Latest Trump Rally
As the clock ticks down on Republicans' last-ditch effort to overturn the presidential election results during a congressional meeting on January 6, President Donald Trump offered up new details about a same-day rally for supporters that has D.C. authorities prepping with measures similar to those ahead of pro- Trump protests in December that led to four stabbings and 33 arrests. People gather in support of President Donald Trump and in protest of the outcome of the 2020 ... presidential election at Freedom Plaza on December 12, 2020, in Washington, DC.
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- 1. High-ranking
- 2. Importantly
- 3. Politically
- 4. Extinguisher
- 5. Confirmation
- 6. Confirmation
- 7. Playfully
The Eighty Percent Coalition, a newly created group whose name refers to the estimated percentage of Republican voters who do not trust the 2020 election results, has requested a permit with the largest expected gathering of up to 10,000 people at Freedom Plaza in northwest D.C. Other planned protests include one of some 5,000 attendees planned by a conservative women's group and two smaller rallies–one named the “Wild Protest” on the Capitol lawn's northeast quadrant and a separate march from the National Mall to the Capitol led by a former Republican Congressional candidate from South Carolina, the Washington Post reported.
The last time D.C.'s police department closed streets in connection with a Trump rally was in early December, when thousands of Trump supporters gathered to protest election results they viewed as fraudulent. “I cannot vote to certify without pointing out the unprecedented effort of mega corporations, including Facebook and Twitter, to interfere in this election,” Hawley said Friday.
LPL Financial Chief Investment Officer Burt White warned in a recent note to clients that any uncertainty resulting from the January 6 meeting “would almost certainly create a legally contested election... that threatens lasting damage to the economy or corporate America,” but even high-ranking Senate Republican John Tune (R-S.D.) Violence erupted on the streets of Washington, DC, Saturday as thousands of President Trump ’s most die-hard supporters swelled the nation’s capital for a second round of protests against the results of the presidential election.
One person was reportedly stabbed after a black-clad pedestrian rushed a group of men wearing helmets and gas masks and threw a punch. The men were making their way to Freedom Plaza, where a rally dubbed the Million MAGA March had gathered.
Trump buzzed the Saturday rallies in Marine One, circling twice over the roaring crowds as he departed on a trip to attend the annual Army-Navy football game. Trump supporters gather at a rally protesting the 2020 presidential election in Washington, DC, today.
Trump supporters gather at a rally protesting the 2020 presidential election in Washington, DC, today. Trump supporters gather at a rally protesting the 2020 presidential election in Washington, DC, today.
“I hope the Democrats, and even more importantly, the weak and ineffective RINO section of the Republican Party, are looking at the thousands of people pouring into D.C. Democrats hold the House and many Republican senators say they won’t support the challenges, meaning they will fail badly.
It was about fascism and rejecting election results that had been upheld against legal challenges around the country, he said. In written statements issued to ABC 7 News and NBC Bay Area, Ainsley said she did not participate in the violence and only attended the rally because it was going to be Trump ’s last public appearance as president.
To Shane, however, “anyone who took part in marching to the Capitol, even if you didn’t partake in the violence, you were participating in an anti-democracy action.” After photos of Ainsley leaked and posts about her business made the rounds online, some people started leaving bad reviews about Sugar Shack on Yelp, calling the owner a “racist,” a “thug” and a “terrorist,” among other labels, and encouraging others to boycott the business.
Carey Mitchell, who owns Yellow Dog Real Estate in Redwood City, stopped by Sugar Shack on Friday afternoon to put out flowers and signs of support for Ainsley, including one that read, “God Bless Sugar Shack.” “You shouldn’t have your livelihood attacked for whatever belief system you have, across the board,” Mitchell said in an interview Friday.
But Olson said she doesn’t feel bad about the criticism Ainsley is getting or the potential impact on her business. “It’s important to know who your small community business owners support politically because you should put your pocketbook behind whom you believe in,” Olson said.
It also shows Eric Trump, Donald Jr.'s brother, being congratulated for his birthday that same day. “Guys, getting ready to go out there,” Donald Jr. says on the video, which appears to have been streamed online from his phone in a tented area during the rally, outside the White House.
