Inside the “No Kings” Protests — and What Comes Next

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Robert Weissman (Co-President, Public Citizen) joins Chris Cuomo following the No Kings protests of October 18, 2025 — a nationwide movement that drew an estimated five to seven million people across more than 2,700 U.S. cities in what organizers call the largest single-day protest in American history. As one of the event’s lead organizers, Weissman explains how Public Citizen, the progressive consumer-advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, helped mobilize Americans around the message that no president — not even Donald Trump — stands above the law. Cuomo and Weissman discuss what the protests reveal about public frustration with corruption, corporate influence, and creeping authoritarianism — and whether people power can still shape policy in a second Trump term. Weissman argues that mass protest is only the beginning of a longer fight for accountability. Plus, Chris looks at the Maine Senate race between Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Graham Platner — and how Kalshi’s betting markets reflect growing doubt about Platner’s future in the race and Collins’s fading prospects as Democrats hold an edge for Senate control. Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Join Chris Ad-Free On Substack: http://thechriscuomoproject.substack.com Support our sponsors: http://kalshi.com/?utm_source=chriscuomo Bring on the good vibes and treat yourself to Soul today! Right now, Soul is offering my audience 30% off your entire order! Go to http://getsoul.com and use the code CUOMO. Sign up for your $1 per month Shopfiy trial at http://shopify.com/chrisc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Every supermarket has a premium range, but there's only one number one from Waitrose,
0:05.0	with products like the number one Wagyu Topside seasoned roasting joint, naturally marbled and meltingly tender.
0:12.0	Or the number one sticky cinnamon bun pudding?
0:15.0	Buttery, rich and perfectly spiced.
0:17.0	And the number one smoked silver fox cheddar, 18-month matured, oaky and creamy. Food
0:23.8	worth getting the fancy plates out for. Waitrose, the home of food lovers. Selected stores subject
0:29.2	to availability. There is hope. There is something happening that is not being discussed.
0:34.9	There is more than resistance. There is a new insistence on the majority
0:40.6	in this country finally balancing out the money of the few against the interests of the many.
0:51.1	What is it? You know, but no one's talking about it. So let's get after it. Chris Cuomo here.
0:56.5	Welcome to the Chris Cuomo Project. The No King's protests were the most protests in the history
1:06.2	of the country. How do we know? Ten different metrics. And even getting into how we know is a distraction
1:14.0	from what we do know, which is what? This is the best hope of not being limited by the fringe
1:22.0	on the right and the fringe on the left. Did you know that the No King's participants
1:28.7	were overwhelmingly older,
1:32.3	meaning not young, like 35 to 55 or 60?
1:37.2	Okay, prime of life, white people.
1:41.6	Now why do I tell you that?
1:43.0	Because what it is, it's not not fringe radical lefties and all those
1:46.6	scary minorities. That's not what it was. It's mega reaction formation. Why? Because they don't
1:54.0	own what the majority of this country is. The majority has been held hostage by the few.
2:03.7	And that is a lot more than a protest. No Kings is not just anti-Trump. No Kings is certainly not, I hate America. It's not what it is.
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