The smear campaign apparently didn’t work. NBC News reported on the results of its latest national poll:

The high election interest and focus on Trump also come as millions of Americans have participated in ‘No Kings’ protests against the Trump administration. In this survey, 43% say they consider themselves supporters of the No Kings protest movement — with the group largely composed of Democrats but also including around 4 in 10 independents.

Right off the bat, it’s worth emphasizing that this level of national public support for a protest movement that didn’t exist as 2025 got underway is extraordinary......

Perhaps most important is the comparison between the size of the No Kings protest movement and the size of the president’s base.

NBC News’ national poll also asked respondents whether they consider themselves to be “a supporter of the MAGA Movement.” Just 30% aligned themselves with MAGA, down from 36% from the same poll in March.

In other words, after Trump’s election victory last year, the conventional wisdom suggested that the American right was ascendant and MAGA reigned supreme. But as the first year of the Republican president’s second term nears its end, the number of Americans who consider themselves MAGA supporters is down to just 30%, while supporters of the No Kings protest movement, inspired by Trump’s abuses and power grabs, enjoy 43% support.

This isn’t what many political observers would’ve predicted a year ago at this time, but here we are.