Talking Feds The 'No Kings' Plan to Make Trump the Next Orbán
Apr 16, 2026
Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible and seasoned organizer who helped build No Kings. Ezra Levin, Indivisible co-founder and longtime mobilizer behind mass protests. They discuss building massive nationwide rallies, measuring crowd size reliably, expanding into red and rural areas, cross-partisan turnout, anti-war messaging, and using large-scale protest to seed local organizing and protect elections.
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The Coalition Includes Former Republicans And Nonvoters
- No Kings draws a mix of longtime opponents and disaffected independents or former Republicans, not just partisan activists.
- Organizers reported independents, former Republicans, and nonvoters showing up because of economic pain and perceived elite corruption.
Young People Are Sceptical Of 'Save Democracy' Messaging
- Younger generations are often skeptical of mass-protest framing because they feel the system hasn't served them.
- Leah explains Gen Z's formative experiences (e.g., Gaza-era campus protests, repression) reduce resonance of 'save democracy' messaging.
Mass Protests React To Elite Collapse
- No Kings responded to an 'elite collapse' where institutions and party leadership failed to mobilize against authoritarianism.
- Leah argues business, universities, law firms mobilized in 2017 but were largely absent in 2024–25, prompting mass grassroots action.