“It's all upsetting. Seeing sort of a fascist authoritarian, seeing that sort of cosplay that the right wing has been fooling around with for so long, seeing it kind of devolve into the real thing is predictable, but deeply saddening,” he said, before adding to Trump: “Go to hell.”

President Donald Trump denied being a 'king' after weekend protests, calling demonstrators "whacked out" while Democrats like Chuck Schumer defended the rallies.

An MSNBC spokesperson said the footage in question was recorded Oct. 18, 2025, the day of the protest in Boston.

Jeffrey Smith had just left the protest at the Airport Rotary when a driver stopped and attacked him, he said.

The footage MSNBC aired is real and depicted Boston’s Oct. 18 “No Kings” rally. The views of the protest that MSNBC aired were similar to others that aired Oct. 18 by four Boston-area television stations. Cruz’s office did not respond by publication time to an inquiry.

The No Kings protest in Valparaiso was part of roughly 2,500 similar demonstrations against the Trump administration planned across the country and globe.

While a human banner during the "No Kings" protests made an appearance Oct. 18 on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, it was during the day and included text saying, "No Kings YES on 50," a reference to the Proposition 50 question about California’s congressional redistricting.

As many as 220,000 protestors took to the streets across Bay Area cities Saturday as part of a nationwide “No Kings” protest that aimed at pushing back against what protestors viewed as President Donald Trump’s authoritarian tendencies, according to a survey of organizers conducted by Bay Area News Group.

An Arlington man is facing an assault charge after he allegedly attacked an older man participated in a 'No Kings' protest on Cape Cod.

President Trump has a long history of posting AI-generated memes and misinformation on social media, dating back to the campaign trail.