NO KINGS DAY 2.0: Joy Reid, Don Lemon & Jim Acosta Are Back!
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What are reporters seeing on the ground at the No Kings Day 2.0 rallies?
It is No Kings Day 2.0. Look who we have here. Hi, Joy Reid. Hi, Jim Acosta. How are you guys feeling?
Hey, Don Lemon. We're feeling good. We're feeling resist-y.
We're feeling really good. I'm on the street with the people. We're on F Street in downtown D.C. heading to the mall for big No Kings coverage all day long. Love it, love it. So, Jim, you're out there. Tell us what it's like out there.
Yeah.
And first of all, guys, Joey, Don, it's great to be back with you. I mean, I thought we absolutely crushed it the last No Kings Day. I'm sure you guys heard from so many people who were just thrilled with how this was all playing out and all the voices and people that we saw. But, I mean, this No Kings 2, I think, is shaping up to be, obviously, the sequel being better than the original. I'm on F Street in downtown D.C. Pardon my hand there. As I'm looking at the crowd, and we've got about a crowd of about 1,000 people behind me right now. This is just barking down the mall, where there are even more people down in the mall. And, you know, this is a lively bunch. We've just been hearing some of the chants, Donald Trump is on the Epstein files.
It's a lively bunch. you know, I heard just to start to start the language earlier. But I mean, this, this is, to me, this is a pressure valve being released. People are pissed off. They are frustrated. They are angry. And they want to, they want to voice that frustration and say, we don't have a can in this country. And that's the message we're hearing down here on the mall so far. Very peaceful. saying, hey, I can't control the crowd. But this is a very determined, resolved group of people here in Washington, D.C. right now. The National Guard has been on the streets here. ICE has been on the streets here. this is a community and i grew up in this area when i walk around downtown dc people are they're they're sick of this i mean they're sick of this and they want to get out here and and make that message plain and clear well i talked to ezra levin within the visible about too long ago and they want to make sure they channel that anger you know that frustration
into peaceful, nonviolent resistance and action. And I think that's what we're going to see today. The Speaker of the House called this a hate America rally. I have not seen anybody express any hatred so far. What I'm seeing is people who love this country. So folks got to remember, you know, I woke up this morning worried somebody's going to try to instigate something. They're itching for a spark. And so as long as this goes, goes peaceful, as long as people get that voice out, make their voices heard, to do it in the right way, I think it's going to be an even bigger success than last time around.
Amen. Amen. You know, and I have to say, I have to add, Don, that, you know, the right, the conservatives, the Republicans, they are incredibly triggered by this day. They were really clearly concerned about this. Donald Trump is worried about it. He was saying, well, no one's going to show up. He was trying to sort of channel maybe his own hopes that people wouldn't show up. But the reality is what you have is a Republican Party that have shown themselves to be monarchists.
The reason that the theme here is no kings is that the Republican Party, all the way up to John Roberts and his fellow conservatives on the Supreme Court, have done everything possible to undo what we're supposed to be celebrating next year, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
I think a lot of people forget what's in that declaration. The point is, is that the people who founded the country said that what they wanted was to get away from a monarchy in England that had the ability to search your home.
to quarter in your home without your permission, to physically take you and arrest you without due process, to essentially tax you without giving you representation.
What we have now are people who are taxpaying Americans, even veterans, who are being grabbed on the street, thrown to the ground, and detained by masked men who they can't even tell are feds based on literally the color of their skin or their accent.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are reporters seeing on the ground at the No Kings Day 2.0 rallies?
0:21–8:12
2
How are hosts framing ICE, mask‑clad federal operations, and constitutional rights?
8:12–16:01
3
Why do speakers say independent media and mass protests matter for defending democracy?
16:01–1:25:52
4
What do reporters on the ground say about crowd size and atmosphere in D.C.?
1:25:52–1:32:01
5
How are ICE raids and wrongful detentions described from Chicago eyewitness accounts?
1:32:01–1:41:38
6
What legal and political strategies are Republicans and Democrats debating for accountability and midterm action?
1:41:38–2:56:23
7
Why is Trump targeting critics and authors for prosecution?
2:56:23–3:00:35
8
What are protesters reporting from Chicago, L.A., and other cities?
3:00:35–4:16:19