"We will not be ruled by a king or monarch"

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Nicolle Wallace on the eve of the second round of No Kings protests across the country.

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0:00.0	The original No-Team's protest was 250 years ago.
0:07.3	Americans decided they didn't want to live under the rule of King George III.
0:11.4	They declared their independence and fought a bloody war for democracy.
0:15.5	We've had two and a half centuries of democracy since then, often challenging, sometimes messy, always essential.
0:22.3	And we fought in two world wars to preserve it. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it
0:27.9	away, King Donald I. That. We're rising up again this time, non-violently raising our voices
0:35.3	to declare no kings.
0:41.1	I love Robert De Niro.
0:42.0	Hi again, everybody.
0:43.5	It's 5 o'clock in New York.
0:47.8	It is quite literally the most American thing you could be for.
0:51.9	If you wanted to have something that represents our country across your chest,
0:55.4	you would wear a no king's shirt all day, every day. The entire idea behind the founding of our country across your chest, you would wear a no king's shirt all day, every day.
1:01.5	The entire idea behind the founding of our country is that we would not be ruled by a king or a monarch, that this country is for the people, by the people. That message actually has to be
1:07.4	reiterated today in the days and times of Donald Trump, because Donald
1:14.0	Trump, the current occupant of the White House and his sycophants either forgot it or want
1:18.8	you to forget it.
1:19.8	They now equate America and Donald Trump as one of the same.
1:23.3	He is the state.
1:24.2	The state is him.
1:26.3	Tomorrow will be the third No King's protest held since Donald Trump took office again in January.
1:31.6	The last one held on June 14th.
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