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of Behind the Story. On October 18, 2025, nearly 8 million people gathered across the country for a day of

protests. Their cause? Not ending world hunger or finding world peace, but opposing a democratically

elected leader, they nevertheless claim was a tyrant. No one thought Donald Trump

would resign because of a protest. But in the weeks leading up to that October Saturday, the No Kings rally built a surprising amount of hype. Democratic lawmakers were

encouraging people to go, and some pledged to join. So did Pedro Pascal. On the left, there was

hope that No Kings could do what the women's march had failed to do and somehow turned the political

tide. On the right, the fact that the rally came just over a month after the assassination of Charlie

Kirk led to fears that the rallies would turn violent.

None of the 2,700 rally locations was as closely watched that day as our nation's capital.

200,000 protesters descended on Washington, D.C., where Bernie Sanders and Bill Nye spoke from the

National Ball.

The scene was set. And then, nothing happened. People marched, they waved signs.

Trump posted an AI video of himself in a crown on social media to mock them. And on Monday,

even Americans who softly supported the march started asking themselves, what was the point?

And really, how could a president who very famously lost an election and vacated office for four years be a king?

Daily Wire reporter Breka Stahl went to DC's No King's rally and actually asked marchers that question, and she's here with us today.

The headline was, we asked No King's protesters what made Trump a King. They couldn't say, let's go behind the story. Breka, thank you so much for joining me. Thank you, Tim. Happy to be here. So, you know, I tried to set the scene a little bit there, but why don't you just start by walking us through, you know, what went into that? What was the planning process?

And what was it like on the ground at the No Kings rally? Well, that one was the second No

Kings rally. Now we've had three. The first one was in June of 2025. The next one was in October.

And then we had our latest one in March of 26. And really the goal was, is we saw and we heard of how many people were going to come flood the streets.

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