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Pelosi Participates In ‘No Kings’ Event

Pelosi Participates In ‘No Kings’ Event

There’s something almost poetic—if not painfully ironic—about watching Rep. Nancy Pelosi, aged 85, theatrically tear apart a plastic crown while declaring “No Crown, No Kings!” It’s a moment tailor-made for headlines, memes, and, yes, scrutiny. Not just because of the awkwardness of the gesture (complete with a suspicious jump cut when she appears to struggle with tearing the thing), but because of what it reveals about the modern Democratic Party’s increasingly strained relationship with its own image.


Let’s start with the obvious contradiction. Pelosi, one of the longest-serving and most powerful figures in modern American politics, now playing the role of anti-monarchist revolutionary. She’s been in office for nearly four decades—since 1987—climbing to the very top of the political food chain and amassing substantial personal wealth in the process.

And yet, she performs a pageant of defiance aimed at some vague idea of authoritarianism. The target, of course, is Donald Trump, whose political opponents have increasingly tried to brand as a would-be “king.” But the act doesn’t quite land when delivered by someone who’s spent a lifetime in the halls of entrenched power.

Even more telling than the symbolism is the selective openness. Pelosi’s tweet of the performance doesn’t allow replies—an ironic twist for someone staging an anti-authoritarian message. If the optics are meant to project populist fervor, the actual execution feels more curated and controlled than democratic.


Meanwhile, the protest itself—complete with Democratic politicians mingling with far-left demonstrators—suggests not just a performance of resistance, but an embrace of the radical wing of the party. It blurs the line between traditional Democratic leadership and the louder, more extreme voices calling for upheaval rather than reform.

Then there’s the broader narrative being pushed: that Trump is a “king” for daring to confront the bureaucratic state. But kings consolidate power. Trump, by contrast, made dismantling that consolidation a centerpiece of his agenda. Reducing regulation, cutting off the excesses of federal overreach, and encouraging decentralization are hardly the hallmarks of monarchy. In fact, it’s a rebuke of it.


And therein lies the ultimate irony. The people shouting “No Kings” are often the ones who’ve built their careers atop institutions that have shielded them from accountability, change, and the very democracy they claim to protect. Pelosi, like others in her party’s upper echelon, has held on to power for decades—while younger, less connected voices are told to wait their turn or fall in line.

Written by Mark Stevens - October 20, 2025