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john cusack spoke against President Donald Trump But “No Kings” protest in Chicago todayThe city’s message to its administration is saying: “Fuck you!”
59 year old high fidelity And say anything Starr is a longtime resident of the city.
in an interview with cnn At the rally, Cusack claimed Trump misunderstands Chicago. The president has asked the Supreme Court for permission to send troops to the city, arguing they are needed to protect federal border and immigration officials. City officials insist they are not needed.
“What’s interesting is that he doesn’t understand that all the labor rights around the world came from this city, this place,” Cusack said, “so if he thinks this place is going to become a fascist center – no chance!”
Addressing the President directly, Cusack further said: “No, you can’t put troops on our streets. You can’t create enough chaos to invoke the Insurrection Act so you can stay in power. We all know what your plan is.”
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The protests in Chicago are just one Huge rallies are going on across the country Like millions of people come for this Second “No Kings” protest Against President Trump’s administration.
With the government shutdown in its third week, protesters gathered at more than 2,500 locations across the United States — and some abroad — on Saturday to protest what organizers called Trump’s “totalitarian power grab.”
In June, more than 5 million people attended the first “No Kings” protests. Organizers anticipate Saturday’s demonstration could draw an even larger crowd.
“There is no greater threat to an authoritarian regime than patriotic people-power,” said Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin, one of the organizers.
Ahead of the march this week, the president insisted he was doing “No king.” Meanwhile, some administration officials and congressional Republicans labeled the demonstrations “Hate America Rallies” And Antifa accused To be behind the protests. In reality, a alliance Civil rights and advocacy groups organized demonstrations.
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Many in the Trump administration have dismissed the protests.
Harmeet Dhillon, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, said, “D.C. is marked safe from kings, because there are none here.” wrote On X.
hollywood star Cusack has consistently used her voice to speak out on political issues throughout her career.
in 2023 he The artists’ union went on strike to talk about unfair pay for actors. He further wrote, “Greed is almost a famous comic story.” xClaiming that Fox used creative accounting to make it appear that say anything Millions of dollars were lost.
“I thought wow, I almost bankrupted Fox! (Not really),” Cusack continued. “The movie cost about $13 million to make – and spending money for a release was minimal at the time. Over 30 years – that movie lost millions every year! A neat accounting trick don’t you think?”