Hoang Viet
When House Speaker Mike Johnson called the No Kings protests a “hate America rally,” Representative Jamie Raskin replied with moral precision:
“That rally was on January 6, 2021, when Trump incited a mob to storm the Capitol, wounding 140 officers and sending 1,600 felons to prison. Seven million people joined No Kings—peacefully.”
That contrast tells the whole story of America’s political crossroads.
One movement tried to overturn the Constitution by force.
The other marched to defend it with banners and ballots.
While Trump’s followers erected gallows on the Capitol lawn, No Kings protesters lifted the Constitution in the air.
While his mob shattered windows, the people of No Kings demanded transparency.
And while he demanded personal loyalty, they pledged allegiance to the rule of law.
In a republic born from the words “We the People,” no man is king — not by crown, not by wealth, not by fear.
The power of this nation flows upward from citizens, not downward from a throne.
That is why No Kings is not a “hate America” movement.
It is, in fact, an act of radical love for the republic — love expressed through civic courage, not blind obedience.
Those millions who took to the streets were not rejecting their country; they were rescuing it.
The true threat to America does not come from citizens who march peacefully under the flag.
It comes from leaders who mistake that flag for their personal property — and who still dream of ruling as kings in a land founded to reject kingship.