The Left LOVES Kings — the Ones With (D) After Their Name

By The New York Post Editorial Board

In Saturday’s “No Kings” protests, the usual “resistance” crowd managed to again show their rage at President Donald Trump and their fury at being out of power; they may even have succeeded in mobilizing Democrats for the midterm elections — but they also broadcast the opposition’s complete lack of any coherent political message.

Forget about the waving of Soviet flags and tributes to anti-American dictators at various rallies: The entire “No Kings” conceit is a lie.

Democrats against “kings”?  Hah! They love them — as long as the king has a (D) after his name.

Not long ago, Democrats applauded every abuse of executive power by President Barack Obama.

From unconstitutional rewrites of the Affordable Care Act (a k a  ObamaCare), to immigration amnesty for “dreamers” (DACA) and their parents (DAPA); to unilaterally declaring the Senate to be in recess so he could pack the National Labor Relations Board with union lackeys, Obama was not shy about autocratic behavior.

“I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone,” he declared when Congress refused to bow to his will, vowing “to sign executive orders, and take executive actions and administrative actions.”

He did, and Democrats didn’t complain, but applauded.

Tom Friedman, The New York Times’ smug voice of liberal “wisdom,” fantasized of what Obama could achieve “if we could just be China for a day.”

Obama lost, often at the Supreme Court. That didn’t stop him.

Nor did it stop President Joe Biden, who became infamous for ignoring Supreme Court decisions.

When the Supreme Court said that extending a COVID-era moratorium on evictions would be unconstitutional, Biden just did it anyway.

The same when the Supremes told Biden he lacked the power to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt.

Democrats didn’t protest against Biden acting like a king. In fact, they encouraged him to go even further.

Then there were the coronavirus restrictions, imposed and extended by every Democratic governor.

Blue states shuttered businesses and locked kids out of schools — when Americans in fact could’ve conducted most normal activities safely.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom even banned religious worship in private homes; he’d eventually lose in the Supreme Court — but Democrats had no problem with it.

So when it comes to “no kings,” Dems aren’t just accusing Trump — they’re falsifying their own history.

The truth is that Democrats cheer authoritarian behavior — as long as they’re in charge.

Let them back into power, and they’ll prove it once again.

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— NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) March 30, 2026