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Miles Archer

(24,323 posts)
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 05:39 AM Oct 2025

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT): "Oct 18th - No Kings Day - is our chance to show we won't accept..."

You can also read what MAGAt Moses Mikey had to say about this at the link, but I'll be damned if I'll post it here. I live for the day when that skeevy little pipsqueak is displaced by Speaker Jeffries.

Nationwide Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ Protests Set for Saturday: What to Know

https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-anti-trump-no-kings-protests-saturday-what-to-know-10885816

Protests are planned across the U.S. on October 18. The timing depends on location, with all the events listed on the "No Kings" website. Large protests are expected in major cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, New Orleans and San Francisco. Some are scheduled to start in the late morning and others in the early afternoon.

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Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, in an X post Tuesday: “Hey this is not a moment to stay silent. Oct 18th - No Kings Day - is our chance to show we won't accept the militarization of our citizens, the brazen corruption of the Trump family, and the destruction of our health care.”

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Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, in an October 10 X post: “No, Speaker Johnson: The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a 'hate America' rally. Quite the contrary. It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country.”

Melanie D’Arrigo, a community organizer who previously ran to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District, in an X post on Wednesday: “’Bend the knee to fascism, or we will make you suffer,’ is exactly why the No Kings protests are so important.”
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