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Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day (www.theguardian.com)

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Outside of typical remarks from Donald Trump, JD Vance and Mike Johnson and a Fox News report, party stayed mum

Republican voices were mostly silent as No Kings rallies and marches against Trump administration policies unfurled on Saturday, many in the spirit of a street party that countered the “hate America” depiction advanced by senior members of the party.

Instead of provocation, there were marching bands, huge banners with “we the people” references to the US constitution, and protesters wearing inflatable costumes, particularly frogs, which have emerged as a sign of resistance.

It was the third mass mobilization since Trump’s return to the White House and came against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services but is testing the core balance of power, as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that protest organizers warn are a slide toward authoritarianism.

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[-] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 week ago

Can't believe how many people haven't even heard of it when it's one of the biggest protests in US history. Those left-leaning news channels sure doing their job by covering it for 5 minutes I guess. None of my friends nor 3 other people I talked to today even knew what the protest was or that it was happening until I told them about it.

[-] MrSmiley@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

Most people live their lives wholly unaware of reality. If their entertainment programming doesn’t consist of anything informational, they will never know about events except second hand from others, like your case. The silent majority doesn’t vote in elections, not because they don’t see the point, it’s because they likely had know idea there were elections.

I had to explain to my friends what “mid-terms” were. They vote in presidential elections..

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[-] klammeraffe@lemmy.cafe 24 points 1 week ago

Apparently 5m people. Which is great, but we need 12.5m to make change, so the country needs to get like 700% worse

[-] errer@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I’m gonna bet it goes up. It did the last several times I saw early estimates for these events.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

This IS an estimate you already read. Dude's likely using Gemeni or ChatGPT for this data. Don't trust it.

[-] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

7m is what the organizers said but that's probably including people who signed up and didn't show up

Source: googled "no kings" and clicked abc news or something

[-] iloveDigit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

But I showed up and didn't sign up so who's the real number?

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[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you’re not willing to show up armed, massively disrupt, or even create mild inconvenience it doesn’t matter how many people are in your cute little self-congratulatory parade.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Fuck you, fascist. Trump wants this right now. If you want it, then you're with him.

[-] klammeraffe@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 week ago

But but we have posters and inflatable frog suits!!!

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

When they report on the violence Trump is quelling, they can't use any of this. That's the point.

Pay attention instead of shoving your foot into your esophagus.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Bullshit 5m people. Who told you that, an LLM? 5m was the prediction last time, and it was waaaay, way, off.

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

They know they are guilty.

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This one, just like the last one, was an opportunity for cowardly liberals to assuage their guilt about not actually doing anything. The very definition of virtue signaling.

Congratulations, you’ve further emboldened fascists by confirming to them they have nothing to fear from you beyond a snarky poster and some noise on a Saturday every few months.

You’re too craven to throw a punch or break something? Fine. Do you know how easy it would be to move one of these “marches” onto a major highway? To block traffic at a major airport? But no… “that would just be SO disruptive,” and people might be MAD at you. Clowns.

[-] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You need to let go of the hate, it makes your life miserable. There is nothing for you at the bottom of this, just paranoia and destruction. Go meet some real people in reality, it helps.

[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

What do you think will change once this second protest is over?

[-] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago

People who joined the protest will feel empowered and less isolated. Some got to know likeminded locals and may start to connect or make plans. They look forward to the next protest.

[-] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

Based The enemy of fascism is people feeling empowered to enact change. These protests show all of America that their fellow Americans don't support this.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

11,000,000 protested yesterday, 77,000,000 voted for Shittler.

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[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Americans don’t know how to protest. Saturday one off protests do jack shit.

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[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

I'm with you. If this second, ahem, 'protest' was the week or so after the first one I'd actually be very impressed, and confident that things would change.

The fact that they are 3 or 4 months apart shows that the Gestapo and the orange Shitler have less than zero to worry about.

The next question is what month next year will the next 'protest' happen? I'm guessing it'll be in February at the earliest. Wow, the Gang Of Paedos must be shaking in their boots!!!

[-] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

You've lost the plot brother. Showing your fellow Americans that the people who hate this are not the minority makes people willing to fight. Your senators and your governors are seeing millions of people don't support this. The last protest was one of the biggest in US history. The previous protest may be part of the reason democratic senators are putting their foot down for the most recent spending bill. They know they have the backing of the American people to fight this. If things get worse, I know I have at least a couple million other people who are willing to fight with me.

[-] pixeltree 11 points 1 week ago

Had an asshole roll coal on us while they drove by

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

Still unbelievable to me that that's even a thing.

[-] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

N IL?

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[-] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

There were a couple republicans on harleys driving past repeatedly that I made fun of and called pussies.

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We had a guy with a big truck driving up and down blasting “Proud to be an American” from a large speaker in the bed of his truck. It was awesome when all the protesters cheered to hearing the song and applauded the guy.

Pretty sure that wasn’t the reaction he expected.

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