Mehdi Hassan

And we Americans, we the people, will not allow our country to be taken over by demagogues and dictators.

We will not stand for it.

I immigrated here from the United Kingdom.

You want to talk about no kings?

The UK still has a king.

King Charles III.

But even he has less gold in his palace than Donald Trump has in the Oval Office right now.

Even King Charles has more respect for democratic norms and traditions than the whiny authoritarian man-child trying to send troops into as many blue cities as he can.

All week, I've heard Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican members of Congress say that this rally, the No Kings rally, is a hate rally.

A hate rally.

the people who can't get through a single day without hating on late night comedians and overweight soldiers and Muslim politicians and Mexican immigrants and Palestinian refugees and black women and transgender kids and peaceful protesters and Mr. Fricking Potato Head, they are lecturing us on hate?

Really?

I'm not here out of hate.

I'm here out of love.

I'm here because I love this country.

I love America.

I love the First Amendment.

I love our democracy.

I love our diversity.

Yes, our diversity.