Overview

• Dozens of No Kings rallies protesting President Trump took place on June 14 nationwide, including a Raleigh event where a protester carried a mock guillotine and a beheaded Trump figure.
• Rep. Julie Von Haefen uploaded footage showing the prop then edited out the image and issued a statement condemning political violence in all forms.
• Sen. Mike Lee criticized the depiction as undemocratic in an X post accusing Democrats of embracing calls for the president’s execution.
• Rep. Brenden Jones spearheaded North Carolina lawmakers’ backlash, pointing to Von Haefen’s deactivation of her X account as an attempt to avoid accountability.
• Police are searching for Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in shootings that killed two Minnesota Democratic legislators and injured their spouses.