On Saturday, Oct. 18, millions of Americans and a few thousand other confused protesters in other nations, took to the streets, supposedly to protest the policies of “authoritarian” U.S. President Donald Trump.
These well-funded rallies began several months ago—actually began years ago, after what was to them Trump’s surprising defeat of Hillary Clinton. They have nothing to say about the genocide in Gaza, nor the potential for peace in Southwest Asia, and they have explicitly called for continuing to arm Ukraine for war with Russia. (Remember “Hands off NATO” from a few months ago?)
Such genocidal warmongers as Hillary Clinton have endorsed the campaign, tweeting, “Join No Kings this Saturday at an event near you to push back against Trump’s power grabs, and make it clear—we don’t do monarchs here.”
Snake oil salesman Bernie Sanders, whose election was stolen by Clinton (as he must have known from her leaked emails), but who endorsed her anyway, sent out a fundraising letter the day after the rallies, which included the text of his speech to the more than 100,000 gathered in Washington, D.C. for the occasion.
Apparently, National Public Radio played his sophistical speech repeatedly throughout the day on Oct. 19 as well.
Excerpts are below:
“We’re here because we’re going to do everything we can to honor the sacrifices of millions of men and women who, over the last 250 years, fought and sometimes died to defend our democracy and our freedoms….
“And today, in 2025, in this dangerous moment in American history, our message is exactly the same. No, President Trump, we don’t want you or any other king to rule us. Thank you very much, but we will maintain our democratic form of society. We will not move toward authoritarianism. In America, We the People will rule….
“It is in danger when we have a president who claims that peaceful protest in Portland, OR or Chicago, IL is an ‘insurrection’ and calls in the U.S. military….
“It is in danger when we have masked agents working for ICE breaking down doors….
“It is in danger when we have a president who sues and intimidates the media….
“Our country is in danger when we have a president who threatens to arrest or imprison political opponents….
