Democrats Emboldened After 'No Kings' Protests As Government Shutdown Drags On
Source: Huff Post
Oct 21, 2025, 01:32 PM EDT | Updated 6 minutes ago
WASHINGTON ― Congressional Republicans believed that Democrats would cave on government funding after the national “No Kings” protests took place over the weekend, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
If anything, Democratic lawmakers feel even more energized by the sight of millions of Americans rallying against the Trump administration and authoritarianism in hundreds of cities across the country.
“That was all a Republican myth from the very start,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Tuesday. “The ‘No Kings’ rallies were just reinforcement of the view that Donald Trump should not be given a blank check to continue his lawless activities, and that we need to address this huge spike in health care costs. So I think the Republicans put out a line that they wanted to believe, but it was never true.”
“It had nothing to do with where we are today,” added Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.). “The reason we’re here today is to ensure that 24 million Americans don’t see a large increase in their cost, and many of them will be forced to drop their health care coverage. That’s why we are where we are.”
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