t really the message they want to send, is it? (Or is it?)
