WASHINGTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation is “aware of multiple instances” of “No Kings” protestors explicitly calling for violence, The Daily Wire has learned.
The FBI does not historically confirm active investigations, typically waiting until charges are filed or an arrest is imminent. While FBI spokesman Ben Williamson said that he could not comment on the “existence of specific investigations,” the FBI is “committed to investigating and pursuing all those who threaten and perpetrate acts of violence.”
During the “No Kings” protests that took place over the weekend across the United States, independent journalists and conservative reporters captured viral video footage showing demonstrators explicitly threatening violence against President Donald Trump, Republicans, and top officials in the Trump administration. Many of these individuals referenced the death of Charlie Kirk.
The Bureau told The Daily Wire that it is “aware of multiple instances” of these individuals explicitly calling for acts of violence at the No Kings protests.
In Chicago, footage captured by Christopher Sweat depicts a man screaming into a bullhorn about how ICE agents should be killed.
“You gotta grab a gun, we gotta turn around the guns on this fascist system,” the man yells. “These ICE agents gotta get shot and wiped out. The same machinery that’s on full display right there has to get wiped out.”
EXCLUSIVE: Yesterday in Chicago, on the perimeter of the NO KINGS rally, an activists speaking in front of a Progressive Labor Party sign exclaims, “You gotta grab a gun, we gotta turn around the guns on this fascist system. These ICE agents gotta get shot and wiped out. The same… pic.twitter.com/zKkiyVKe9J
— Christopher Sweat (@SweatEm) October 19, 2025
Other video footage, taken in Seattle by independent journalist Brandi Kruse, shows an individual carrying a sign that reads: “Would you like to kill Nazis with me?” Asked who he defines as a Nazi, the man responded: “Stephen Miller is a Nazi.”
“So you’re gonna kill Stephen Miller?” the journalist asks him.
“If I had the chance, yeah I would,” he responds, grinning and laughing.
🚨🚨🚨 “Peaceful” No Kings marcher in Seattle tells me he will kill @StephenM if he has the chance. pic.twitter.com/UuiEKvSPGI
— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) October 18, 2025
Photos posted by the “Denver Communists” depict two individuals of ambiguous sex wearing shirts promoting violence. One shirt read: “Politicians don’t die like they used to,” featuring a figure with it’s head apparently blowing up, live, on camera. The other shirt read: “Make assassinations great again” and depicts Donald Trump and other individuals being killed.
The group also made and distributed signs that read: “Charlie Kirk had it coming, change my mind.” And the group posted of them: “Our new signs mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the Trump regime’s demonization of dissent, and the right-wing talking point about paid protestors got overwhelming support. They invited dozens of conversations about anti-fascism, the alt-right podcasting pipeline, and recent attacks of free speech. Lots of protesters went out of their way to claim ‘antifa.'”
Facebook, Denver Communists.
In another Chicago incident, a woman who reportedly works as a public school teacher was caught gleefully mocking the killing of Charlie Kirk by repeatedly pretending to shoot herself in the neck when she saw a man driving by with a flag calling Kirk a hero.
🚨 BREAKING: This woman who mocked and justified the assassination of Charlie Kirk publicly and with glee is reportedly a CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL teacher.
She must be FIRED if so!
This scum does not belong near our children, period.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 19, 2025
The Daily Wire found many instances of demonstrators wearing or promoting the slogan “86 47,” a phrase notably promoted by former FBI Director James Comey, referencing killing President Trump (the president said that Comey knew what he was doing when he posted the phrase, telling Fox News: “That meant assassination.”)
Asked to explain the slogan, one demonstrator in New York responded: “Kill the son of a bitch.” Pressed to explain who he was referring to, the man responded: “The 47th president!”
DHS told Fox News that is investigating the individual.
🚨 BREAKING: Yesterday in Plattsburgh, NY. A Liberal Man wore a “86 47” shirt and OPENLY called for President Trump’s death. This guy needs to be investigated.
You know what to do X, let’s make him famous! pic.twitter.com/dcNDHgIBUK
— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) October 19, 2025
The “86 47” signs were present at rallies all across the United States, including in the nation’s capitol, where Daily Wire reporters Amber Jo Cooper and Brecca Stoll also reported seeing “86 47” signs at “No Kings” protests in Washington, D.C.
In Pennsylvania, the state’s Democratic Party Chair in Crawford County was also photographed holding a sign called for Trump to be “86’d.” In Georgia, a social media user posted a picture of a man holding an “86 47” flag.
Photo courtesy of The Daily Wire.
In Portland, Maine, a protestor told The Maine Wire that she wants the president to be dead. It was her birthday, she shared, and she came out to protest the “nightmare” that she is living in under Trump.
“For a birthday present, what do you hope happens? You wake up tomorrow morning…?” the interviewer asked her.
“I hope that I see the obituary that we are all waiting for tomorrow, that’s what I hope for,” she responds with a big smile.
“You…you wishing that President Trump is dead?” the interviewer asks with disbelief.
“Yes! Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely,” she responds.
⚡WILD: A No Kings protestor tells us in no uncertain terms that she wants Trump dead: pic.twitter.com/hSvnerFz75
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) October 18, 2025
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