To the Editor:

The recent opinion column by Dane Hicks published in Great Bend Tribune Nov. 6, titled “Fun-Loving Commies Spend Big to Sponsor No Kings” belongs in the fiction section of our local library. On Oct. 18, more than 7 million of us rose up at more than 2,700 events in all 50 states, to say: America has No Kings, and here Power belongs to the People.

My own experience began with organizing and speaking at the local Hands Off protest April 5, 2025, on the Barton County Square. When I spoke at the event, I was interrupted by a heckler when stating all people were entitled to due process under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution. Then the heckler began yelling more loudly “illegal, illegal and illegal.” My response was that if the Executive Branch could deny “due

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