Psychotherapist explains why No Kings rallies consisted of mostly ‘educated white women’
James Cirrone4-4 minutes 26/10/2025
A psychotherapist has explained why many attendees of last week’s No Kings protests were educated white women in their forties.
Jonathan Alpert, a New York City-based mental health counselor, told Fox News that ’40-something women are probably the biggest demographic of consumers of mental health services. Probably twenties to forties’.
Although there isn’t demographics data available for all the hundreds of towns and cities that had these anti-Trump demonstrations, data does exist for Washington, D.C.
American University researchers who track protest movements told Axios that the typical person attending the No Kings protests in D.C. on October 18 was an educated white woman in her forties who had heard about it through their friends or via Instagram.
‘The No Kings protests, from what I’ve seen in person and on TV, it seems to me like a big venting session. It’s almost like a big group therapy. So, people get stuff off their chest and they feel better in the moment, but it doesn’t necessarily bring about any sort of positive change,’ he said.
He said that rather than actually effecting change, many of them are simply craving community or validation, which he said ‘can be addictive’.
‘A lot of times people are unhappy in their own lives,’ he told Fox. ‘They may have anxiety or anger, and they project that onto others. That’s partly what we’re seeing play out at these rallies.’
Jonathan Alpert, a New York City-based mental health counselor, said educated white women in their forties, the most common type of person to attend the No Kings protests, are engaging in group therapy with one another
Altogether, an estimated 7 million people turned out to protest Trump’s actions as president, specifically things they perceive as dragging the United States closer to authoritarianism
There were roughly 2,500 No Kings events throughout the country last Saturday.
Altogether, an estimated 7 million people turned out to protest Trump’s actions as president, specifically things they perceive as dragging the United States closer to authoritarianism.
The name of the movement reveals the not-so-subtle accusation from liberals and leftists that Trump resembles a king, though he’s repeatedly denied this.
‘I’m not a king,’ Trump told reporters on Air Force One ahead of the latest No Kings protests. ‘I work my a** off to make our country great.’
On the day of the protests, Trump posted an AI video of himself wearing a crown while in a fighter jet. He proceeds to dump feces on the protestors.
The most common issues demonstrators showed up to publicly oppose were the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy and its ongoing efforts to place federal agents and National Guard troops in blue cities.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has deemed the nationwide protest as the ‘hate America rally’ and accused people who showed up being Hamas supporters or being part of Antifa.
Last weekend’s No Kings protest was the second one of Trump’s term. The prior event, which happened on the same day as Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C., had about 5 million attendees according to organizers.
