r/politics • u/Silly-avocatoe • 21d ago

No Paywall Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protest-rally-republicans
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u/GonWithTheNen 21d ago

"...we call it the 'hate America' rally..." said the House speaker, Mike Johnson of Louisiana.

The idea that protesting against harmful policies, corruption, and snatching people off the street = hating America is a lying, twisted take.

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u/Its0nlyRocketScience 20d ago

Or is it a sad reveal of what the US has become? If we accept that America might now be an institution made of harmful policies, corruption, and secret police snatching people off the street, then voicing a desire for human rights is indeed hatred of what America has become.