President Donald Trump on Wednesday told a rally of his
supporters outside the White House that he would never concede that he lost the
election, as Congress readied to certify Joe Biden’s victory.
“I will never give up. We will never concede,” Trump told
the cheering crowd. “We will stop the steal.”
Wearing “Make America Great Again” caps and sharing biscuits
and beers, hundreds of Donald Trump supporters also insisted they would never
accept Joe Biden as president as they traveled by bus from near Boston to
Washington to protest Congress’s expected certification of his White House
victory.
“We’re not going to roll over and let this go. There’s no
way,” says Sue Ianni, an official with the pro-Trump, pro-straight organization
Super Fun Happy America, which chartered six buses carrying about 300
protesters for the demonstration in the US capital.
“We will fight tooth and nail. This isn’t over just if Biden
gets inaugurated, if that happens. We’ll never stop fighting. And Trump will be
our president for the next four years, no matter who they inaugurate,” she
adds.
Despite Congress all but certain later Wednesday to certify
the Electoral College results that determined Biden the winner of the
presidential race, the busload of Trump supporters that AFP traveled with were
in festive spirits.
Dressed in red “MAGA” sweaters, they took selfies and passed
around snacks on the ten-hour trip. Even the driver wore a “MAGA” cap.
“I’ve never had the opportunity to do something like this
before,” says Vincent Petroni, a young man who calls himself a member of the
far-right Proud Boys group, whose leader was arrested in Washington on Monday
for torching a Black Lives Matter banner.
“Normally, I’m a very mellow guy. I don’t like conflict,” he
adds.
“And I’m not going there for conflict. But tensions are too
high this day and age. Enough is enough. I need to go down, show my support —
support President Trump who supports the ideals that I stand for — in a
peaceful protest manner.”
AFP
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