#14 November 2020 Million MAGA March Rally

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On November 14, 2020, thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered in Washington D.C. to protest Joe Biden’s presumptive victory in the US Presidential election. The event was branded the Million MAGA March, with the bulk of attendees being fairly mainstream conservative Trump supporters, as noted by reporters on the ground. But more extreme elements were also present.

White nationalist Nick Fuentes, who previously appeared to question the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust, gave a well-attended speech. Brien James the current leader of the white supremacist gang, American Guard, and founder of the extremist Vinlanders Social Club group, was also photographed wearing Proud Boys colors and marching with the group.

While the daytime rally included several skirmishes, the number of violent incidents escalated significantly after sunset. There is ample evidence of violence from pro-Trump demonstrators. One assaulted freelance journalist Talia Jane, while a Proud Boy was filmed punching a French photographer in the face. At one point, a large group of Proud Boys and Trump supporters charged at counter-protesters en masse. To be clear, there was also evidence of assaults by left-wing demonstrators, as later highlighted by Trump. But the President’s framing of events erased the violence of his own supporters and painted a misleading, one-sided account.

Trump was aided in making this case online by a network of far-right agitators with popular Twitter accounts. These men and women posted selectively edited segments of video with provocative descriptions that appeared to have the express purpose of selling a narrative of persistent, unprovoked left-wing violence. This has become a familiar theme in recent months, with videos of a number of incidents at Black Lives Matter protests being edited to exaggerate and distort the circumstances around which they were taken. While there have been incidents of violence featuring left-wing activists, including at the Million MAGA March, the videos spread by right-wing accounts after such events often do not tell anywhere near the whole story. When they attract the attention of mainstream media personalities and politicians such as President Trump, they also spread far and wide.

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WITNESSING THE CAPITOL ATTACK

A Nat Geo photojournalist re-lives his frightening hours last Jan. 6 at the Capitol with the mob that injured police to try to stop America’s peaceful transfer of power.

— Thursday, January 6, 2022 | By Whitney Johnson, Director of Visual and Immersive Experiences

National Geographic photographer Louie Palu was in the Capitol a year ago today when a mob supporting President Donald Trump turned violent, storming the building, overwhelming police, and breaking into offices and the Senate chambers.

“I felt like it was such an important moment, to make sure there was a record of this,” Louie told Editor in Chief Susan Goldberg at the time.

Caught in the middle of the crowd and chaos, putting aside his personal safety, he turned on his GoPro video camera to record the clashes with police and the protesters, many armed, who Louie said “were like shock troops” (pictured above). The resulting video thrusts you into a scene that some Americans thought would never—and could never—happen in the country.

A longtime veteran of covering conflict, Louie, a Nat Geo Explorer, thought he was getting out of that line of work. But fascinated by Trump’s impeachment and trial, he took on a two-year project, turning his eye on Washington. “It was an extraordinary, historic moment, only the third impeachment in U.S. history, and I wanted to witness it,” he recalls. (Below, a Capitol aide adjusts U.S. flags after the December 2019 impeachment vote.)

Over the next two years, Louie photographed two impeachments, a pandemic, civil unrest, lockdowns, and an attack on democracy. The result is an extraordinary project that documents Trump’s presidency and its aftermath—and provides critical, unparalleled context.

Louie’s decision to use black-and-white film is indicative of his approach: careful, thoughtful, slow journalism. This choice, together with his use of flash, gives the pictures a feeling of courtroom evidence. He makes surprising compositions of key players and events, capturing many important figures, on both sides of the aisle, in between the “podium moments.”

A series of video clips puts viewers on the ground, as Louie weaves through the barricaded, ghost-like streets of Washington, or in the moment—at times quite heated moments. But it is the GoPro footage from the insurrection that captures this raw reality best.

Louie’s extraordinary project captures the strains on the American political system that threaten the country’s cohesion and its democracy—and will reverberate for years to come. Here are several images below from Louie’s project on the road to violence:

Around the podium: After the 2019 vote to impeach Trump, Ashley Etienne, then communications director for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, consults with her at a news conference. Among those who spoke were Representatives Adam Schiff, chairman of the Judiciary Committee (center), and Carolyn B. Maloney, chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee (at right).

The pressure of COVID-19: In September 2020, a security detail escorts Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (carrying a cell phone and folder) through the Capitol after he met Pelosi to negotiate a plan to boost the coronavirus-hobbled economy.

