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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A free speech demonstration staged by conservative activists quickly fell apart in downtown San Francisco on Saturday after several hundred counterprotesters surged the area, outnumbering and attacking those gathered, including knocking one in the mouth.
A photographer working for The Associated Press witnessed a Trump supporter being taken away in an ambulance and an injured San Francisco police officer on the ground by San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza.
Team Save America organized the rally to protest Twitter, which it said squelches conservative speech. Members of the group wore red “Make America Great Again” Trump campaign hats and carried pro-police “Thin Blue Line” flags and U.S. flags.
Philip Anderson, the organizer of the event, posted photos to social media of his bloody mouth with a front tooth missing and another hanging loosely. He said anti-fascist protesters attacked him “for no reason."
Anderson took the stage at about 1 p.m. and was greeted by chants and plastic water bottles and glass bottles thrown over police barricades.
The event was canceled, although both sides lingered in the area into the afternoon.
The San Francisco Police Department said three officers suffered non life-threatening injuries when they were assaulted with pepper spray and caustic chemicals. One officer was taken to a local hospital for treatment, the department said.
No arrests were made, the department said.
Anderson called the counterprotesters hypocrites and said they are the reason why he's voting for President Donald Trump.
“I love America, I love this country and I love free speech,” he said.
Do NOT get tested for COVID. Nearly all confirmed deaths have come in people who were tested.
Do NOT go to the hospital. There are too many sick people there, which can just make things worse. Plus, see the reason for number one. It applies here, too.
Do NOT wear a mask. You’re already having trouble breathing–the last thing you need is something else obstructing your airway. And it makes it harder for law enforcement officials to see that you aren’t an Antifa terrorist.
Do NOT panic. COVID is no worse than a mild flu, and you’re going to be just fine.
Do NOT self-isolate. Our economy is in bad (though quickly rebounding) shape, and we desperately need you at work and out shopping to hasten the Trump recovery. If you are a retired old person or an unemployed minority, this doesn’t apply to you. In fact, our economy is better off without extra mouths to feed, and we salute you for your sacrifice.
DO tell everybody about all of the Asian persons you have run into in the last six months, so others can avoid getting the virus from them.
DO take liberal doses of the miracle drug hydroxychloroquine. What do you have to lose? What do you have to lose?
Be patient, the virus will disappear as if by magic as the weather gets warmer this summer. Just like magic!
Do NOT listen to the doctors and scientists and public health officials. They have badly botched this crisis. Just imagine how bad things would have turned out had President Trump not been fighting them at every turn!
Most importantly, DO keep coming to Church. The only things that are going to save you are prayer and Christian fellowship.
Apr 29, 2020 · Trump says coronavirus "is going to go away" 01:32. ... Mr. Trump said on February 27 he though the virus would "disappear" like a "miracle. …
Trump made fun of The New York Times reporter, Serge Kovaleski, at a South Carolina rally. Kovaleski suffers from a chronic condition called arthrogryposis, which limits the movement of arms. His actions were similar to a popular gesture used by middle schoolers to insensitively and naively make fun of someone, meaning “retarded” or “stupid”. Understandably, The New York Times was incredibly offended saying, “We find it’s outrageous that he would ridicule the appearance of one of our reporters.” Trump’s response was to deny having ever met Kovaleski, even though it was on record that the reporter had previously worked for the Washington Post and the New York Daily News where he had met and covered stories about Trump several times. Trump released a statement claiming that he didn’t remember ever meeting the reporter and had no idea “what he looks like or his level of intelligence.” He went on to accuse the reporter of thinking “a lot of himself if he thinks [Trump] remembers him from decades ago.” Kind of hilarious coming from someone, who in the same statement, claimed he has “one of the all-time great memories”.
Bestselling authorDon Winslow’slatestviral video calls out President Donald Trump over his years long racist rhetoric and contempt for Black women.
In the 88-second spot shared Friday on YouTube, the narrator begins by noting Trump’s “long history of racism” before pointing out that the president “especially hates Black women.”
The ad includes clips of Trump verbally attacking and insulting Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) as well as journalists Abby Phillip, Yamiche Alcindor and April Ryan, showing that the accusation is “not hyperbole,” the voiceover says.
Elsewhere, the video shows part of an interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo where Trump calls Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) a “monster” who had been “destroyed” by Vice President Mike Pence in last week’s debate.
