Portland, Ore. – Opponents marched through the streets of several American cities on Wednesday in response to President Trump’s aggressive attempt to challenge the counting of votes in Tuesday’s presidential election, urging election officials to “count every vote.”
In Minneapolis, protesters blocked the freeway with arrest warrants. In Portland, hundreds of people gathered on the waterfront to protest the President’s attempt to interfere in the counting of voters, as police officers and police officers smashed shop windows, demanding racial justice.
In Phoenix, almost pro-Trump opponents, some of whom were armed, gathered outside the county recorder’s office fee where votes that could help determine the outcome of the election were closely monitored.
On some issues, opponents argued that the county official overseeing the election in Maricopa County, Adrian Fontage, had improperly counted some ballots and failed to pay the price for Mr. Trump’s votes in Arizona’s most populous county. That any ballot was inappropriate. Thrown.
Mr Fonts’ chief deputy, Kelly Verwell, said there were no plans to halt the ballot count because of protests against the building. “We are still considering completing our scheduled ballet processing work and will report further results tonight,” Mr. Verlave said.
In Detroit, another group of pro-Trump voters gathered outside a polling station in Detroit the day before, and officials called for a “countdown” to the vote to prevent a vote count in Michigan after Trump’s campaign.
Mr. Trump claimed early Wednesday that the key states had won the election just before they counted all their ballots. He spent the day saying, without evidence, that people were trying to “steal” the election from him and cast doubt on the legitimacy of many ballots sent by mail due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Early Thursday, Joseph R. Biden Jr. had only a handful of voter votes since winning the election, and Mr. Trump’s campaign was making an aggressive legal attempt to challenge Tally by filing lawsuits in Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
“It’s such a dangerous moment,” said Carol Carmic of the year. He said he joined the Portland protests for fear that Mr. Trump would try to stay in power even if he lost the election.
Protesters also gathered in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago and elsewhere, some of them continuing to protest racial justice and policing that shook the country after the assassination of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis in May. More demonstrations were to be held for the coming days.
In Minneapolis, several hundred protesters, outraged at the president’s announcements, marched to Interstate 94, asking police to clear the road.
“Our focus is not on letting Donald Trump steal this election from the American people,” Nekima Levi Armstrong, a lawyer who took part in the protest, said in a phone interview from the freeway. He said protesters blocked traffic and police began making arrests on some horses and did not allow protesters to leave.
Minnesota State Patrol Said on Twitter That he was arresting protesters and demonstrating on the freeway is “illegal and very dangerous for pedestrians and motorists.”
In New York, protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Manhattan early Wednesday, in which every vote would be counted and called for racial equality, but protests between protesters and police escalated later when protesters briefly blocked traffic in West Village, and officials blocked the sidewalk. Pushed towards and arrested at least 20 people.
In Portland, hundreds of people marched through downtown. “The vote is over. The fighting continues, ”a sign read. The mob later stalled at a separate “count every vote” rally along the waterfront, where speakers expressed fears that Mr. Trump, who lost decisively in Oregon, was trying to encircle the election and prevent other states from counting votes.
A section of the crowd moved towards downtown, where some people smashed windows. At that point, dozens of police officers began chasing crowds through the streets and declared a riot. Gov. Kate Brown extended the declaration of emergency earlier in the day, allowing her to activate the National Guard, which was involved in Wednesday night’s operation.
The city has been witnessing constant protests since May, with many protesters vowing to support racial justice and continue their crackdown on police brutality, regardless of who wins their election.
More than a dozen demonstrations were organized by denialism against Mr. Trump’s attempts to block the vote count. In one of Seattle’s, a group of protesters took to the streets, shouting, “Every city, every city, now Trump-Pence is out,” and “Count every vote.”
At a pro-Trump event in Phoenix, at least 150 people gathered in front of the State Capitol before marching to the Maricopa County Recorder Office Fees.
Jim Williams, 67, a welder who took part in the protest, said “the only way to win Biden Arizona is through fraud.” “I will not accept Biden’s victory. I do not want to live under communist rule. ”
Some in the crowd chanted “Down with Fox,” reflecting the voices of protesters over Fox News’ decision to call Arizona for Mr Biden on Tuesday, followed by several other news stories.
Mike Baker Report from Portland, Nicholas Bogel-Burrows From New York, and Simon Romero From Phoenix. Contributed by the report Christian Tribert And Ed Shanahan In New York, Caitlin Gillespie In Portland, and Haley Golden In Seattle.
