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Across America on October 18, millions took to the streets for the so-called “No Kings” protests, a coast-to-coast spectacle organizers billed as a stand against alleged authoritarianism in the Trump administration. What the corporate press calls a spontaneous outpouring was in reality the predictable union of fringe groups, professional organizers, and performative coastal elites who turned grievances into a national publicity stunt. The scale and coordination of these events — spread over thousands of locations — only proved how well-funded and scripted these demonstrations have become rather than genuine expressions of everyday Americans’ concerns.
If you watched Newsmax’s coverage, you saw Rob Finnerty cut through the noise and tell it like it is: most of these “haters” have no idea what they’re even mad about beyond the reflexive slogan, “we hate Trump,” and a handful of recycled media buzzwords. That observation landed because it’s true — the marchers’ signs and chants often recycled the same handful of talking points handed to them by influencers and think tanks, not a coherent policy agenda. Finnerty, who hosts a primetime show on Newsmax, made a point that too few in the mainstream media will acknowledge: this is less a groundswell of grassroots democracy and more a mirror of elite rage.
Look past the memes and you see the same playbook liberals have used for years: stage a photo op, get the sympathetic coverage, then demand action based on emotion rather than evidence. Reporters breathlessly recited protesters’ litany of grievances — from immigration to healthcare to vague “democracy” fears — without ever asking hard questions about who organized them, who funded them, or what specific policies they actually want changed. That’s why Finnerty’s critique resonates with so many working Americans who are tired of being lectured to by people whose real aim is to overturn policies they simply don’t like.
And predictably, the spectacle turned raw in the digital realm as well: President Trump responded with an AI-generated mockery video that lampooned the demonstrators, a move the left and some artists rightly condemned for tastelessness while others hailed as political theater. The clip was an ugly reminder that both sides are now weaponizing technology and culture in ways that escalate rather than inform political debate, and it proved Finnerty’s larger point that the protest narrative is more about performance than persuasion. Whether you find the video funny or offensive, it underscores how unserious this moment is when politicians and pundits trade in mockery instead of substantive argument.
Worse still were the uglier moments that the left’s PR machine tried to sweep under the rug, like a Chicago educator caught on video making a vile gesture mocking the assassination of a conservative activist — conduct no parent should tolerate from anyone entrusted with children. That behavior exposed the tolerant-sounding slogans for what they often are: permission for cruelty in the name of politics, directed at ordinary Americans who dare to disagree. Americans who work hard and play by the rules deserve better than a politics that normalizes threats and celebrates intimidation.
Republican leaders were right to call out the orchestrated nature of these rallies and to warn about ties to more radical elements, and local authorities had to prepare for trouble — with National Guard on standby in some cities and dozens of arrests reported in flashpoints across the country. Law and order matters; peaceful protest is an American right, but when cities become stages for professional agitators who flirt with violence and harassment, elected officials owe citizens protection and clarity, not cowering apologies. The mainstream media’s reluctance to interrogate the organizers while amplifying every hashtag shows where their sympathies lie — with spectacle over substance.
At the end of the day, Finnerty offered a message every patriot should hear: Americans are entitled to real debate about policies, not performative outrage manufactured by elites who profit from division. If conservatives want to win the argument we don’t need to descend into the same moral bankruptcy; we need to hold the line for common-sense policies that rebuild prosperity, secure the border, and restore respect for truth and decency. So while the coastal mobs scream their rehearsed lines, hardworking Americans will keep building the country they love and demand that our media and institutions start treating real citizens with the seriousness they deserve.
