{"id":72947,"date":"2026-05-02T06:58:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/democrats-who-rallied-at-no-kings-protests-applaud-king-charles-in-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T06:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:58:37","slug":"democrats-who-rallied-at-no-kings-protests-applaud-king-charles-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/democrats-who-rallied-at-no-kings-protests-applaud-king-charles-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats who rallied at \u2018No Kings\u2019 protests applaud King Charles in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrats who rallied with liberal activists at nationwide “No Kings” protests just weeks ago were widely mocked for pivoting to offer the United Kingdom\u2019s King Charles III<\/a> a royal welcome in Congress and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Charles\u2019 speech highlighted a contradiction between anti-monarchy rhetoric and public protests<\/a> involving Democrats and the raucous welcome extended to the British monarch during his address to Congress.<\/p>\n

Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga.<\/a>, criticized Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., whom he said hypocritically cheered Charles several months after speaking at a “No Kings” protest in Savannah.<\/p>\n

“Hold on a minute, wasn’t this the same Jon Ossoff who was just out there a few weeks ago hooting and hollering about \u2018No Kings\u2019 at his rally\u2026 He’ll shout \u2018No Kings\u2019 all day, but once the king comes around, man, he\u2019s got him a front-row seat,” the Jackson lawmaker said.<\/p>\n

TIM ALLEN TROLLS \u2018NO KINGS\u2019 LAWMAKERS FOR FAWNING OVER ACTUAL KING CHARLES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I was on my way to hear an actual King speak,” Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., said in a statement after Charles\u2019 address. “Funny how the \u2018No Kings\u2019 crowd is nowhere to be found. Guess the outrage depends on who\u2019s talking?”<\/p>\n

At a March 29 “No Kings” protest in Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar<\/a> of Minneapolis spoke at an event headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, telling the crowd that the U.S. pledges allegiance to the “Constitution, not a King.”<\/p>\n

The day prior, Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., spoke to the press at a “No Kings” protest in his area, saying that the crowd was exercising its freedom of speech<\/a> against Trump while titling the clip on his social media page “No Kings, not now, not ever.”<\/p>\n

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer<\/a>, D-N.Y., authored the “No Kings Act” in 2024 in rebuke of the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution stemming from actions taken under their constitutional authority while in office.<\/p>\n

“\u2018No Kings\u2019 protest leaders welcome KING CHARLES with a standing ovation; you can\u2019t make this up,” quipped former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, as press cutaway shots of Charles\u2019 address to Congress showed multiple \u2018No Kings\u2019 Democrats like Beyer<\/a> smiling or clapping.<\/p>\n

‘NO KINGS’ CALLS ITSELF LEADERLESS BUT ITS OWN INTERNAL DOCUMENTS TELL A VERY DIFFERENT STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Look who was elated to see the king \u2013 Ms. No Kings,” quipped liberal pro-Israel actor Michael Rapaport<\/a>, who included photos of a grinning Omar taking photographs of Charles on her phone.<\/p>\n

Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla<\/a>., also called out alleged hypocrisy from the royals\u2019 trip:<\/p>\n

“Why did I just watch every Democrat in Congress stand and clap for an actual King?” she said, featuring screenshots from Fox News Channel\u2019s House chamber feed.<\/p>\n

“\u2018No Kings\u2019 crowd greets King Charles with a standing ovation,” added right-wing X commentator “EndWokeness.”<\/p>\n

“Biggest bull**** artists of the century,” added commentator Robby Starbuck.<\/p>\n

Former Virginia<\/a> Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli shared another clip from b-roll of Charles\u2019 speech, characterizing Democrats\u2019 position as “No Kings +\/- 1.”<\/p>\n

Trump himself weighed in on the “No Kings” aspect during an interview with CBS\u2019 Norah O\u2019Donnell after she asked him about Hilton assassination suspect Cole Allen attending such a protest in California<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TRUMP REACTS TO ‘NO KINGS’ PROTESTS BY SAYING ‘I’M NOT A KING, I WORK MY ASS OFF’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“No Kings, yeah… If I was a king, I wouldn’t be dealing with you,” Trump retorted.<\/p>\n

After Charles departed for London<\/a>, the Democrat representing former President George Washington\u2019s longtime home lambasted Trump for what he characterized as a concession to the king.<\/p>\n

Trump announced Friday he agreed to an apparent request from Charles to remove trade restrictions on whiskey<\/a> to help Scotland work with Kentucky\u2019s liquor businesses, as the former utilizes the latter\u2019s used barrels.<\/p>\n

“Now we’re taking orders from the King of England<\/a>,” said Virginia Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell<\/a>, D-Mount Vernon.<\/p>\n

“George Washington just rolled over.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Beyer, Ossoff and Omar for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democrats who rallied with liberal activists at nationwide “No Kings” protests just weeks ago were widely mocked for pivoting to offer the United Kingdom\u2019s King Charles III a royal welcome in Congress and elsewhere. Charles\u2019 speech highlighted a contradiction between anti-monarchy rhetoric and public protests involving Democrats and the raucous welcome extended to the British … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}