REPUBLICANS CLAIM PROTESTS ARE ANTI-AMERICAN
US Home of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, on Friday echoed a typical chorus among the many GOP on the No Kings protests.
“Tomorrow the Democrat leaders are going to hitch for a giant occasion out on the Nationwide Mall,” Johnson mentioned at a press convention on Friday.
“They’re going to descend on our Capitol for his or her a lot anticipated, so-called No Kings rally. We confer with it by its extra correct description: The hate America rally.”
Different Republicans have blasted Democrats and marches like No Kings as motivating individuals to hold out political violence, particularly within the wake of the September assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk, an in depth confidant of Trump and key members of his administration.
Dana Fisher, a professor at American College in Washington, DC, and the creator of a number of books on American activism, forecast that Saturday might see the most important protest turnout in trendy US historical past – she anticipated that over 3 million individuals would take part, based mostly on registrations and participation within the June occasions.
“The principle level of today of motion is to create a way of collective identification amongst all of the people who find themselves feeling like they’re being persecuted or are anxious as a result of Trump administration and its insurance policies,” Fisher mentioned.
“It’s not going to vary Trump’s insurance policies. However it would possibly embolden elected officers in any respect ranges who’re in opposition to Trump.”
