EPISODE · Jun 17, 2025 · 44 MIN
Monday, June 16, 2025 - 'No Kings,' some chaos & MAGA's race to mischaracterize a killer
from The Ron Show · host Ron Roberts
So much to unwrap from Saturday, what with the thousands of 'No Kings Day' protests across the country - dozens just in Georgia - along with the Trump-coveted military parade and the shocking double-homicide in Minnesota. In Atlanta, estimates of 8,000 - 10,000 protestors descended on Liberty Square near the state capitol where activists listened to impassioned speeches and brought their "a-game" in signage. As was the case in most of the nation, metro Atlanta and Georgia protests were peaceful, but in Dekalb Count's Brookhaven and Doraville, police utilized flash bangs and teargas to disperse protestors, leading to some injuries and chaos - plus the arrest of a well- known El Salvadoran influencer/journalist working legally in the U.S. It seems there's a pattern: protests are largely peaceful and uneventful until tempers flare ... from behind the riot gear. Evidence of this on both MSNBC and CNN bears that out. Georgia state representative Ruwa Romman, meanwhile, addressed a 'No Kings' gathering in Philadelphia and I shared that on this podcast. ------ Unfortunately, a deadly double-homicide shocked the nation awake that same day, with a Minnesota Democratic state legislator and her husband being shot & killed, along with another legislator and his spouse shot, as well. A near-two day manhunt ensued while right wing media sought to cast the assassin as a "Walz-appointed Democrat." They were partially right in that Walz had re-appointed him to a bipartisan business board, but Vance Boelter was no Democrat; in fact, his roommate says he'd be insulted to be portrayed as such.
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So much to unwrap from Saturday, what with the thousands of 'No Kings Day' protests across the country - dozens just in Georgia - along with the Trump-coveted military parade and the shocking double-homicide in Minnesota. In Atlanta, estimates of 8,000 - 10,000 protestors descended on Liberty Square near the state capitol where activists listened to impassioned speeches and brought their "a-game" in signage. As was the case in most of the nation, metro Atlanta and Georgia protests were peaceful, but in Dekalb Count's Brookhaven and Doraville, police utilized flash bangs and teargas to disperse protestors, leading to some injuries and chaos - plus the arrest of a well- known El Salvadoran influencer/journalist working legally in the U.S. It seems there's a pattern: protests are largely peaceful and uneventful until tempers flare ... from behind the riot gear. Evidence of this on both MSNBC and CNN bears that out. Georgia state representative Ruwa Romman, meanwhile, addressed a 'No Kings' gathering in Philadelphia and I shared that on this podcast. ------ Unfortunately, a deadly double-homicide shocked the nation awake that same day, with a Minnesota Democratic state legislator and her husband being shot & killed, along with another legislator and his spouse shot, as well. A near-two day manhunt ensued while right wing media sought to cast the assassin as a "Walz-appointed Democrat." They were partially right in that Walz had re-appointed him to a bipartisan business board, but Vance Boelter was no Democrat; in fact, his roommate says he'd be insulted to be portrayed as such.
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