The president’s verbal attacks on women were similarly the focus of a video released Friday by The Lincoln Project, the group of disaffected Republicans who are working to defeat Trump this November.
The videos combined have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media. But as commentators have noted, it remains unclear whether viral attack ads convince swing voters on Election Day.
Michigan Republican linked to organizer of rally where militia allegedly plotted to kidnap Whitmer
Igor Derysh
Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James received campaign contributions and was photographed with the organizer of the rally where conspirators accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allegedly plotted with a militia to recruit more members.
James, along with Vice President Mike Pence, was photographed with Ryan D. Kelley, a Grand Rapids real estate agent who heads the American Patriot Council, in since-deleted social media images reviewed by Salon. President Donald Trump was also pictured with Kelley in a photo posted to his Facebook profile.
John James; Gretchen Whitmer
John James and Gretchen Whitmer Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images
Kelley was the organizer of the "Well-Regulated Militia" rally at the Michigan capitol in June. The FBI alleged in court documents that the leader of the group who plotted the attack on Whitmer met with militia leader Ty Garbin and a confidential source at the rally to discuss a plan and recruit more members.
Federal Election Commission records also show that Kelley has donated thousands to James' campaign. James, who lost his 2018 Senate bid, is virtually tied with incumbent Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., in the latest New York Times/Siena College poll.
Kelley's pro-gun rally drew "dozens of armed members from various militias, most of them white," to the state capitol where they met with "other fringe groups like Boogaloo Bois and Proud Boys," according to Bridge Michigan.
The FBI alleged that the rally was among the locations where members plotted to kidnap Whitmer, try her in a remote location in Wisconsin and execute her for "treason" after complaining that the state's coronavirus lockdown had shuttered gyms. The FBI charged 13 men, including members of the Wolverine Watchmen militia, in the alleged plot last week.
"The June APC Rally was pro-law enforcement," he said in a statement to Salon. "We coordinated the entire rally with Michigan State Police [and] thanked them publicly for their service. To suggest our rally was a meeting place to discuss a plot against the [governor] is grossly inaccurate."
James' campaign did not respond to questions from Salon, but it sent over a statement the Republican previously made to reporters.
"That was insane. That's like the most 2020 headline I've seen this week," he told reporters after the news broke. "Under no circumstances should we have this at all. I condemn any domestic terrorism, and I hate it in all its forms. I swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and the individuals implicated in this should be prosecuted to the fullest extent."
"I took an oath to defend the Constitution and this nation against enemies foreign and DOMESTIC," the Army veteran added on Twitter. "Those who threatened our State must be prosecuted to the fullest."
Whitmer linked Republican rhetoric to the alleged plot against her over the weekend.
"I do believe that there are still serious threats that groups like this group — these domestic terrorists — are finding comfort and support in the rhetoric coming out of Republican leadership from the White House to our state House," she told CBS News. "And so I remain concerned about safety and integrity going up to this election."
The American Patriot Council denounced the alleged plot after the FBI announced the arrests.
"The American Patriot Council in no way condones violence as a form of political action. As the public is well aware, any actions taken by the American Patriot Council have been legal and lawful," the group said in a statement. "While we hold the view that many public officials are guilty of a litany of crimes, and it has been our goal to hold these officials criminally responsible, we must do so lawfully."
"The American Patriot Council believes in law and order across the board and that no American citizen should be deprived of their right to due process of law," the statement added. "We have no affiliation with any other groups, nor will we aid or abet anyone using threats or acts of violence. Please take note that we are on the side of law enforcement. To this point, we have not been made aware of any plans of violence, and we believe our members and followers to be patriots."
Another way is to sit near by the PA system with a CB radio or an FM transmitter for a wireless microphone and broad cast until a buddy inside with a cell phone lets you know if your voice is coming over the sound system.
I learned this lesson the hard way. My band was playing near a road where truckers were using their CB radios and their broadcast were coming over our sound system and our guitar amps.
The broadcast single from a CB radio can often get picked up by the building's wiring and find its way to the PA system's amplifier.
A wireless microphone can broadcast directly to a receiver. But it seems that most of the time the mics at MAGAt rallies are NOT wireless.
Jan 10, 2011 · The CB radio signals you hear in your speakers are being picked up in all the wiring in the house, you can't stop that, but you can stop it getting into the TV, PC or radios, at the point where ...
