Thousands of Trump Supporters March to Protest Against Election Results in DC
Thousands of President Donald Trump's supporters turned out in Washington, DC on Saturday to protest the election results.
The protest included right-wing and far-right groups speaking out against believed widespread fraud that skewed the election results against Trump.
At least three pro-Trump rallies were scheduled to begin in Freedom Plaza that noon: "March for Trump," "March for 45" and the "Million MAGA March," reported Washington Times.
All appear to be connected to the Stop the Steal movement, which protest the election results.
Some of the attendees came to the protest wearing helmets and bullet-proof vests, reported BBC News.
Those who attended the rally were obviously distinct groups who had different core beliefs, but the groups showed their unwavering support for the president despite what media projections on the election.
According to CNN, some of the groups in attendance were the anti-government groups such as the Oath Keepeers and far-rights groups like the Proud Boys and Three Percenters.
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Some Republican members of Congress also participated in the demonstrations as conspiracy theorist Alex Jones addresses the crowd.
Chants of "U-S-A!" could be heard as the rallies kicked off, as a video tweeted by the Million MAGA March account showed.
On tweets by Trump's senior adviser Katrina Pierson, signs and flags that read "Stop the Steal" and "Don't Tread on Me" can also be seen in the protests.
Counterprotests were hosted by some left-wing groups such as All Out DC and Refuse Fascism but no serious confrontations are yet to be reported.
Trump Teases Attempt to Join Protests
Trump said Friday that he might "try to stop by and say hello" to his supporters who will be holding the protests, and on Saturday morning, his motorcade passed by demonstrators.
The motorcade also did a circuit of Freedom Plaza but carried on to his route to Trump's golf club in Sterling, Virginia.
Later, Trump also retweeted a video of protesters posted by White House official Dan Scavino.
He promised his supporters, "We will WIN!" but it is unclear whether he planned to make further appearance on the ground.
Trump is still denying the election result as shown in his tweets on Saturday where he said checks on Georgia ballots were a "waste of time."
Georgia votes are being manually recounted due to the narrow margin of votes between the candidates, but it is not expected to change the results in the state.
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Election officials said Friday that this year's election was the "most secure in America history." It was the most direct rebuttal state and federal authorities have issued since the president claimed widespread fraud.
The attendance of extremists to the event sparked concern in Oren Segal, vice president of the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism.
He said he did expect a vast majority of the participants to be solely Trump supporters but with extremists in the mix, they are given the chance to mingle with that demographic.
He added that the amount of upset Trump supporters mingling with them could be concerning, broadly due to the "normalization of the extremists."
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