Unite the Right Rally Deemed a Dud: More Lime Scooters Than White Nationalists

[DonViejo]

by Amy Russo | Aug 12th, 2018, 4:57 pm

As Unite the Right protesters descended upon Washington, D.C. to commemorate the one-year anniversary of their 2016 Charlottesville, VA rally that turned deadly, it turned out that only a couple dozen showed up.

Reporters on the ground immediately took note of the diluted support on Sunday, tweeting out photos and videos in which police appeared to far outnumber white supremacist demonstrators.

Counter-protesters came out in greater numbers, marching through the capital under the watch of heavy police presence, which monitored the crowd to keep any flare ups in check.

Jason Kessler, who was in D.C. leading the Unite the Right rally, even admitted his efforts fell flat, according to Mediaite’s Caleb Ecarma.

Check out the first-hand accounts and reactions below:

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[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Kessler's marchers had to take an IQ test. 99.8% failed.

None hit over 48. Sad.

[riversedge]

2. .... The group had been separated earlier from the few dozen white nationalists.....

Bid dud!


The Latest: Anti-fascists confront police in Washington


https://www.apnews.com/7302def256ac4d2896a2288fdbebe704/The-Latest:-Anti-fascists-confront-police-in-Washington

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on events marking the anniversary of violent white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):

6:50 p.m.

A group of about 150 to 200 anti-fascists is confronting police about a half-mile from the White House after a white nationalist demonstration broke up.

Antifa members, many of them wearing black masks, marched around downtown Washington on Sunday evening in the rain. In a tense scene, police shoved back the advancing counterprotesters, but it didn’t appear any tear gas has been used.

The group had been separated earlier from the few dozen white nationalists who rallied in front of the White House on the anniversary of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. President Donald Trump is in New Jersey.

The white nationalists later packed into white vans and left, escorted by the police.

Antifa is shorthand for the far-left-leaning militant groups that resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

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6:20 p.m.

White nationalists who marched on Washington and rallied at a park near the White House have left the area in white vans under a police escort.

The demonstration led by the principal organizer of last year’s “Unite the Right” event in Charlottesville, Virginia, Jason Kessler, ended earlier than expected. Those marching with Kessler numbered only about 30, far fewer than the 100 to 400 he predicted in a permit for the demonstration.

Thousands of counterdemonstrators showed up to jeer and shout insults at the white nationalists as they made their way through Washington streets. Police kept the two sides separated during the march and the rally..................

[lindysalsagal]

3. Checked into CNN at 8pm, no coverage. Just more Giuliani/trump/comey b.s.

I guess it's not news.

[GulfCoast66]

4. Totally predictable

They only march when they can carry their guns.

[Historic NY]

5. How many potties did they have.?