{"id":2585603,"date":"2026-03-31T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-kings-protests-regurgitating-same-voters-salena-zito\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:45:09","slug":"no-kings-protests-regurgitating-same-voters-salena-zito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-kings-protests-regurgitating-same-voters-salena-zito\/","title":{"rendered":"No Kings protests &#8216;regurgitating&#8217; same voters: Salena Zito"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-kings-protests-regurgitating-same-voters-salena-zito%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585603&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Salena Zito, a Washington Examiner columnist, argues that the third nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest against the Trump management did not recruit new supporters.She observed at rallies in Pittsburgh and Mount Lebanon that, while crowds were sizable, they largely consisted of the same voters seen in 2024, lacking new members as well as working-class or culturally diverse depiction. Former Democratic Pennsylvania Rep. Conor Lamb, who spoke at Mount Lebanon, said he recognized almost everyone in the crowd. Zito contends that to build a broader coalition, organizers must attract new people rather than recycle the same base.The piece also cites media criticism labeling the protests as contrived and notes appearances by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-wokes-worth-and-why\/\" title=\"What Woke\u2019s Worth and Why\">high-profile speakers<\/a>, such as Robert De Niro, that seemed inauthentic. An embedded video and links to related stories accompany the article.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;No Kings&rsquo; protests are &lsquo;regurgitating&rsquo; the same voters from 2024: Salena Zito<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2548051\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/salena-zito\/\">Salena Zito<\/a> said the &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/no-kings\/\">No Kings<\/a>&rdquo; protests are not drawing &ldquo;new&rdquo; people into their coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The third nationwide No Kings protests against the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> were held on Saturday. Zito said she thinks the protests are &ldquo;so dumb,&rdquo; but said she noticed a &ldquo;really important&rdquo; point when watching two rallies in Pittsburgh and Mount Lebanon, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\">Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4509574\/no-kings-anti-oligarchs-support-tyrants-share-ideology-guy-benson\/\">No Kings anti-oligarchs will support &#8216;tyrants&#8217; if they share ideology: Guy Benson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4509177\/gop-real-problem-dhs-shutdown-midterm-elections-bob-cusack\/\">GOP faces &#8216;real problem&#8217; as DHS shutdown prolongs before midterm elections: Bob Cusack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4508866\/lankford-democrats-absurd-demand-ice-dhs\/\">Lankford says Democrats made &#8216;absurd&#8217; demand for no ICE presence at polls in DHS reform<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Zito said former Democratic Pennsylvania Rep. Conor Lamb spoke at a protest in Mount Lebanon and realized while watching it online that &ldquo;I know almost everyone&rdquo; there.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no one new in this crowd. They&rsquo;re the same crowd regurgitated every time,&rdquo; Zito said on the <em>Hugh Hewitt Show<\/em>. &ldquo;Are the crowds sizable? Yes. But they&rsquo;re not new.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwjyGLq_LQk?si=vEDVa1QkJDUPBIb1&amp;start=3765\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Zito emphasized that to build a coalition, one needs to bring &ldquo;new&rdquo; people, but the No Kings attendees are &ldquo;the same voters they had in 2024.&rdquo; She noted this aspect &ldquo;really needs to be driven home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4509574\/no-kings-anti-oligarchs-support-tyrants-share-ideology-guy-benson\/\"><strong>NO KINGS ANTI-OLIGARCHS WILL SUPPORT &lsquo;TYRANTS&rsquo; IF THEY SHARE IDEOLOGY: GUY BENSON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zito added that the protesters lacked &ldquo;cultural diversity,&rdquo; saying there were no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matters-most-prominent-chapter-launches-drive-targeting-police-unions\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter\u2019s Most Prominent Chapter Launches Drive Targeting Police Unions\">working-class people<\/a> in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist Joe Concha said Monday he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4509107\/no-kings-protests-contrived-joe-concha\/\">couldn&rsquo;t &ldquo;get away&rdquo; from the word &ldquo;contrived&rdquo;<\/a> when describing the No Kings protests, citing an investigation that claimed around 500 groups were behind the protests. He also noted how <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prominent speakers didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t seem authentic, saying actor Robert De Niro was &ldquo;tripping all over his script&rdquo; when speaking in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Kings rallies reuse the same voters as 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2585604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26090269244920-e1774960191912.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6571,3970,76859],"class_list":["post-2585603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-elections","tag-protests","tag-voter-turnout-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26090269244920-e1774960191912.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585603"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585607,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585603\/revisions\/2585607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}