Participants marched from the Statehouse to downtown Providence and back. (Frank Carini/ecoRI News)
PROVIDENCE — Saturday’s No Kings protest at the Statehouse was a huge disappointment. I didn’t see any Hamas terrorists. There were no illegal aliens from Mars or anywhere else in outer space, unless there was an invasion of body snatchers. If there were violent criminals present, they didn’t show themselves. There wasn’t even kneeling Black athletes to boo or burning flags to rescue.
The D.C. regime and its loyalists in Congress told me to expect a bloodbath of senseless violence, like an Ultimate Fighting Championship event or the storming of the U.S. Capitol. They promised these nationwide protests were going to be “hate America rallies” featuring extremists, Marxists, and professional protesters being paid by a 95-year-old Jew from Hungary…