Early trouble: Members of the far-right, neo-fascist Proud Boys parade on November 14 during the “Million MAGA March,” challenging Biden’s victory in the election. The president had notably raised the fringe group’s profile when he declined to condemn its actions in a presidential debate. Instead, he said, “Stand back and stand by.” The group embraced his words as a slogan.

Building misinformation: A little more than two weeks after Trump lost the election, Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, leaves the Republican National Committee. With no evidence, the former New York mayor accused Democrats of “a massive attack on the integrity of the voting system.” Despite bipartisan affirmation of the elections, some Americans believed the misinformation spread by Giuliani and others.

Crime and punishment: Ejected from the Capitol on Jan. 6, an elated Trump supporter pumps his first. At an earlier rally on the Ellipse, Trump told the crowd that he’d won the election by a landslide and encouraged his supporters to take bold action. “You’ll never take back our country with weakness,” he said. “You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.” More than 725 people have been arrested in the attack, 75 of them charged with using dangerous weapons or causing serious bodily harm to police officers. At least 140 police officers were injured. (Below, a National Guard officer stands guard behind a fence that had been erected around the Capitol after the attack.)

The hero: Mitt Romney credited Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman with saving him from a violent mob. Goodman, whose quick thinking diverted those who breached the Capitol from U.S. members of Congress, said he was doing his job. Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in February, Goodman symbolized the police officers and officials who—just barely—managed to preserve America’s democracy a year ago today. “History should remember Eugene Goodman, representing all those patriots, as 2021’s Person of the Year,” wrote Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson in December. (Pictured above, Goodman arriving at the Capitol for the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2021.)

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In the eyes of many Americans, the 2020 presidential race has turned into an utter sham.

The media has taken it upon themselves to declare multiple states for Biden, even as those states undergo recanvasses, audits, recounts, and even the continuation of original vote counts.

“Donald Trump & Mike Lee” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Gage Skidmore

  Additional suspicious factors include Democrats’ work to stop GOP polls watchers from seeing votes counted, Dominion Voting Systems errors that hand Biden votes meant for President Trump, and so much more.

A recent study showed that seven out of ten Republicans do not believe the 2020 presidential election was free or fair; now, Breitbart News confirms that Trump supporters from across the nation will gather in Washington D.C. today in protest against clear election fraud.

What to Know About the MAGA Million March

Today’s MAGA Million March will feature several prominent speakers. Just some of those speakers include the following: Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly, Women for America First chair Amy Kremer, and Dr. Sebastian Gorka, a former adviser for President Trump.

Here we go! @PARISDENNARD is one of @realDonaldTrump’s biggest supporters & he’s joining us @ the #MarchForTrump

There is still time for you to join the historic #MAGA party

Freedom Plaza in DC @ 12PM#MAGAMillionMarch #StopTheSteaI #AuditTheVote #LegalVotesOnly pic.twitter.com/k0Fn0WN1Z3

— Women for Trump (@WomenforTrump) November 14, 2020

MAGA Million March is all about Trump supporters making their voices heard and showing their backing of the president. Right now, the president, his campaign, and attorneys remain ensnared in multiple legal battles. Meanwhile, whistleblowers are coming forward, signing affidavits confirming various instances of voter fraud, such as backdated ballots.

The anti-Trump mainstream media is already putting a negative spin on today’s MAGA Million March. On Facebook, The Hill stated that the event would have “far-right” groups present before insinuating that violence could happen. There is also speculation about whether or not Trump supporters will clash with left-wing counterprotesters.

A Surprise Visit from President Trump?

Today’s MAGA Million March has already caught the attention of President Trump. Yesterday, the 45th president described ongoing shows of support for him as “heartwarming” before stating that he may drop in to say hello.

Heartwarming to see all of the tremendous support out there, especially the organic Rallies that are springing up all over the Country, including a big one on Saturday in D.C. I may even try to stop by and say hello. This Election was Rigged, from Dominion all the way up & down!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2020

The incumbent president continues to maintain that the 2020 presidential election suffered from severe rigging. As such, litigation remains pending and ongoing; multiple conservative personalities and others are also suggesting that the Supreme Court may get the final say on this race.

Thus far, however, the Trump team’s legal action is present at the state levels.

What do you think about the MAGA Million March? Are you surprised that the event caught the attention of President Trump? Be sure to let us know down below in the comments section.

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