Source: Semafor
by David Weigel
“”No Kings’: How is that objectionable?’ Indivisible’s Ezra Levin, a ‘No Kings’ organizer, asked in an MSNBC interview. ‘How could anybody say that’s anything other than the most American thing since apple pie?’ Republicans can say as much. That’s because, with a few libertarian exceptions, they see a lot to like about Trump stripping power from the legislative branch of the US government. Trump is undoing post-Watergate norms that took away the president’s right to impound congressionally-appropriated money, strike enemies without congressional approval, and govern without the distraction of politicized investigations — and most Republicans would respond: What’s wrong with that?” (10/15/25)
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/15/2025/yes-kings-republicans-revel-in-trumps-imperial-presidency