No Kings’ protesters know what MAGAs don’t

Dear Editor,

Organizers & Yahoo News say it was the greatest number of U.S. protests & protesters in a single day! More than 8 million peacefully protested. That’s a million more than last October’s event. Tens of thousands marched peacefully across New York City’s five boroughs, with zero protest-related arrests. Protesters at 3,300 rallies covering every state (plus foreign countries) do not hate America as cable “entertainment” tells viewers.

Actually we’re supporting America’s Declaration of Independence, which rejected the rule of King George III. We have opposed kings’ tyranny since 1776. We’re for our Constitution’s rule by the people for the people.

How did Trumpers not know this? How do they not see Trump’s self-serving decisions and decrees that have hurt us and only enriched him, billionaires and the dictators he admires?

Trump’s approval rating is at his lowest since reelection. The new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows our national protesting efforts are working. Former Trump voters are finally learning and admitting Trump is failing. This poll showed Trump’s rating at only 36%, down from 47% early in office, and 40% last summer.

Short list of illegal and/or unconstitutional acts that weaken Democracy, hurt us & our economy: Cut consumer protections for health, wealth, the environment and risk health and Social Security benefits for millions; imposed tariffs; undermined regulation of artificial intelligence; killed his Caribbean boat bombing survivors; created a foreigners’ $1 million “Gold Card visa”; declared a “crime emergency” in D.C.; created “Schedule G” politicizing and gutting the civil service; whitewashed U.S. history (“Truth and Sanity”); started risky “Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile”; stripped the Federal Election Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission, and Federal Trade Commission by undermining their mandatory independence; gave Musk’s “DOGE” access to restricted Treasury, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security data; froze federal grants and infrastructure investments hurting economy’s every sector; violated the 14th Amendment, bombing and killing in Iran without Congressional war approval … the list goes on and on.

See: Tennessee’s Congressional Rep’s https://cohen.house.gov/TrumpAdminTracker

YES, these mass protests DO work: People boycotting Disney got Jimmy Kimmel reinstated! After the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade, women now vote in every state. The #MeToo movement prompted criminal convictions and more women to participate in the 2018 elections.

Soon our protests and overwhelming smart voting in 2026’s elections will finally bring guilty Epstein-class pedophiles to justice.! We hope everyone votes smart this year. Vote for Democrats.

Natalie Lashmet

Menominee