Brian Tyler Cohen gives fiery speech at No Kings protest - Brian Tyler Cohen

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I have a question for you. Where are all the Pro-Trump parades? Where are all the vote parades?

Maybe the reason that those parades are disappearing is because we didn't vote for ICE to terrorize our streets and slaughter Americans. We didn't vote to cut healthcare and to cut food assistance. And we didn't vote to spend billions of dollars per day on another fucking war in the Middle East.

This whole country, left, right, and center, has woken up to the bill of goods that we've been sold by this Republican party. These people who cosplayed as champions for the working class and yet have done more for the Epstein class than they have for working class Americans.

But that's what happens when your government decides that it is no longer accountable to the people. When the president views himself as a king and the majorities in Congress view themselves as appendages of their leader, they think that they can ignore popular pressure. Well, I've got some bad news for him. It's going to be really fucking difficult to ignore what we're doing right here in the biggest protest in American history. And that's possible because everybody here showed up, decided to use your voice to speak out.

But I want to be clear about something. This can't stop here. This is not the destination. This is the on-ramp. You all are not the end users. You are the beginning. You need to be the messengers. You need to go back to the people in your lives, the people who don't pay attention to politics and make them your responsibility. When you march today, make sure that you recognize all the organizations, all the aid groups, all the campaigns that are looking for help all around you. There are a ton of stands all over here.

So, I need to hear from everybody right now that you will take the energy that you feel right now and that you will use it every single day between now and November 2026 and then 2026 to 2028 because we are going to take the House. We are going to take the Senate and in 2028 we are going to take back the White House and relegate Trumpism to the dust bin of history. [cheering]

And we will bring about an America where we have health care for every single person in the richest country in the world. [cheering] Where we take climate change seriously, where we fund education, where we fund our infrastructure, and we end the corporate welfare that plagues this country. And we will hold the people who are steeped in corruption accountable for what they've done. And we will hold the Epstein class accountable even if the Dow is above 50,000 points.

So, I'm grateful to be marching alongside of you all today. And thank you everybody. [cheering]