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Amid United States President Donald Trump’s protest against the presidential election, supporters of President Trump gathered in Washington, DC on the 14th (local time) for a massive demonstration.
Trump supporters gathered at Freedom Plaza near the White House in Washington DC at noon that day, proclaiming President Trump’s ‘victory’ and insisting that President-elect Joe Biden could not be recognized.
According to the US media, the demonstration was attended by several organizations with names such as ‘March of the Million MAGA’, ‘March for Trump’ and ‘Stop the Steal’. .
‘MAGA’ stands for ‘Make America Great Again’, President Trump’s catchphrase for the presidential election, and is associated with President Trump’s claim that the presidential election was ‘stolen’, which reads: ‘Stop theft’.
Participants waved banners and flags supporting President Trump and denying the election results.
The contestant on the podium urged President Trump to empower him, saying, “We must win, we must fight.”
Another participant reiterated President Trump’s argument that “all legitimate votes must be counted” and that “illegal votes” must be excluded, and the Supreme Court must conclude the electoral procedures.
“We stole the elections, but our voices cannot be stolen,” said one woman.
One participant attacked the mainstream media that predicted Trump’s defeat as “fake news.” Large IT companies such as Facebook (Big Tech) were also criticized. Some crowds criticized Fox News for reporting content that was unfavorable to President Trump despite being a conservative outlet.
Aimed at Biden-elect and his son Hunter Biden, the catchphrase “Stay in Jail” also broke out.
President Trump, who tweeted the day before that he could come by to say hi to the rally, first appeared in a car before the rally took place.
President Trump’s procession of cars slowly passed Freedom Plaza along Pennsylvania Boulevard just after 10 a.m., about two hours before the rally.
A large crowd cheered and some showed receptive enthusiasm as they ran, the Associated Press reported. They yelled “America, America”, “4 more years” and waved the stars and stripes.
President Trump greets hundreds of protesters who smiled out the car window and waved their hands to falsely claim they had won, the Washington Post reported.
President Trump passed through a group of supporters to the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.
Thousands of supporters had gathered at the rally at noon, AFP reported. Even after the start of the demonstration, many people gathered, added AFP.
Organizers have announced that one million people will gather for the rally.
AFP reported that large-scale security personnel were deployed in Washington DC to prevent a clash between the ‘anti-Trump’ crowd with the far-right group ‘Proud Voice’ that declared its participation in the demonstration.
On this day, organizers announced their plans to hold a rally at 51 venues, including base cities in each state, such as Boston and Los Angeles, including Washington DC.
Some left-wing groups have planned “simmering protests” in Washington DC and in some cities, Reuters reported.
Trump supporters planned to march about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the Supreme Court building after the Freedom Plaza rally.
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