No Kings, Just Queens

The nation was flooded with protesters over the weekend bearing shirts and signs that read “No Kings” and “Resist This Fascist Regime,” just to name a few. The Left has become the Party of Protest — an undeniable political showing of costumes, chants, and clever placards insisting that America rejects monarchs.

The funny thing is this: I agree — we, as a nation, always have rejected monarchs.

But there’s an irony the size of the moon in these protests. The same party hoisting “No Kings” signs is the one that effectively crowned their queen at the 2024 Democratic National Convention — without a single vote cast. After President Biden stepped aside in July 2024, Democratic delegates conducted an online roll call and elevated Kamala Harris — overwhelmingly, yes, but through a party-managed virtual process, not state-by-state elections.

That’s not illegal; it’s just revealing. The party of perpetual protest chose a coronation over competition.

Don’t get me wrong — protests have their place in a free Republic, but let’s not beat around the bush about what we witnessed. The “No Kings” demonstrations were pitched as a constitutional emergency over President Donald J. Trump’s supposed authoritarianism. Coverage from Albuquerque, NM to Ann Arbor, MI described large, theatrical gatherings — mostly peaceful, highly scripted, and unmistakably political.

This wasn’t about persuasion, it was about performance: mass street theater designed to delegitimize a president the Left refuses to accept. Their rage is an apparent brand that qualifies them as a nuisance, not a nuance.

Step back and look at outcomes. In his second term, President Trump has focused on lowering the temperature abroad. Early this month, his team helped pull a fragile Gaza ceasefire back from the brink — dispatching special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Israel to reinforce the truce and keep aid moving after a violent flare-up. This is quiet, unglamorous statesmanship: around-the-clock painstaking follow-through. No hashtags, just handshakes. And it signals something larger — an effort to widen the regional normalization track that began years ago, with Saudi-Israel talks again part of the conversation.

Isn’t this what the Left has been screaming about, before their “No Kings” obsession? Are we that quick to forget their “Free Palestine” protests and bullhorn marches shouting, “Aid to Gaza NOW?” If the Left’s ideological tendencies are abandoned by their mere lack of ability to celebrate a victory — a win-win situation — only because it was brokered by someone they claim to be a “King,” then Americans should overwhelmingly question their effectiveness and their genuineness.

The “No Kings” slogan also boomerangs when we examine power within the previous Biden Administration. Consider the autopen — a mechanical device used to apply a president’s signature. It has become a symbol of governance by apparatus rather than leadership by accountability. When Republicans questioned whether certain Biden-era signatures and pardons were valid if applied by autopen, legal analysts noted the long history and permissibility of the practice — while lawmakers introduced bills to curb it outright. That’s precisely the point: if the pen that signs is a proxy, who’s truly in charge — the person or the process? In a constitutional republic, legitimacy is earned at the ballot box and guided by leaders who take responsibility, not outsourced to procedures that make the public wonder where the buck stops.

Democrats will argue that protesting is patriotic, and they’re right. But a movement that operates on permanent protest can forget about everyday Americans who want effective leadership — they want a party that can govern. Protests are the cymbal crash; governing is the metronome. One makes noise, the other keeps a tempo. When the Left treats the public square as a Hollywood studio and every policy disagreement as an existential battle for “democracy,” the nation’s pulse races while progress stalls. Meanwhile, Republicans who are serious about peace — peace at home, peace abroad — are focused on results: safer streets, secure borders, energy abundance, and a world where our allies trust us and our adversaries respect us.

The test for any party isn’t how many posters it prints; it’s how many problems it solves. The scoreboard shows the GOP is willing to execute where others only rely on trick plays. Re-anchoring the Gaza ceasefire after flare-ups is not glamorous, but it saves lives. Pushing for a pause on Europe’s bloodiest contest is contentious, but serious diplomacy usually is. These are uncomfortable facts for the “No Kings” crowd because they contrast with the Left’s preference for sensationalism over realism.

If Democrats want to retire royal metaphors, they might start with their own nomination pageant in 2024. Kamala Harris didn’t win a single 2024 state primary; delegates — voting virtually — honored the planned succession. When the party that chooses its nominee by remote control chants “No Kings,” it lands like a crown from a prop closet — glittering under stage lights, but fake upon assessment.

America has no kings. It never has and it never will.

It does have adults who prefer treaties to tantrums, handshakes to hashtags, and ballots to bullhorns. Republicans should proudly make that contrast. While the Left organizes marches, we’ll organize peace. While they focus-group their next dissenting slogan, we’ll focus on lowering prices for those who chose us to govern. Let them chase viral moments; we’ll chase lasting results.

In a free country, everyone can agitate. But not everyone can deliver. The choice before us is simple: a party of protest, or a party of peace. We’ve tried rule by rally. It’s time to govern again.