Hollywood has spoken out in support of the No Kings protests.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets in all 50 states on Saturday to protest against President Donald Trump and his administration. Aggressive ICE raids remain a key issue in the protests, as they were during the No King protests in June. Deploying the National Guard to major metropolitan areas and sharply reducing federal programs are also top priorities for protesters.
Mark Ruffalo, one of Hollywood’s most vocal opponents of the Trump administration, called out NoKing protests in Gainesville, Florida, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and New York City in a thread.
“Amazing,” he wrote. “So many people love America and want NOKING.”
Jimmy Kimmel posted an infographic on Instagram that includes dozens of scathing nicknames protesters can call the president on signs. Examples include “Commander-in-Theif,” “Greedy McGolfy,” “Mar-a-Lardo,” “Orange Julius Caesar,” and “Uncle Scam.”
In the caption, the late night host wrote, “When you make your #NoKings poster, remember…Donald Trump loves a good nickname.”
On October 9, Robert De Niro appeared in a video on the TikTok account of the political activist group Indivisible, encouraging people to join the No Kings protests.
“The first No Kings protest took place 250 years ago,” De Niro said. “Americans decided they did not want to live under the rule of George III. They declared independence and fought a bloody war for democracy. Since then, we have spent two and a half centuries building a democracy, often challenging, sometimes messy, but always essential.”
“Now we have a king candidate who wants to take that away, and that’s Donald I. That’s bullshit. Now it’s time for us to stand up again and nonviolently and loudly declare, ‘No king.'”
John Cusack gave an interview to News 4 San Antonio during the No Kings protests in Chicago. He said, “The whole thing is infuriating. To see some kind of fascist authoritarian figure… to see a cosplay that the right has been playing around with for so long turn into something real, which is expected, but very sad.”
Paul Schrader posted a photo on Facebook from the No Kings protest in Times Square with the caption, “I was there too.”
Eight-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close posted a photo on Instagram holding a sign that read, “No Oligarchs, No Dictators, No Tyrannies, No Dictators, No Kings!!” In the caption, she quoted Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, writing, “‘…Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the face of this earth.'”
See other celebrities supporting the No Kings protests below.
