Trump Instantly Terrified as No Kings Protests Erupt

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What are the No Kings protests and why are they spreading nationwide?

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Ben Meiselas 0:15
That was one of the peaceful protests that are breaking out across the nation. The one you just saw there was in Chicago. Now, the MAGA Republican governors, just like Donald Trump, are terrified of the peaceful protests, and they want to try to escalate matters by sending in the National Guard, by threatening harm to the protesters, is they're hoping to provoke incidents so that they can try to justify their fascist tactics across the country and in the various states. Like, look how terrified these MAGA Republicans are. You have Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina saying South Carolina's law enforcement will not tolerate lawless behavior associated with this weekend's nationwide planned protest, the No Kings protest.
Ben Meiselas 1:05
Have a nice weekend, exclamation point. Like, who talks like that? Who talks like that? you should encourage and want to inspire people to have their First Amendment rights. Peacefully, of course, as our editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski goes, lots of threats from the tough guys today. Or how about these signs on the fencing in front of Bunker Boys White House right now? These are the signs in front of the White House as they put up gates. so that protesters can't get close to the white house they don't want to interrupt donald trump's dictator parade it says fend the sign says fence jumpers will be prosecuted and apparently it's a recycled sign from lalapalooza so then of course florida's maga republican governor ron desantis who maga doesn't even like because he's not trumpy enough for maga but ron desantis
Ben Meiselas 1:59
goes on this show and he's in the past two days, he's basically encouraging people to drive their vehicles through protesters and kill them. And he's like in California, in Florida, we've got, you know, we protect people who drive their vehicles through protesters and run over people. This is how terrified they are of the peaceful protest. This is the type of scare tactics they use. Listen to what DeSantis has to say.
Ron DeSantis 2:24
And we also have a policy that if you're driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety. And so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that's their fault for impinging on you. You don't have to sit there and just be a sitting duck and let the mob grab you out of your car and drag you through the streets. You have a right to defend yourself in Florida.
Ben Meiselas 2:51
You know, because they're terrified of this. Like, look at what's going on in Los Angeles, California. Here are some of the protesters dancing at the LA protests. Here, play this clip.
Ben Meiselas 3:15
So you have Governor DeSantis of Florida. You saw at the beginning you have Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.

How are Republican governors reacting to the peaceful protests?

Ben Meiselas 3:23
Here you have Governor Greg Abbott deploying thousands of Texas National Guard troops across Texas in preparation for the No Kings protest. Play this clip.
Unknown 3:33
Governor Greg Abbott is doubling down on his promise to send out Texas National Guard troops ahead of the No Kings protests across the state. Fox 4's Paige Ellenberger live in Dallas, where there are multiple demonstrations planned for this weekend. Paige. Brandon Lauren, good morning. Thousands of Texas National Guard troops will be deployed this weekend. It's a similar move we've seen taken by President Donald Trump in California during anti-ice protests in the Los Angeles area. Governor Greg Abbott says he supports the president's decision to deploy troops and is doing so here in Texas as a precaution. With dozens of protests against the Trump administration's handling of immigration scheduled across the state this weekend, the governor went on Fox News to defend his reasoning for using state force.
Greg Abbott 4:18
There were protests without any property being damaged or anybody being hurt. And people are free to protest if they don't harm anything. However, because of the possibility, because the size of the crowds could grow large, because things could get out of control, we want to make sure that we have the assets in place where we're going to be able to quickly respond.

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