Democrats Are Wary of Playing Into Trump's Hands by Supporting ‘No Kings,' L.A. Protests
Democratic leaders are sensing political danger.
Protests against the Trump administration, which are set to continue this weekend after a week of uprising that spread from Los Angeles across the country, have energized a portion of the left-wing base that has been despondent since President Trump's election. The budding 'No Kings' movement gives the left a chance to capitalize on the political moment, in which many people are reacting with fury to Trump's targeting of noncriminal immigrants for deportations, aggressive tactics of immigration-enforcement agents and deployment of soldiers in response to protest.
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