Petty? Perhaps. But the irony and the timing here are both chef’s kiss perfect. In fact, this is so delicious that one has to seriously consider whether it’s an April Fool’s Day prank.
Fools are certainly involved, no doubt.
Last weekend, Democrats and their radical allies staged demonstrations all across the country under their “No Kings” banners. They all demanded that Donald Trump get removed from the office to which he had been duly elected because he supposedly had assumed royal powers. John Lithgow pretentiously read from his 2018 book “Trumpty Dumpty” about Trump’s supposedly monarchical actions. Robert DeNiro got so worked up that he couldn’t even read from his own script. Jane Fonda screeched something into a microphone. Communists rallied for revolution in New York. Democrats in and out of office cheered it all, either at the rallies themselves or from the sidelines.
Three days later, the top two Democrats in office have literally invited an actual king to enter Congress for a nice lecture:
As we reported last week, King Charles III will address a joint session April 28 pic.twitter.com/egagjrLNfE
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) April 1, 2026
Britain’s King Charles will address the U.S. Congress on April 28 during his visit to Washington, House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement on Wednesday.
Charles and his wife Queen Camilla will visit the U.S. in a long-planned trip to mark the 250th anniversary of that country’s independence from British rule, before the couple pay a visit to Bermuda, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday.
Yes, King Charles III has been invited to an official state visit by Donald Trump. State visits do not usually include addresses to Congress. Queen Elizabeth II made four state visits to the US during her record-breaking reign, but only addressed Congress once, in 1991. Ironically, the Queen spoke to Congress in part to salute the strength of the Anglo-American security partnership after PM John Major partnered with President George H.W. Bush in the Gulf War that ejected Saddam Hussein from Kuwait:
“Your Congress and our Parliament are the twin pillars of our civilizations and chief of many treasures we have inherited from our predecessors,” the queen told lawmakers. “A significant part of your social contract is based on custom as well. But the spirit is the same. It is the spirit of democracy. But these ideas must never be taken for granted. They must be nurtured through fluctuation and change.”
But the queen’s address to Congress wasn’t without controversy. Former Rep. Joseph Kennedy, II, D-Mass., and other lawmakers boycotted the address. Kennedy protested what he characterized as the British “occupation” of Northern Ireland.
The queen arrived in Washington just months after Bush, former British Prime Minister John Major and other world leaders assembled a massive, international coalition to stare down Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and kick his forces out of Kuwait during the Gulf War.
That was the first time a British monarch had ever addressed Congress. This invitation will mark the second such occasion, and it comes at an awkward time, especially in contrast to the 1991 speech. The King will show up at precisely the moment when Keir Starmer refused to show up for the war to finally end the threat from Iran that the UK and Europe have tried to appease for the last half-century or so.
And of course, it’s awkward for Schumer and Jeffries to have extended that invitation to an actual king after the vapid protests of the past weekend, not to mention its previous iterations over the last several months. The pair even created a “No Kings Act” in 2024 to attempt a legislative repeal of the Supreme Court recognition of limited immunity for presidents regarding official acts while in office. That was the inspiration for the deeply incoherent “No Kings” rallies run by communists and socialists who demand to depose a duly and popularly elected president in the middle of his term.
Incoherence seems to be woven into the effort, though:
🚨 @ScottJenningsKY calls out the irony at the “No Kings” rally in Minnesota
An emcee tells the crowd to “check your ego,” follow leadership, and be “pack mules” for the organizers.
So at an anti-“king” rally… they’re telling people to blindly follow orders?
Jennings: “You… pic.twitter.com/zdqP1UTEIh
— Salem News Channel (@WatchSalemNews) April 1, 2026
“You honestly can’t get any more commie than this,” Scott Jennings concludes. And you can’t get any more hypocritical than Schumer and Jeffries did today, either.
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