“Just awesome patriots who are sick of the bulls---,” Donald Jr. says as the Laura Iranian song “Gloria” can be heard blaring from outside. Later, during a speech of more than an hour, the president made false claims about alleged ballot fraud swindling him out of an electoral victory over Biden.
Trump also had urged the crowd to help him “fight” Biden's confirmation as the winner, and to march to Congress after the rally. When the crowd did so, thousands of people swarmed around the Capitol complex, and shoved past Capitol police to swarm through the halls of Congress, occupying the Senate chamber and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, among others lawmakers' offices.
Another Capitol police officer died Thursday after being hit by a rioter with a fire extinguisher. Three other people died during the melee, which has led to calls for Trump to be removed from office, less than two weeks before his term ends.
Before he spoke, Donald Jr.'s video pans around the backstage area, where a woman who appeared to be White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany smiled as she took a photo of television monitors showing the crowd outside. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows then appears behind him, broadly grinning and giving a thumbs-up to the camera.
“Mark Meadows, an actual fighter, one of the few, a real fighter,” Donald Jr. says, a nod to the fact that his father had lost support from many congressional Republicans, and his own vice president, Pence, in his legally doomed effort to block Biden from taking office. Donald Jr. then pans the camera to capture his sister Ivanka Trump, who is a senior White House advisor, who smiles and waves at him.
He's an old, old broken down man,” Donald Jr. adds in a joking voice, as the brothers playfully tussled with each other. Not long afterward, a mob of the president's supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol in a riot that left five people dead.
The video features Donald Jr.'s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle saying she hopes Vice President Mike Pence has “the courage or the brains to do the right thing” and block the confirmation of Joe Biden as president by Congress. State Rep. Justin Hill, of Lake St. Louis, said Thursday that he didn’t go into the Capitol, but saw the pro- Trump rioters while looking on from the rear of the building.
The former police sergeant sponsored a Missouri House resolution in December that said state lawmakers had “no faith” in the validity of the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Some 66 of Hill’s Republican colleagues signed a letter seeking to debate the resolution, but it didn’t advance to the full House for a vote, the newspaper reported.
The video obtained by CNBC features Donald Jr.'s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle saying she hopes Vice President Mike Pence has “the courage or the brains to do the right thing” and block the confirmation of Joe Biden as president by Congress. It also shows Eric Trump, Donald Jr.'s brother, being congratulated for his birthday that same day.
“Guys, getting ready to go out there,” Donald Jr. says on the video, which appears to have been streamed online from his phone in a tented area during the rally, outside the White House. “Just awesome patriots who are sick of the bulls---,” Donald Jr. says as the Laura Iranian song “Gloria” can be heard blaring from outside.
Later, during a speech of more than an hour, the president made false claims about alleged ballot fraud swindling him out of an electoral victory over Biden. Trump also had urged the crowd to help him “fight” Biden's confirmation as the winner, and to march to Congress after the rally.
When the crowd did so, thousands of people swarmed around the Capitol complex, and shoved past Capitol police to swarm through the halls of Congress, occupying the Senate chamber and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, among others lawmakers' offices. Another Capitol police officer died Thursday after being hit by a rioter with a fire extinguisher.
Three other people died during the melee, which has led to calls for Trump to be removed from office, less than two weeks before his term ends. Before he spoke, Donald Jr.'s video pans around the backstage area, where a woman who appeared to be White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany smiled as she took a photo of television monitors showing the crowd outside.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows then appears behind him, broadly grinning and giving a thumbs-up to the camera. “Mark Meadows, an actual fighter, one of the few, a real fighter,” Donald Jr. says, a nod to the fact that his father had lost support from many congressional Republicans, and his own vice president, Pence, in his legally doomed effort to block Biden from taking office.
Donald Jr. then pans the camera to capture his sister Ivanka Trump, who is a senior White House advisor, who smiles and waves at him. He's an old, old broken down man,” Donald Jr. adds in a joking voice, as the brothers playfully tussled with each other.
Not long afterward, a mob of the president's supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol in a riot that left five people dead. The video features Donald Jr.'s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle saying she hopes Vice President Mike Pence has “the courage or the brains to do the right thing” and block the confirmation of Joe Biden as president by Congress.