On Human Events, Jack Posobiec broke down the origins of the “No Kings” slogan, tying it directly to the radical movements of the French Revolution and warning about its deeper historical meaning. Joined by journalist Frank Scales, the discussion framed the phrase as rooted in revolutionary upheaval and escalating violence.
“Well, and ultimately, you know, talking about the phrase 'No Kings' itself, is the phrase, 'No Kings'—And this is something that if you, if anyone wants to purchase the book Unhumans: the secret history of communist revolutions and how to crush them, New York Times bestseller—that you would learn that the phrase 'No Kings' comes from the longer phrase in French, 'No Kings, No Lords.'
"And in fact, it was one of the main slogans of the French Revolution, the Jacobins, which was referred to as the red terror, which resulted, not only, it started with massive street protests, like we're seeing now, which became violent, which became armed, which led to uprisings. And then it led to what?
"Oh, that's right. Executions. The executions with the guillotine of anyone who was associated with the royalty, anyone who's associated with what they called the ancien regime, the ancient regime at the former government and up to, and including by the way, Catholic nuns, the nuns of Avignon were then sent and paraded through the streets of Paris when they were sent up as well, because it starts with no Kings, then it goes to no Lords.
"Then all of a sudden you hear no priests, then it's no nuns. I mean, they go all the way down. These, these people smashed the Notre Dame back then. So I don't even know though, if the average, and I'm sure by the way, that the average person who just shows up to a no Kings protest has no idea the extreme radical background of that phrase.”
Scales pointed to protest tactics that he argued mask more aggressive intent beneath a staged, festival-like appearance.
“Yes. And you see a lot of times they dress up in costumes and inflatable costumes, and they do that to make it seem like a festival, to make it seem innocent. But when you look deeper, a lot of the times, the people in the costumes are blowing bubbles with one arm and they're holding a rock that they're going to throw at an ICE agent's vehicle in the other. These are very violent people and many of them are radicalized and you're seeing it now. All the people who were protesting for Palestine, they said they were protesting for human rights.
"They don't care about the human rights of Iranians who were getting massacred by the Islamic regime. Because it was never about human rights. It's always been about hating the West and hating the United States of America.”
“Well, and ultimately, you know, talking about the phrase 'No Kings' itself, is the phrase, 'No Kings'—And this is something that if you, if anyone wants to purchase the book Unhumans: the secret history of communist revolutions and how to crush them, New York Times bestseller—that you would learn that the phrase 'No Kings' comes from the longer phrase in French, 'No Kings, No Lords.'
"And in fact, it was one of the main slogans of the French Revolution, the Jacobins, which was referred to as the red terror, which resulted, not only, it started with massive street protests, like we're seeing now, which became violent, which became armed, which led to uprisings. And then it led to what?
"Oh, that's right. Executions. The executions with the guillotine of anyone who was associated with the royalty, anyone who's associated with what they called the ancien regime, the ancient regime at the former government and up to, and including by the way, Catholic nuns, the nuns of Avignon were then sent and paraded through the streets of Paris when they were sent up as well, because it starts with no Kings, then it goes to no Lords.
"Then all of a sudden you hear no priests, then it's no nuns. I mean, they go all the way down. These, these people smashed the Notre Dame back then. So I don't even know though, if the average, and I'm sure by the way, that the average person who just shows up to a no Kings protest has no idea the extreme radical background of that phrase.”
Scales pointed to protest tactics that he argued mask more aggressive intent beneath a staged, festival-like appearance.
“Yes. And you see a lot of times they dress up in costumes and inflatable costumes, and they do that to make it seem like a festival, to make it seem innocent. But when you look deeper, a lot of the times, the people in the costumes are blowing bubbles with one arm and they're holding a rock that they're going to throw at an ICE agent's vehicle in the other. These are very violent people and many of them are radicalized and you're seeing it now. All the people who were protesting for Palestine, they said they were protesting for human rights.
"They don't care about the human rights of Iranians who were getting massacred by the Islamic regime. Because it was never about human rights. It's always been about hating the West and hating the United States of America.”
