Watching Will Cain dismantle the “No Kings” narrative felt like witnessing a long-overdue reality check. For months the mainstream media and radical organizers have insistently painted these demonstrations as pure, peaceful expressions of civic virtue, but the footage and the rhetoric tell a different story — one of moral arrogance and, at times, open celebration of violence. Hardworking Americans deserve truth, not the selective outrage that protects some and punishes others.
Organizers boasted of massive turnouts and the left-leaning press celebrated millions in the streets as a spontaneous outpouring of democratic concern, but size does not absolve ugliness. Even outlets reporting on the protests acknowledged the enormous scale of the demonstrations and the political theater surrounding them.
Meanwhile, the response from the other side of the aisle only proved Will Cain’s point about hypocrisy: when conservatives push back, the left screams about democracy, but when their own get vicious, it’s dismissed as passion. President Trump’s mocking AI video and the ensuing media drama exposed how both sides weaponize culture and technology to inflame, not to heal.
The ugliness turned personal in Chicago, where a video captured a schoolteacher making a crude gun gesture mocking the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — an act that should outrage every American who believes in decency. That kind of celebration of a political opponent’s death is not protest; it’s depravity, and it exposes the rot at the core of these demonstrations.
Vandalism and harassment have followed in the movement’s wake, from targeted graffiti on churches and private property to the threats and menacing slogans scrawled on community buildings. Local leaders in San Antonio publicly condemned the defacement as divisive and irresponsible, underscoring that this brand of “activism” often crosses the line into criminality.
Let’s be clear: Americans have the right to protest, but they do not have the right to celebrate murder, to terrorize neighborhoods, or to rewrite the rules of civil discourse. Conservatives are not trying to silence debate; we are demanding consistent standards and accountability for those who cross the line into violence and intimidation. The double standard from much of the media and academia — excusing the inexcusable when it suits a narrative — is a threat to the civic order.
If we love this country, we must call out the contradictions and demand better from our institutions. That means holding individuals accountable, protecting free speech for everyone, and insisting on law and order when protests turn into persecution. Will Cain did the work many in the press refuse to do: he exposed the hypocrisy and reminded Americans that patriotism requires courage to name wrongs wherever they occur.