“It could turn very volatile if you move law enforcement in there the wrong way, and turn what is just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation” - ABC7 News Anchor Marc Brown, June 8th, 2025
June 14th was many things, Flag Day, the 250th birthday of the US Army, and President Trump’s Birthday. and a celebration in the Nation’s Capitol was planned. So naturally the “orange man bad” resistance movement organized a nationwide protest, and “ruby red” Mohave County was literally on the map.
Over 2,000 “No Kings” protests were scheduled nationwide, and funded by a coalition of over 200 progressive groups which reportedly included the ACLU, MoveOn, and Indivisible (which has a local chapter in Kingman). “Data Republican” on X, a member of DOGE, traced funding back to billionaires George Soros and Neville Singham, and Walmart heiress Christy Walton bought nationwide newspaper ads to gin up support.
The protests rode the wave of the anti ICE riots in Los Angeles where illegal aliens and their supporters waved foreign flags and chanted catchy slogans such as “No border! No Wall! No USA at all!” and threw chunks of concrete and other deadly projectiles at enforcement officials, looted stores, and set things on fire.
The day got off to a bizarre start, when a MN man, appointed to an advisory board by Democrat Governor and former VP candidate Tim Walsh, shot two Democrat legislators and their spouses while impersonating a police officer, then later escaped out the back door of the dead couple’s home after FBI agents shot the place up. His wife was detained later that morning after a traffic stop with cash, a gun, ammo,passports and relatives in the car, but released without arrest.
Arizona saw widespread "No Kings" protests across cities like Phoenix, Tucson, Scottsdale, Tempe, and others, with thousands of what appeared to be primarily Caucasian “boomers” rallying against President Donald Trump. Field trip from the local rest homes perhaps? Others were apparently bussed in, as usual.
In Tucson, a vandalism incident led to a foot chase and the detention of two individuals by Tucson PD. During the arrest, a suspect sprayed two officers with a chemical irritant, escalating the situation. At the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, a man reportedly pulled a gun on a protester during the demonstration. According to social media posts, the situation was de-escalated without shots fired,and the individual was detained by police. Closer to home, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police reported 15 arrests, including four juveniles, with one felony charge for assault with a deadly weapon and another for possession of a dangerous weapon.
The Mohave County Republican Central Committee District 2 Director, James Barber, was boots on the ground counter protesting all day. He reported about 100 people at the Bullhead City protest, and about 200 in Kingman, some calling him names. After they dispersed and apparently regrouped on the London Bridge in Havasu, Barber headed to Vegas where he was escorted out of the crowd for his safety, after only walking about 100 or so yards. Barber reported that at 7pm LVMPD started to enforce a curfew which did not go over well and things heated up. Barber, who was sitting with his sign, was approached by an agitated group and was again escorted away by police.
The Mohave County protests were relatively civil compared to places such as LA, Portland, Denver, and Philadelphia. What could the difference possibly be, I wonder? Maybe it’s because in this “ruby red” county in a state with Constitutional carry even retards and paid protestors know not to get out of hand when the little old lady counter-protestor wearing a “Women for Trump” button and waving an American flag on Flag Day very well might have a gun in her purse and know how to use it.