Donald Trump intends to put all possible sticks in Joe Biden's wheel, and his supporters are determined to help him.
The outgoing president called on his supporters to rally in Washington DC on Wednesday January 6 to challenge the presidential election result.
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Concern is mounting among elected officials in the capital, who have taken the trouble to urge potential demonstrators not to take a firearm with them.
"
We have received reports that people intend to bring firearms into our town and that this simply will not be tolerated,
" Police Chief Robert Contee warned at a conference. Press.
Three hundred and forty national guards are mobilized to supervise the demonstration, to provide support to the police and to supervise the demonstration.
Expected violence
Several far-right militias, such as the “Proud Boys”, are expected.
This nationalist group advocating violence as a mode of action is famous for its demonstrations of force, all arms out.
On Monday, one of its leaders, Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, was arrested.
He had participated on December 12 in the destruction of a banner "Black Lives Matter" belonging to a church in the federal capital during a demonstration which had degenerated.
He was in possession of two high capacity gun magazines.
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Already on December 12, the demonstration of support for the president had degenerated and stab wounds had been exchanged.
For the Washington police chief, this rally could draw even more protesters.
A point on which he agrees with Enrique Tarrio, who promised a few days ago that the “Proud Boys” “
would appear in record numbers on January 6
”.
Donald Trump's promise to join the protesters galvanized his supporters.
On Saturday, he wrote on Twitter “
I will be present
”, completing his tweet the day before, promising: “
it will be wild!
"