‘We decide the election… We’re waging a battle across America: Trump supporters
A member of the Proud Boys is stabbed in a confrontation with a counter-protester at around 9:20pm after violence erupted between the Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter in Washington DC on Saturday.
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One person was shot and four people were stabbed in Olympia, Washington on Saturday night after violence erupted between the Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter counter-protesters following the second Million MAGA March in Washington D.C.
All the victims in the Washington, D.C., stabbings were believed to have sustained critical injuries, said Doug Buchanan, spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, report agencies.
All the victims in the Washington, D.C., stabbings were believed to have sustained critical injuries Saturday night, said Doug Buchanan, spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, report agencies.
Additionally, at least one police officer sustained minor injuries in an unrelated skirmish, Buchanan said. In all, eight people were taken to hospitals for medical attention, he said.
One person was shot and four people were stabbed in Olympia, Washington on Saturday night after violence erupted between the Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter counter-protesters following the second Million MAGA March in Washington D.C.
All the victims in the Washington, D.C., stabbings were believed to have sustained critical injuries, said Doug Buchanan, spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, report agencies.
All the victims in the Washington, D.C., stabbings were believed to have sustained critical injuries Saturday night, said Doug Buchanan, spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, report agencies.
Additionally, at least one police officer sustained minor injuries in an unrelated skirmish, Buchanan said. In all, eight people were taken to hospitals for medical attention, he said.
In Olympia a suspect was detained in the shooting, said Washington State Patrol Sgt. Darren Wright, who indicated that pro-President Donald Trump and anti-Trump demonstrators clashed in and around the Capital Campus area, and that some protesters seemed prepared for violence.
“Both sides have heavily armed individuals in the groups,” he said. “We’ve had sporadic confrontations throughout the day.”
Demonstrators in the state capital included Trump supporters, Black Lives Matter activists and people opposed to pandemic restrictions.
Wright said authorities declared an unlawful assembly, leading many protesters to disperse.
In Washington, Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested at least half-dozen people as “March For Trump” protesters clashed with counterdemonstrators. Pro-Trump marchers chanted, “Four more years” and, “We want Trump.”
As the nation watches Biden’s transition, rising coronavirus cases and vaccine development, Trump’s attempts to maintain power have also been playing out. To his most dedicated supporters, the president’s megaphone is as loud as ever. He has continued to falsely claim the election was stolen from him, prompting his faithful to return to the nation’s capital.
State and federal courts have rejected dozens of lawsuits by Mr. Trump’s allies seeking to challenge the election results, but the pointed refusal by the Supreme Court on Friday to hear a case filed by the attorney general of Texas loomed the largest yet. By foreclosing one of the last legal avenues Mr. Trump had to potentially block Mr. Biden from succeeding him on Inauguration Day, it left many of his partisans casting angrily about for answers.
Supporters of the president in several cities said they were still convinced that the election was stolen, no matter what the courts say.
One of Mr. Trump’s former national security advisers, Michael T. Flynn, whom Mr. Trump pardoned in November, told Trump supporters near the Supreme Court building not to “get bent out of shape” by the latest setback, assuring them that there were still ways to fight back.
“We decide the election,” he said, greeted by cheers. “We’re waging a battle across America.”
Pro-Trump rallies were mounted in a number of other communities around the country. More than 100 people gathered at a rally in St. Paul, Minn., to display Trump flags and call on the state’s Democratic governor to loosen coronavirus restrictions in the state. In Spanish Fort, Ala., a suburb of Mobile, about 100 people demonstrated, according to footage posted by WKRG-TV. “We want to be part of the ‘Stop the Steal’ national movement,” one speaker there said. “That’s why we’re here.”
Demonstrators in the state capital included Trump supporters, Black Lives Matter activists and people opposed to pandemic restrictions.
Wright said authorities declared an unlawful assembly, leading many protesters to disperse.
In Washington, Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested at least half-dozen people as “March For Trump” protesters clashed with counterdemonstrators. Pro-Trump marchers chanted, “Four more years” and, “We want Trump.”
As the nation watches Biden’s transition, rising coronavirus cases and vaccine development, Trump’s attempts to maintain power have also been playing out. To his most dedicated supporters, the president’s megaphone is as loud as ever. He has continued to falsely claim the election was stolen from him, prompting his faithful to return to the nation’s capital.
State and federal courts have rejected dozens of lawsuits by Mr. Trump’s allies seeking to challenge the election results, but the pointed refusal by the Supreme Court on Friday to hear a case filed by the attorney general of Texas loomed the largest yet. By foreclosing one of the last legal avenues Mr. Trump had to potentially block Mr. Biden from succeeding him on Inauguration Day, it left many of his partisans casting angrily about for answers.
Supporters of the president in several cities said they were still convinced that the election was stolen, no matter what the courts say.
One of Mr. Trump’s former national security advisers, Michael T. Flynn, whom Mr. Trump pardoned in November, told Trump supporters near the Supreme Court building not to “get bent out of shape” by the latest setback, assuring them that there were still ways to fight back.
“We decide the election,” he said, greeted by cheers. “We’re waging a battle across America.”
Pro-Trump rallies were mounted in a number of other communities around the country. More than 100 people gathered at a rally in St. Paul, Minn., to display Trump flags and call on the state’s Democratic governor to loosen coronavirus restrictions in the state. In Spanish Fort, Ala., a suburb of Mobile, about 100 people demonstrated, according to footage posted by WKRG-TV. “We want to be part of the ‘Stop the Steal’ national movement,” one speaker there said. “That’s why we’re here.”
