No Kings Organizer Responds to Speaker Johnson Accusing Protest of Hating America: ‘Almost Feel Sorry for Him’

Kathryn Wilkens Oct 17th, 2025, 1:52 pm

Ezra Levin , the co-executive director of the non-profit behind No Kings Day, joined MSNBC’s on Friday to respond to Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) continued accusations that the protests are “anti-American,” saying he “would almost feel sorry for [Johnson] if he wasn’t doing a ton of damage.”

Chris Jansing played the Indivisible co-executive a clip of Johnson’s Friday morning comments , in which he claimed that the “spectacle [of the ‘No Kings Day’ rallies] is the reason the Democrats have refused to re-open the government.”

Since the government shutdown started on October 1, President Donald Trump and other Republicans have

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