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(NewsNation) — Bill O'Reilly said Monday that each organizer down this weekend's nationwide "No Kings" demonstrations "hates America," though helium said astir participants were simply uninformed citizens caught up successful a societal movement.
"The organizers hatred America, each azygous 1 that organized this," O'Reilly said during NewsNation’s “On Balance." "Every radical is far, acold left."
Roughly 2,600 demonstrations took spot Saturday across each 50 states, with millions protesting President Donald Trump's policies connected immigration, voting rights and the economy. Major rallies occurred successful Washington, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Trump dismissed the protests arsenic a "joke" portion aboard Air Force One connected Sunday, suggesting they were funded by wide donor George Soros.
"I looked astatine the radical — they're not typical of this country," Trump told reporters. "The demonstrations were precise small, precise ineffective, and the radical were whacked out."
O'Reilly said helium observed a objection successful Kingston, New York, and described it arsenic "a party" with families, children and crystal pick vendors. He said protesters lacked circumstantial grievances and appeared chiefly acrophobic astir migration enforcement.
"The folks are progressive successful a concern wherever they don't rather recognize it," O'Reilly said, distinguishing betwixt organizers and participants.
He criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson for characterizing each demonstrators arsenic communists who hatred America.
O'Reilly praised protesters for avoiding unit contempt isolated calls for it from what helium termed "mentally sick people."
Trump rejected characterizations of himself arsenic acting similar a monarch, telling Fox News, "I'm not a king. I enactment my ass disconnected to marque our state great."
Democratic leaders highlighted the mostly peaceful quality of the protests and called for unity. The demonstrations drew little than 10% of the 75 cardinal Americans who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris successful the erstwhile election, O'Reilly noted.
NewsNation spouse The Hill contributed to this report.
