In dramatic footage captured at a “No Kings” protest outside a Chicago-area ICE facility, a collection of leftist protesters and their children smashed a piñata depicting President Trump, with a child stabbing the effigy, which prompted the crowd to erupt in cheers while innocently chanting that “Hate has no home here.”
For context, many conservatives expressed worries that this incident would incite violence by teaching kids to “kiII” Trump supporters, claiming in response to the viral footage that the radical leftists involved “want us all dead.” Several Republican senators joined the calls for Democrats to condemn this clearly threatening action.
In any case, the clip went viral when a popular conservative commentator that goes by “Libs of TikTok” posted it to social media, namely X, where it went viral. “Democrats are having kids “stab” a figure of Trump. They want us all dead. They’re teaching their kids to kill us,” she claimed.
In the comments to this post, several prominent republicans expressed their dismay. Mike Lee (R-UT) reacted, “This isn’t funny. This is how assassination culture takes root. Democrats: please condemn this!” Echoing these comments, Sen Eric Schmiodt (R-MO) stated, “Insane. All while wearing a mask…”
Reacting to the sickening video, one commentator noted, “Not to do the meme, but if this was a conservative kid doing this to a piñata of Obama, the entire mainstream right-wing commentariat would be pearl-clutching and condemning it for the next 2 weeks.”
Similarly disturbed, another added, “The complete insanity of it all. Old white woman spending her last years on earth with a cult of social misfits beating up a piñata of Trump while pretending to be kind. You can’t make this up.” Reacting to these absurd protests, typically good-humored President Donald Trump, along with other prominent Republicans, dismissed the embarrassing demonstrations. “I don’t feel like a king. I have to go through hell to get things approved,” he joked.
Building on this point, he dismissed the idea that he rules the country, saying, “A king would never have the California mandate to be talking about. He wouldn’t have to call Mike Johnson and Thune and say fellas, pull this off and after years get it done.”
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Agreeing, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) stated, “It’ll be a collection of wild leftist policy priorities, and that’ll be on display for the whole country. After that’s over, I hope there’s a few Democrats over here who will come to their senses and return to governing the country.”
Fleshing out his previous comment, he noted, “Right now, I don’t think — it’s my assumption and all of ours that they would not make that concession before that rally’s over because they don’t want to face the angry mob. I mean it’s sad, but that’s where we are.”
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However, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) defended these embarrassing protests and tied them to the government shutdown, framing such threats as free speech. “But I support the right of every single American to participate in the rallies that are going to take place this week and showing up to express dissent against an out-of-control administration,” the Democrat whined.
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