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This Saturday, all those who oppose dictatorship will have a chance to engage peacefully in the second No Kings Day, which may wind up as the largest mass demonstration yet against an unhinged, lawless authoritarian regime that is tightening the noose on our democracy. Donald Trump has upped the ante in deploying the military against Americans, indicting political enemies, and effectively disbanding the House (Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to keep members out of town is certainly not his own). Despite all the MAGA mouthpieces’ bravado, notable cracks in the GOP façade have appeared. MAGA politicians’ increasingly hysterical outbursts suggest a mass peaceful demonstration attended by a wide cross-section of Americans is the last thing they want.
Johnson’s obnoxious McCarthy-like attack on peaceful demonstrators was not isolated. “They have a ‘Hate America’ rally that’s scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall,” he said. “It’s all the pro-Hamas wing and the, you know, the Antifa people, they’re all coming out.” Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) also got in on the nonsense, declaring, “This is about one thing and one thing alone—to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week.”
Jennifer Rubin- Substack
