In Washington, thousands of Trump supporters have taken to the streets to protest the election results. Despite a few minor disturbances, everything is relatively quiet. President Trump drove by and waved to the protesting fans.
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Now that the state of Arizona has finally gone to Joe Biden, the Democratic has president elect 306 electors behind him – as many as Trump in 2016. However, Trump’s camp refuses to acknowledge that result and continues to insist that massive ballot box fraud has been committed. The far right had called for protesting in Washington this weekend against the outcome of those presidential elections in what is called the “Million MAGA March,” after Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again.”
On Friday, Trump had said on Twitter that he would “try to get by” the protesters, who want to march from downtown Washington to the Supreme Court. The president kept his word: with a smile, he drove past Freedom Plaza in his motorcade, on his way to the Trump National Golf Club.
Despite reports from top officials saying these were the most smooth-running elections since World War II, President Trump continues to allege fraud in the Nov. 3 election. There is no evidence of this until today, and several lawsuits from the Trump camp have already been filed.
Proud Boys
Thousands of Trump supporters are now taking to the streets to show support for their president. It’s not the moderate Trump fans that flood the streets of Washington, but mostly the die hards from the far right. The Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, among others, will be present, as will QAnon and other groups. Figures such as Alex Jones from Infowars have also called for participation in the ‘Million MAGA March’.
There are not yet any major counter-demonstrations. Muriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor of Washington, has raised a large police force to lead this march in the right direction. From time to time, small riots threaten with Black Lives Matter activists hitting Trump supporters, but the security forces in attendance are ready to intervene and separate the groups.
This meeting seems a final convulsion, as Republican support for Trump’s post-electoral stubbornness is slowly crumbling. The influential Republican strategist Karl Rove, among others, calls it ‘time to acknowledge the loss so that we can work on the future’.
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