Are you ready for yet another day of old people whining about no kings on Saturday?
GOP tries to brand anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests as ‘hate America’ rallies
Ahead of thousands of anti-authoritarian “No Kings” protests planned for Saturday across the United States, Republicans are trying to brand the demonstrations as “hate America” rallies, ramping up their rhetoric about the millions of people expected to peacefully protest President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies as they did in June.
For more than a week, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and other GOP leaders have cast the “No Kings” rallies as un-American, using increasingly hyperbolic language. Johnson and other members of House GOP leadership, including Majority Leader Steve Scalise (Louisiana), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (Minnesota), and Republican Conference Chair Lisa C. McClain (Michigan), have all described the protests as events for people who “hate America,” with Johnson and Emmer going as far as to suggest they are meant to appease a “terrorist wing” of the Democratic Party.
“We call it the ‘hate America’ rally that will happen Saturday. Let’s see who shows up for that,” Johnson said Wednesday at a news conference with other House GOP leaders. “I bet you you’ll see Hamas supporters, I bet you’ll see antifa types, I bet you’ll see the Marxists on full display, the people who don’t want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic.”
None of that is incorrect. You’ll see people being weird in support of LGBTQ, you’ll see people saying violent things towards ICE.
Democrats and organizers of the more than 2,600 events scheduled for Saturday have strongly rebuffed this characterization, defending the protests as peaceful and pointing out there were relatively few disruptions at the rallies in June, while also warning of the attempts to stifle First Amendment rights.
Rebuffed! That’ll show ’em!
“Speaker Johnson said this is a ‘hate America’ rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns about massive cuts to health care and the movement toward authoritarianism. It’s not a hate America rally, it’s a love America rally,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said Wednesday at a town hall on CNN with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York).
They can never actually say what rights Trump is trying to take away or why Trump actually allows these wacko demonstrations if he’s an authoritarian, why he doesn’t arrest those demonstrating.
In a video posted Wednesday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) accused Republicans of amping up their rhetoric and trying to brand protesters as “terrorists” to suppress rally turnout. Murphy, who is scheduled to speak at the D.C. “No Kings” rally on Saturday, urged people to show up in big numbers anyway to demonstrate “peacefully but forcefully.”
So, it’s OK for Democrats to amp up their rhetoric but not Republicans? Strange. I wonder how many Palestinian and Hamas flags and such at the demonstration? Will Antifa, which the media has said doesn’t exist, fly their flags? Will we see more beheaded Trump exhibits? The media tries to hide this stuff, but, they forget that there is this thing called social media.
Super Bummer
Trump flip flops on Ukraine will now srm them with Tomahawk missiles
Will teach be able to accept this ? Will he pretend he doesn’t see it ? War that Teach predicted would be over in 6 months still going on Russia is being bled dry. Russians oli production is at risk.modt gliws East through Iberia. If pipeless are damaged and oil stops moving. Very difficult to restart. Even worse when frozen in winter
Try to keep up. Latest Trump flip flop is Zalenskyy went home empty handed. He didn’t even get an official welcome at the airport. So the real question is: will Smith support Trump’s action now or just find something else to complain about?
Speaking of “hating America” – Big Donnie admitted he has sent American agents on lethal missions into Venezuela. This atop of his illegal killings of people in boats in the Caribbean.
We no longer need to obey laws in America!!
“America First!!”
Surely you are aware of the numbers of people (inc. an American citizen) that KING OBAMA slaughtered by drone; over his eight years on the throne. I don’t think Trump can possibly come anywhere near the number of deaths; that King OBAMA ordered. At least not during the 39 months he has left in office.
But, but, whatabout Obama?????
President Obama DiD send at least four Americans to an early reward, actions we found outrageous and illegal!
Anwar al-Awlaki: A U.S.-born Islamic cleric and al-Qaeda leader in the Arabian Peninsula, he was killed in a targeted drone strike in Yemen on September 30, 2011.
Samir Khan: The U.S.-born editor of an al-Qaeda magazine, he was killed in the same 2011 strike as al-Awlaki.
Abdulrahman al-Awlaki: The 16-year-old son of Anwar al-Awlaki, he was killed in a separate drone strike in Yemen on October 14, 2011. U.S. officials later admitted that he was not the intended target.
Warren Weinstein: An American who was being held hostage by al-Qaeda was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan in January 2015.
Overall, the 542 drone strikes that Obama authorized killed an estimated 3,797 people, including 324 civilians. Most of the targeted were Al qaeda and Taliban in Pakistan. We were stll at war in Afghanistan.
Way over liberal’s heads, but of course if there was an actual “King” running the country, no protests would be allowed. So they negate their premise by just showing up…