A so-called Million MAGA March on Saturday was supposed to be a protest of the election results in support of Donald Trump. Instead, it turned into a brutal melee between anti-Trump forces and white supremacist MAGA fanatics.
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Somehow, Trump supporters convinced themselves that stealing the idea of the Million Man March of 1995 (for Black men) and creating a ‘Million MAGA March’ (for Trumpies) was a bright idea. They also convinced themselves that marching through the streets of Washington, DC would somehow overturn the 2020 presidential election results, revoke Joe Biden’s 306 electoral vote win, and magically hand Donald Trump another 4 years.
Too bad for them, they were wrong on all counts!
Not only did the Million MAGA March have an ice cube’s chance in hell of reversing the constitutionally legal and democratic voting process, but their overly-optimistic expectation of a million MAGA followers fell well short with an estimated crowd of around 10,000 people.
The principal attendees of the Million MAGA March referred to themselves as “patriots” and carried placards that read “Stop The Steal.” They included such white supremacist/militia/hate groups as the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and Three Percenters, as well as QAnon conspiracy fanatics and other far right-wing misfits. Speakers included Congresswoman-elect Marjorie Taylor-Greene, who is a proud and public supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory, as well as far-right figures Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec. A special surprise guest included Donald Trump himself, who drove through the crowd in a secret-service-protected motorcade, obviously getting his bruised and depressed (from losing) ego stroked by the adoring MAGA fanatics screaming his name as if he were the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ.
And then, the real action began.
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As police cleared the area in front of the Willard Hotel, groups clasher at Freedom Plaza where activist s tore down Trump flags and snatched other merchandise supportive of the president. pic.twitter.com/2tdDmWcP5m
— Clarence Williams (@nu1wcf) November 15, 2020
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Anti-Trump forces were hell-bent on disrupting the white supremacist circle-jerk of Donald Trump. They were also intent on obstructing the flexing of white privilege that was blatantly attempting to overturn an election simply because the MAGA’s didn’t like the results.
Soon, the presence of the conflicting groups became the equivalent of mixing gasoline with fire.
After an exchange of tense words and obscenities, a fight broke out between 2 large groups of people at 10th Street and New York Avenue NW around 8:30pm. A man shouted “Get out of here!” through a bullhorn and was swiftly attacked. Someone tossed fireworks over a group of MAGA diners sitting outside at a sidewalk restaurant. Then, a man in his 20s was stabbed in the back.
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BREAKING 3 Trump supporters are eating outside at a restaurant, 2 blocks from the White House. 16th & K St. A large group confronts them. Someone throws what appears to be fireworks. Moments later, police push back a crowd that wants to confront Trump supporters: @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/B8NDOTE0MJ
— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) November 14, 2020
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As they overtook the streets of DC, the Million MAGA March sycophants appeared more like a cult than a political movement. With QAnon characters screaming conspiracy theories and white supremacists shouting about their alleged superiority, it was clear these Trump disciples all drank the ‘Kool-Aid’ — just as the Jim Jones disciples did in 1978.
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“F*ck his feelings. Trump’s a loser and his backers are whiners.” – Anti-Trump protester
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“Trump was the best president we’d ever had” because he “did everything he said he would,” said 60-year-old Jerry Babb.
Others regurgitated the mistrust of state ballot counts and the media — just as Trump conditioned them to believe — and were convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that Trump had, in fact, won the presidency.
Stevan Roknic, of Hobart, Indiana, said it was “mysterious” how Trump had been reported to have lost the election.
“Trump was winning, he had the election in a landslide,” Roknic said. “And then in the middle of the night they stopped doing the count, and mysteriously all these votes showed up for Joe Biden. I don’t buy it.”
He also added that he believes the coronavirus pandemic was “orchestrated” just as Trump said, and that the “make-believe” virus had a role in turning the election to the Democrats.
“This is not a political party. It’s a cult.” – Thomas Friedman
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Alexandira Juarez wore a “Latinas for Trump” t-shirt to the march.
“I absolutely love Trump and what he’s done for this country, and he got robbed from 4 more years,” she said.
When asked how she was able to support Trump after seeing him separate Latino children from their families at the border, Juarez said she didn’t believe the children were actually separated.
Still, others said they would like to see Donald Trump seize control of the government and reject election results. When reminded that such a move would equate to a dictatorship rather than the democracy America was built upon, they were not deterred. To them, Donald Trump was the end-all.
With so much misinformation and blatant ignorance running rampant among the mostly-maskless Trumpies who emphatically refused to even consider logic or common sense, the Million MAGA March actually proved to be the Million Moron March.
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A so-called Million MAGA March on Saturday was supposed to be a protest of the election results in support of Donald Trump. Instead, it turned into a brutal melee between anti-Trump forces and white supremacist MAGA fanatics. […]- DJ
Those people in BOTH groups are IMO just menaces to society. Left-wing extremists are no better than right-wing extremists and that’s all Trump voters are. Right-wing extremists. Both groups are motivated by spewing venom and looking for trouble.
The only difference as far as I can tell is that right-wing extremists tend to be racists and bigots. Other than that I don’t see much difference between the two groups.
I really don’t.