adminLiberal organizers pulled off a nationwide performance this month under the innocuous-sounding banner “No Kings,” flooding parks and streets from coast to coast in what they billed as a stand for democracy. Reporters counted massive turnouts in major cities and small towns alike, and the movement’s organizers boasted that this was another chapter in an escalating campaign against President Trump’s second term. The scale and coordination were striking — and that should set off alarms in every conservative heart that still believes in the rule of law and the proper limits of protest.
House Speaker Mike Johnson was right to call out the spectacle for what it was: partisan theater dressed up as patriotism, with fringe elements and violent rhetoric lurking in the margins. Johnson warned the country that some of the signs and slogans crossed the line from protest to incitement, and Republican leaders rightly refused to treat this as anything other than an organized political hit. We can defend the First Amendment and still call out orchestrated mobs that aim to intimidate elected leaders and influence policy through raw political pressure.
On Newsmax’s American Agenda, veteran reporters like Andy Ngo and former Senator Rick Santorum didn’t mince words — they explained how many of the groups behind the protests are steeped in radical activist networks and leftwing organizing. Ngo pointed out that what the mainstream press calls “spontaneous” is often the product of long-term coordination by organizations with explicit ideological agendas. Conservatives aren’t scared of disagreement; we’re fed up with staged uprisings that pretend to be grassroots while serving as the left’s political machinery.
Make no mistake: much of the pageantry was peaceful and even goofy — inflatable costumes and clever signs made for great photos — but that’s the point. The theatrical veneer masks a deeper strategy to normalize a radical narrative and to set the agenda for the next election cycle. While many Americans peacefully voiced concerns, the presence of antifa-style elements and calls for escalation in some corners cannot be ignored or excused by the press.
The coalition behind these rallies reads like a who’s who of hard-left organizations that have been training, funding, and mobilizing activists for years. Groups like Indivisible and allied unions and advocacy outfits have been coordinating these events as part of a broad campaign against conservative governance, and their playbook is now playing out across small towns and big cities alike. Conservatives must stop pretending these are isolated civic expressions and instead recognize a national strategy aimed at delegitimizing our elected leaders.
Meanwhile, Democratic leaders and much of the legacy media celebrated the demonstrations while shrugging off the darker signals, even as the country suffers from a paralyzed Congress and a still-open shutdown. Prominent Democrats have been all too willing to appear onstage, and some left-leaning outlets treat the rallies as proof that the electorate is morally superior to the rest of America. That hypocrisy — cheering disruption when it suits them and denouncing it when conservatives protest — is the real scandal.
Americans who love this country should demand better than performative outrage and staged politics. We can support the right to protest while holding organizers accountable, defending public safety, and insisting that our institutions not be baited into ceding power to noisy mobs. The choice is clear: stand for law, order, and the ballot box, or watch the future of this republic be reshaped by professional agitators who tell themselves they’re cute for wearing a frog suit.
