Hollywood’s Rage on Parade: John Cusack Joins “No Kings” Protest, Takes Aim at Law Enforcement and Democracy

Actor John Cusack — once beloved for his 80s charm and mem­o­rable film roles — took to the streets of Chica­go on Sat­ur­day, not for a movie pre­miere but for pol­i­tics. The actor joined a “No Kings” protest tar­get­ing fed­er­al immi­gra­tion enforce­ment (ICE) and, by his own admis­sion, Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump.

What began as a local ral­ly quick­ly turned into a high-pro­file dis­play of Hol­ly­wood activism, as Cusack denounced what he called “author­i­tar­i­an” ICE oper­a­tions in the city. Speak­ing to CNN, the actor railed against the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment, claim­ing “masked goons” were “roam­ing the streets” and accused offi­cials of “abduct­ing peo­ple.”

🎭 Hollywood Activism in Action

Cusack’s lat­est out­burst fits a long-run­ning pat­tern of Hol­ly­wood fig­ures using their fame to push a par­tic­u­lar polit­i­cal mes­sage. Rather than offer­ing prac­ti­cal solu­tions or rec­og­niz­ing the dif­fi­cult job ICE agents per­form dai­ly — enforc­ing the laws passed by Con­gress — the actor chose to frame fed­er­al offi­cers as vil­lains.

While it’s com­mon for enter­tain­ers to speak their minds, many Amer­i­cans are grow­ing weary of what feels like a one-sided cul­tur­al ser­mon. These are the same elites who live in gat­ed com­mu­ni­ties, far removed from the neigh­bor­hoods most affect­ed by ille­gal immi­gra­tion and ris­ing crime. Yet they lec­ture mid­dle-class fam­i­lies about “fas­cism” and “democ­ra­cy.”

⚖️ The Reality on the Ground

ICE’s work in Chica­go is not arbi­trary; it tar­gets indi­vid­u­als with crim­i­nal records, depor­ta­tion orders, and ties to cross-bor­der traf­fick­ing net­works. Law-abid­ing cit­i­zens under­stand that immi­gra­tion laws exist to pro­tect nation­al sov­er­eign­ty and pub­lic safe­ty.

But the “No Kings” move­ment paints any enforce­ment of immi­gra­tion pol­i­cy as tyran­ny. In doing so, it under­mines respect for the rule of law — the very foun­da­tion of the repub­lic pro­test­ers claim to defend.

Chica­go, a city already strug­gling with record vio­lence and eco­nom­ic hard­ship, can hard­ly afford more polit­i­cal the­ater. What it needs is order, not out­rage.

🏛️ The Irony of “No Kings”

Iron­i­cal­ly, while pro­test­ers chant “No Kings,” many appear com­fort­able crown­ing their own celebri­ties as moral author­i­ties. The spec­ta­cle of mil­lion­aires demand­ing rev­o­lu­tion — all while tweet­ing from iPhones made in coun­tries with­out free speech — isn’t lost on work­ing Amer­i­cans.

For decades, the left has blurred the line between enter­tain­ment and activism. Saturday’s ral­ly was just anoth­er reminder that the loud­est voic­es in Hol­ly­wood often have the least con­nec­tion to real-world strug­gles.

🇺🇸 What America Deserves

John Cusack is enti­tled to his opin­ion — that’s his con­sti­tu­tion­al right. But so are the mil­lions of Amer­i­cans who respect their flag, their law enforce­ment, and their Pres­i­dent. They’re tired of being told that patri­o­tism equals oppres­sion, or that bor­der enforce­ment equals cru­el­ty.

Amer­i­ca doesn’t need more celebri­ty out­rage. It needs courage — the courage to uphold the law, defend free speech for all sides, and pro­tect the sov­er­eign­ty that keeps our nation free.

Bot­tom Line:
John Cusack’s “No Kings” per­for­mance might earn applause in Hol­ly­wood cir­cles. But out here in the real world, Amer­i­cans are too busy build­ing, pro­tect­ing, and pre­serv­ing the repub­lic to be swayed by anoth­er celebri­ty protest.