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Donald Trump supporters marched outside the Georgia Capitol building shouting “Stop the robbery!” on Wednesday, as the state must finish counting the ballots tonight.
Far-right radio host Alex Jones was among the crowd waving US and Trump campaign flags, many of them without masks and ignoring social distancing guidelines.
Hundreds of people, including State Representative Vernon Jones and Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, gathered for the Stop the Steal protest that eventually spread inside the Georgia Capitol building.
On Monday Jones urged his supporters to “go to the capital of Georgia now and now you must surround the governor’s mansion,” according to Media Matters.
Georgia’s recount began Friday morning and the deadline is 11:59 pm Wednesday. As of 4 pm EST on Wednesday, five million ballots had been counted by hand.
Donald Trump supporters marched outside the Georgia Capitol building shouting “Stop the robbery!” on Wednesday, as the state must finish counting the ballots tonight. Infowars editor Alex Jones is shown yelling at a speaker at Wednesday’s rally.
Crowds wore red MAGA hats and waved Trump 2020 flags as they chanted ‘Stop the Steal’ outside the Georgia state capital building
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio wore a bulletproof vest at the Stop the Steal rally to protest the results of the presidential election in front of the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday.
Georgia’s count began Friday morning and the deadline is Wednesday at 11:59 p.m.
Although Trump got more than 1,000 votes this week that county election officials did not count, Biden is still projected to win Peach status.
Jones addressed the crowd using speakers from a huge truck at the rally in front of the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday
Although Trump got more than 1,000 votes this week that county election officials did not count, Biden is still projected to win Peach status.
The latest unofficial recount had Biden leading the way with 12,781 votes, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger said Wednesday afternoon: ‘We’re wrapping up, waiting for a few more counties to contact us, some of the larger counties, but I don’t think at the end of the day I’ll change the Total Results ‘
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger said Wednesday afternoon: ‘We’re wrapping up, waiting for a few more counties to get in touch with us, some of the bigger counties, but I don’t think at the end of the day I’ll change the Total Results. ‘
He announced the audit last week due to the narrow margin in the race.
He has also repeatedly defended the integrity of the elections.
Several members of the Proud Boys, a At Wednesday’s rally, a men-only far-right extremist group was seen holding neo-fascist, violent, nationalist, Islamophobic and misogynistic views.
The US intelligence agencies have described the organization as a “dangerous white supremacist group.”
“What we want is for all the ballots to be counted. The fraud has been proven, it is the same formula throughout the country, ”Jones told hundreds of followers within Captiol.
Yet government officials and independent election observers have repeatedly said that the presidential election was safe and that Trump’s fraud allegations are unwarranted.
‘This is an important moment. You are the literal vanguard. And Georgia is a key battlefield in all of this, so I want to thank you for being here, ” Jones told the crowd on the steps inside Georgia’s Gold Dome.
After the speech, the group returned to the outside of the building.
Alex Jones pictured entering the Georgia Capitol building on Wednesday before the recount deadline
State Representative Vernon Jones was part of the crowd that gathered for the rally Wednesday.
The director of Infowars posed for photos with Trump fans supporting
Hundreds of people gathered for the Stop the Steal protest that eventually overflowed into the Georgia Capitol building. In attendance were State Representative Vernon Jones, Alex Jones and members of the Proud Boys
Duane Schwingel, 62, of Gainesville, Florida, pictured dressed as Uncle Sam at the Stop the Steal protest in Georgia on Wednesday
A man holding a sign that reads ‘We Are Q’ citing QAnon’s conspiracy in the rally photo
So far, in the tally, there is no indication of wider problems beyond four counties.
Douglas, Fayette and Walton counties did not load all the votes from the memory cards and Floyd County did not rescan all the ballots after a scanner was replaced due to a technical problem, according to Gabriel Sterling, system manager voting station of Georgia. Three of those four counties are Republican.
After the recount takes place tonight, Georgia elections officials expect to release the results Thursday at noon.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger must certify the results of the Georgia elections by the end of the day on Friday in accordance with state law.
In the audit, those four counties resulted in a few thousand votes that were not originally loaded into the state’s election results to be counted.
The Trump campaign may still request an automatic recount of election results after state certification, which would take at least a week.
