Rachel Maddow Explains Why No Kings Could Soon Reach Critical Mass And Topple Trump

Rachel Maddow dove into the numbers behind what the No Kings protests mean and how they could topple Trump's wannabe regime.

It isn’t certain yet whether No Kings is a protest movement or a political movement. No Kings will need to transfer its momentum into electoral success to get results, but right now, No Kings is building fast towards critical mass.

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Maddow said while discussing what makes No Kings different from other protests:

 We’ve talked to them (Indivisible) a lot, many times going back years. You might also have noticed that every time we talk to the folks from Indivisible, going back to the very beginning, uh, they emphasize one specific thing. They emphasize thinking local. So for these No Kings protests, for example, they said if you have to travel more than an hour in order to get to your nearest No Kings protest, then don’t do that.

Don’t travel more than an hour.

If you have to go more than an hour to find one, that means you should be organizing your own wherever it is that you live. Now that is not generic protest advice, that is very specific to this movement and it has specific consequences in practical terms following that principle.

This weekend looked like this not one giant protest in one central place, even though there were some really big protests in some places. Instead though, it was, it was a gazillion different protests. Yes, in some big cities, but also in small towns, in every nook and cranny, all across this country.

Read more about why No Kings is different and watch the Rachel Maddow clip below.