Albuquerque’s latest “No Kings” protest over the weekend featured a mix of anti-Trump rhetoric, anti-ICE activism and partisan political organizing — headlined by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who delivered a speech warning of “authoritarianism” and urging activists to “disrupt,” “litigate,” and “elect” Democrats, including New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland.
Abrams, a national Democrat figure known for her activism to weaken election integrity, told the Albuquerque crowd that the United States is already deep into what she described as a 10-step process toward authoritarian rule.
“If there are ten steps to authoritarianism and autocracy, I’m here to tell you they have taken all ten,” Abrams said, claiming the country is experiencing a “devolution of democracy in real time.”
Abrams specifically defended diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs during her speech, telling the crowd, “DEI is in our DNA in America,” and encouraging activists to organize politically at every level of government.
“So we’ve got signs that I haven’t seen yet. Woke, watching, and working,” she said on the video, which was posted to the Democrat Party’s Facebook page.
But her speech went far beyond typical campaign rhetoric. Abrams encouraged activists to engage in what she called “disruption,” including documenting immigration enforcement operations and confronting local officials.
“We’re going to show up where ICE is and we’re going to take pictures of them,” Abrams told the crowd. “We’re going to show up at those community meetings, those city council meetings, those county commission meetings… because they’ve got folks at the state and local level doing this with them, and they all need to know we’re paying attention.”
Abrams laid out a series of political action steps for activists, including organizing, mobilizing, litigating, disrupting and ultimately electing new political leadership.
That political message became explicit when Abrams turned to New Mexico politics and encouraged the crowd to support Democrat Deb Haaland for governor.
“Every eight years in the state of New Mexico, you guys change your minds,” Abrams said. “But this time, y’all got Deb Haaland waiting for you. Let’s get it done.”
In a separate exchange caught on video, Abrams told Haaland directly, “You’re the person who’s going to be the next governor of New Mexico,” before Haaland responded by outlining her agenda and telling voters that electing her would allow her to implement her plans.
The rallies themselves, organized by far-left groups, included voter registration drives, political organizing efforts and messaging focused on immigration enforcement, elections and opposition to the Trump administration. According to reporting from Source New Mexico, some activists distributed whistles intended to alert communities to the presence of ICE agents, while others sold anti-Trump merchandise and displayed protest signs comparing current political leadership to authoritarian regimes.
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján also attended one of the rallies and urged attendees to remain politically active and vote in upcoming elections, framing the protests as part of a broader political movement heading into future election cycles.
Taken together, the event functioned less like a traditional protest and more like a political organizing rally, with national and state Democrats encouraging activism, litigation, public disruption and electoral organizing — all while framing the current political climate as a fight against authoritarianism.
With Abrams headlining the event, Haaland campaigning in the crowd and Democratic officials urging attendees to vote, the “No Kings” rally offered a clear preview of the political messaging and organizing strategy Democrats appear to be building heading into the next election cycle.
why is abrams in NM ? to stir unrest ? Raul Torrez also spoke at the NO BRAINS rally. he supports abrams who demands civil unrest in NM. what a nothing Raul is. did you read debs talking points ? generic and the same ones used for the entirety of time. she has no plan. she has no clue. say hello to your next governor NM ! you always pick the least qualified !
NO BRAINS rally is exactly right! They have a known fraudster and a corrupt AG as speakers. Another example of the inmates running the asylum. I doubt if Haaland can even read much less have a thought of her own. NM politics is such a disgrace. These people are an embarrassment to every one else in the state. These people are seriously mentally ill. Albuquerque and Santa Fe are so far removed from the rest of the state it is not funny any more.
The mainstream media keeps upping the amount of attendees at the “Paid for No Kings Rallye” but in reality, even the bloated numbers are relatively small compared to the number of eligible voters. They have admitted to having “organized” this rallye and headlined with Jane Fonda and Bruce Springsteen (I wonder if and how much they got payed to play) I guess it all goes back to W.C. Fields comment “A sucker gets born everyday”.
Let’s hope Deb Haaland will be as successful in her run for Governor as Stacy Abrams was. They are equal in intelligence, or lack thereof.
The communist party is behind the No Kings events.
Someone needs to tell Abrams that DEI has DIED.
its all coming back when dems win the mid terms paul. then the presidency in 2028. back to electric cars. back to electric houses. back to open borders. back to insanity. its what the voters want. repubs cant be bothered to get out and vote in big numbers.
abrams to NM : DISRUPT. NM to abrams: DIET. AND GET THE F OUT OF HERE
Haaland is the DEI Biden.
David v. Goliath people. Let’s fund our courageous conservative candidates and stump for them. Let’s help the Turning Point and Students for Life energizer bunnies, both the tax deductible 501c3’s, TPUSA and SFL, as well as their 501c4 political action committees, TPPAC and Students for Life Action. And how about hosting our own rally, say for clean water — see SFLA for info on significant new pollution from abortions and abortion pills. Anyone connected with TP or SFL so we can get something kicked off? I’d be honored to help.
We don’t need no stinking morbidly obese election denier in New Mexico. We’ve already got enough idiots.
Call RPNM and local county to Register voters at your church, club, event, car show, etc. Inform that election is coming up. Rio Rancho mayor race in next couple weeks, GO Paul Wymer! Do what you gotta do!