President Trump’s supporters turned the State Capitol in Atlanta right into a sea of purple, white and blue as they protested Georgia’s recount. As tensions between them and left-wing counter-protesters rose, police dispersed the rally.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed off on his state’s obligatory hand recount of election outcomes on Friday, certifying Joe Biden’s obvious win, however paving the best way for the Trump marketing campaign to push for a extra thorough audit of the vote. Joe Biden apparently gained the peach state by a razor-thin margin of simply over 12,000 votes, however the Trump marketing campaign insists that many of those votes had been illegally forged.
Waving American flags and ‘Make America Nice Once more’ banners, a number of hundred of Trump’s most loyal supporters gathered exterior the State Capitol on Saturday, chanting “cease the steal,” a phrase that has change into a rallying cry for conservatives who imagine this yr’s presidential election was rigged in favor of Biden.
'Cease the steal' – Professional-Trump rally in #Atlanta pic.twitter.com/feJhFO5kHi
— RT (@RT_com) November 21, 2020
A smaller group of counter-protesters confirmed up. Masked and clad in black, they held indicators declaring President Trump a “fascist,” and waved ‘Black Lives Matter’ flags. A few of these counter-protesters had been armed, as had been some militia members on the pro-Trump aspect.
Left-wing militia group out with the Black Lives Matter/Antifa protest at close by Metropolis Corridor #Atlanta #Georgia #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/jsqgBT0Mi5
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
A number of militia teams are out in Atlanta at the moment, this is among the right-wing ones exterior the Capitol on the Cease the Steal protest #Atlanta #Georgia #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/qSkDNqXzyZ
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
As cops stepped in to defuse arguments between the right-wing ‘Proud Boys’ chief Enrique Tarrio and a few BLM protesters, the police ordered either side to clear the streets by 2pm, two hours after the Trump rally kicked off.
Police give a 2 pm dispersal order to each crowds gathered right here in Atlanta #Atlanta #Georgia #AtlantaProtests pic.twitter.com/jFzvYM6rGY
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 21, 2020
As Georgia recounted its votes, protests exterior the capitol in Atlanta in current days drew a few of Trump’s most fervent supporters, together with right-wing media character Nick Fuentes and controversial Infowars polemicist Alex Jones. Protesting exterior the constructing on Thursday, Fuentes declared “they’re attempting to certify the end result tomorrow to allow them to steal the election in Georgia and steal this whole factor.”
Georgia’s recount didn’t certify poll signatures in opposition to voter rolls, nor did it confirm addresses on mail-in ballots. Although Kemp licensed the outcomes of the recount, Jenna Ellis – one of many Trump marketing campaign’s legal professionals – stated afterwards that the marketing campaign will proceed to “pursue all authorized choices to make sure that solely authorized ballots are counted.”
Among the many discrepancies cited by the Trump marketing campaign are the state’s unprecedentedly low rejection charge of mail-in ballots, “unbelievable” margins for Biden discovered throughout the recount, and sworn witness reviews of what gave the impression to be batches of machine-printed ballots in favor of the Democrat.
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