Posted on 08/12/2018 1:32:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Far-right protesters and counter-protesters have descended on Washington, D.C., on Sunday on the one-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
Earlier in the day on Sunday, hundreds of counter-protesters took part in demonstrations across the city as white nationalists prepared for their rally.
Apparent smoke bombs set off at white nationalist rally
Updated: 4:18 p.m.
The Hill witnessed what appeared to be at least one smoke bomb go off at the beginning of the "Unite the Right 2."
Someone appears to have set off a smoke bomb at the center of an anti-fascist protest.
'Unite the Rally 2' draws huge counterprotests
Updated: 4:14 p.m.
Around two dozen white nationalists have arrived at Lafayette Park for Unite the Right 2, a rally commemorating the one-year anniversary since last years deadly Charlottesville demonstrations.
Though white nationalist organizer Jason Kessler originally said he suspected there could be up to 400 attendees, it appears there were only around 25.
On the other side of the park, thousands of counterprotesters have mobilized against the white supremacists. The counter-protesters, who marched in from separate events throughout the city, are marching throughout the roads surrounding the White House and gathering on the side of Lafayette Park where they have a permit.
There is significant distance between the dueling demonstrations, with each side barricaded off. Police in neon vests are gathered in the middle.
Law enforcement escorted the roughly 25 white nationalists onto the side closer to the White House.
Kessler has been speaking and intermittently taking breaks for around 20 minutes so far.
Though white nationalist organizer Jason Kessler originally said he suspected there could be up to 400 attendees, it appears there were only around 25.
YGBFKM. The media is going bonkers over 25 protestors. Meanwhile, the Right to Life March draws thousands every year, and it’s always a total media blackout.
4:33 p.m.
Counter-protesters have formed a unified line against the barricade separating them from the white nationalist rally, shouting Go home, Nazis and Black Lives Matter.
They are directly facing the lines of police between them and the white nationalist protest, jeering and waving signs. One man blew into a tuba every few minutes.
F---k you, Nazis! one group chants as another cohort breaks into song.
On the other side of the park, a man is espousing racist views to a small of people that is mainly comprised of members of the press.
(I suspect the 'man espousing racist views to a smallof people that is mainly comprised of members of the press' is an agent provocateur giving the media the sound bites and video they want.)
You mean "Obama-voting, Occupy Wall Street-supporting Jason Kessler" with special guest appearance by David Duke!
Frauds, the whole idiotic gaggle of goose-stepping retards trying to make Trump supporters look bad.
Glad nobody showed up.
4:50 p.m.
Law enforcement stepped in after counterprotesters were seen hurling bottles and other objects at a few people heading to the "Unite the Right" rally.
An ambulance is parked on the counterprotester side of Lafayette Park.
(Antifa are the ones throwing projectiles at those attending the rally but the ambulance is parked with Antifa)
The media and the Democrats spin it like the only choice is a revival of Naziism or ultimately a wonderful “people’s” communist dictatorship like in Venezuela. They can’t imagine freedom as an option.
Well said. Thank God for Dinesh DSouza to bring out the truth of the propaganda war the Left is employing against Trump.
There is no such thing as “far right”. There is only upbeat, and taking the best possible anticipation of the positive outcomes, or crushing grinding command and control, destruction and waste in its wake.
The gracious acceptance of personal initiative, and giving its rewards to the talented and hard-working who strive for personal excellence, has been one of the most rewarding experiments ever in the continued striving for a better life. All this initiative must be tempered with an at least somewhat humble attitude for the “good luck” bestowed on its winners, which invariably leads to a deep devotion to a guiding Higher Power, and its impulse to do further good for all men.
Meanwhile, there skulking in the shadows, is the coterie of failed humanity, that is quick to blame all their “bad luck” on some misunderstood or imagined actions of the “lucky ones”, but who continually self-sabotage their own best interests, and they form a self-defined horde to “take down” the more fortunate, briefly enriching themselves, but leaving all around themselves much more desolated and impoverished.
As Ronaldus Magnus noted, there is no such thing as a Left or Right, there is only an Up or Down.
That’s the Antifa canard. And the Dems are going to ride that into oblivion.
Somehow, “far-downist politicians” doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Can’t get behind this Jason Kessler fellah’s and his movement.
Was supporting the movement to keep the Confederate monuments and “Unte the Right” but the fellow Kessler’s either a fool or being played as one.
After all the bad press surrounding the dead woman, who has a re-creation of the same event on the same day?
Bad optics, really bad optics.
A Soros puppet?
Fu** you, snitch ass news bitch. Fu** you.
Protesters very aggressive with media.
*NOTE how Antifa is call the media 'snitches'.
Antifa believes the media is supposed to be on their side and hide their identifies and not report what they're doing.
I think they usually get about 250,000 but your point is accurate.
When Whitey defends himself, he is called racist.
More mind control from deep state.
According to the lamestream media, the entire political spectrum ranges from progressives, to right, to far right, to far far right, to far far right extremists, to far far right reactionary extremists, to far, far right reactionary radical extremists, to Nazis, to Trump supporters.
I have attended March for Life rallies. You are correct, there are usually about 200,000 and its held in freezing January. It gets little or no media coverage. There are also almost no LEOs there as it is a Gathering of well-behaved people.
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