As the high-level organizers of the "No Kings" demonstrations seek to turn their operation into a nationwide get-out-the-vote rally Saturday, their warning to steer clear of partisan messaging that could violate their own rules is falling on deaf ears.
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A Fox News Digital investigation reveals that, on the ground, the political activation is in fact highly partisan, led by the center-left Indivisible nonprofit that has received millions of dollars of funding from Democratic mega-donor George Soros.
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"No Kings" organizers didn't respond to a request for comment.
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The partisan nature of the day's events is important because political experts say the "No Kings" operation reveals a sophisticated electoral strategy: transform the crowds assembled for anti-Trump protests into a durable voter bloc that participates in elections and turns out a "Blue Tsunami" of votes in political battles.
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But federal election law bars nonprofits, many of which fund the "No Kings" operation, from advocating for particular candidates.
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Behind today's action, Fox News Digital has identified a sprawling network of 300 progressive advocacy organizations, labor unions, Democratic political operatives and tax-exempt nonprofits with an estimated $2.5 billion in annual revenues, transforming the "No Kings" protest movement into a nationwide voter-mobilization operation of an estimated 3,000 events for Democrats.
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Digital → identify → Democrats
A review of digital advertisements for Saturday's "No Kings: Vote Early" demonstrations and their organizing rhetoric identifies multiple instances of organizers promoting the very language the coalition's national rulebook forbids in its attempt to create the illusion of nonpartisanship.
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rulebook → vote → nonpartisanship
In Newark, Delaware, Democratic activists from the local Indivisible chapter are encouraging voters to "wear blue" to their 2 p.m. demonstration at the corner of S. College Avenue and W. Main Street, and their "Sign Ideas" include: "Vote Blue Nov. 3," "Vote Early, Vote Blue" and "Time for a Blue Tsunami."
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Their announcement reads: "💙 Wear blue to signify the blue tsunami we are hoping we will see in Nov!"
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Some 3,000 miles away, in Roseburg, Ore., Indivisible Douglas County activists are advertising their own "No Kings" rally with suggested signs reading "DOUGLAS COUNTY VOTES BLUE!," "REPUBLICANS HAD THEIR CHANCE!" and "VOTE EARLY.
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Don't hold back," the Oregon organizers tell participants.
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Those are precisely the kinds of partisan political messages the national "No Kings" coalition has explicitly prohibited.
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On a Thursday night webinar promoting the protests, a member of Indivisible Colorado Springs told Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin that the group's event is struggling to attract media attention without focusing on President Donald Trump.
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Levin replied: "By all means, make it about Trump. Y'all make it about Trump.
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There's nothing about No Kings that says you can't focus on the fascists in the White House."
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Democratic Party Recruits at 'No Kings'
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Under "Event Prohibitions," a "Host Toolkit" warns: "Events must not be partisan in nature or make references to preferred election outcomes."
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It bars "candidate campaign activity," "any political party or political committee attending or helping coordinate the event."
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The "Event Prohibitions" list bars events from being held at "overtly partisan organizations, or held at campaign offices, political party headquarters, or other locations principally associated with candidate or party political activity."
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The prohibitions explicitly state: "Events should not be jointly branded with partisan organizations,' and provides as "Examples: Democratic clubs, 'the Lincoln County Democratic Party.'
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Yet, in Roseville, Calif., the Placer County Democratic Party in California is explicit in its connection to the "No Kings" voter drive, advertising a canvassing operation specifically tied to Saturday's "No Kings" rally at the Roseville Galleria.
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The party's website invites activists to attend a morning canvassing session at Harry Crabb Park, saying voters will be gathered at the rally at the Galleria and promising materials to help participants "support our endorsed candidates."
On their Democratic Party website, the local party activists describe the "No Kings" rally as "a day of nonpartisan voter participation."
The advertisement raises questions about the relationship between the Democratic Party's candidate-support operation and an event whose national organizers expressly prohibit political parties, political committees and candidate campaigns from coordinating activities.
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In Springfield, Pa., an event listed on the Women's March organizing platform advertises a one-hour "No Kings FOUR" demonstration at 1200 Baltimore Pike.
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The event calls for voter participation and, in another direct conflict with the national coalition's ban on "vote Blue" appeals, also declares: "Vote Blue.
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Make Your Voice Count.
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Rules They Wrote Themselves
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The coalition's own documents leave little ambiguity about its official standards.
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In a five-page "Talking Points + Messaging" guide, organizers instruct participants not to use partisan political language, including telling participants to "vote for Democrats up and down the ballot" or saying, "we can get a Democratic Congress elected in 2026 to resist Trump.
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It bars any "speaker expressing bias for or against any candidate for office," the guide states.
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It prohibits candidate campaign activities, including campaign literature, fundraising and coordination with campaign staff.
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Political parties and political committees are also barred from helping coordinate events.
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The instructions go beyond conventional warnings against endorsements.
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Organizers specifically prohibit references to "MAGA politicians" and calls to elect a Democratic Congress.
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Even urging participants to register as Democrats ahead of the midterms is explicitly forbidden.
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Another document, "Event Prohibitions + Things to Note," specifically prohibits "vote them out" and "vote Blue" messaging, campaign fundraising and political party coordination.
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Still, in Kingstowne, Va., Indivisible of Franconia is promoting its Oct. 17 rally at South Van Dorn Street and Kingstowne Village Parkway with the statement: "We vote for leaders to represent our interests—and if they don’t, we need to vote them out."
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The coalition also prohibits events hosted or co-sponsored by overtly partisan organizations, including Democratic clubs.
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Its "Election Law FAQs" and "Resources" go further, warning that merely describing an event as "nonpartisan" doesn't establish that it meets the standard.
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"Saying this doesn’t automatically make it so," the document states.
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The contradictions come as "No Kings" draws on a sprawling coalition of advocacy organizations, labor unions and political activists.
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…and 32 more, not listed.
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