The headliners for the "No Kings" protest on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., included Sens. Bernie Sanders and Chris Murphy, along with erstwhile MSNBC host and Zeteo News founder Mehdi Hasan. How Hasan got an invite, we'll never know.
As we reported earlier, Twitchy favorite MAZE found some suggested chants on the No Kings website. Chants namechecked health care, Social Security, Medicaid, education, and democracy. They didn't have any pro-Hamas rhymes mixed up in there, but perhaps that was just an oversight. We guess President Donald Trump is a king for brokering peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians and getting the remaining hostages returned home.
We don't know what it has to do with No Kings, but Hasan quickly fell into a rant about Israel, describing Trump as "the man who uses Palestinian as a pejorative."
Mehdi Hasan speaking about Israel at the “no kings protests”
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) October 18, 2025
Didn’t know it was about Israel. pic.twitter.com/zkrRVjWceu
It's their omnicause. They have to keep it going despite a ceasefire. https://t.co/s8uZpBspbr
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 18, 2025
So many terrorist supporters.
— JWF (@JammieWF) October 18, 2025
Mehdi Hasan always makes it about Israel, no surprise there.
— AMIRAN 🇮🇱 (@Amiran_Zizovi) October 18, 2025
It's all one big protest. It isn't even really about Trump.
— Your Disapproving Dad (@disapprover69) October 18, 2025
Exactly. No Kings? What does that even mean?
He can't help himself. His greatest source of bread and butter has been taken off the table by "king" Trump
— The Taciturn (@PhilipAdanu) October 18, 2025
Why is this terrorist speaking?
— JWF (@JammieWF) October 18, 2025
Jihadist Mehdi can’t help himself.
— Hadassah Baez (הדסה)🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🎗️ (@HadassahB1971) October 18, 2025
The hate of Jews makes them unable to focus on anything else.
— Archibald Bunker (@meathead13234) October 18, 2025
Mehdi is talking to the wrong crowd.
— Moshe (@MosheJLM) October 18, 2025
They’re a bunch of old white folk who have nothing better to do then be offended by Trump due to their lack of success in life
Someone did notice a giant Palestinian flag flying over the No Kings rally in D.C.
🚨 NOW: Giant Palestinian Flag Hangs over No Kings rally in DC pic.twitter.com/WYHP914556
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 18, 2025
— TravelMore (@AnotherOne311) October 18, 2025
Whoops! Wrong march! 😉
— Paul Manhardt (@PaulManhardt) October 18, 2025
Wrong speaker at the wrong time.
As Chuck Ross notes, Hasan's warm-up act was Afeni Evans, an activist who wrote "f**k America," celebrated the Trump assassination attempt, defended Hamas "resistance," and called Charlie Kirk a "bitch" after he was assassinated.
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