MAGA fans have taken to the streets in Oregon and California to show their support for President Trump and to protest lockdown orders put in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters were seen in Salem, Oregon on Thursday afternoon, many of whom were waving Trump flags as they urged officials to reopen businesses.
Police declared the event unlawful and dispersed protesters with impact munitions and flash bang grenades after the group refused to leave downtown.
Several protesters became angered by that move and were pictured facing off with officer clad in riot gear.
Others launched their own smoke grenades and ‘several people were arrested’, according to local police.
Meanwhile, other protesters assembled outside the gated mansion of Governor Kate Brown, claiming that the Democrat’s lockdown orders were a violation of their liberties.
To the south, in Pasadena, California, MAGA fans showed their support for President Trump as he continues to cry foul about the results of the presidential election.
Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters were seen in Salem, Oregon on Thursday afternoon, many of whom were waving Trump flags
Police declared the event unlawful and dispersed protesters with impact munitions and flash bang grenades after the group refused to leave downtown
Members of the far-right face off with police in front of the governor’s mansion during a protest against COVID-19 restrictions at the state capitol
Some protesters launched their own smoke grenades after the rally was declared unlawful by police
Several protesters became angered after the protest was shut down and were pictured facing off with officer clad in riot gear.
Police try to keep far-right and far-left protesters from clashing during a far-right march to protest against COVID related lockdowns
Salem officers are seen wearing riot gear as the policed the protests in the city on New Year’s Day
Meanwhile, in Pasadena, California, Trump fans staged a car parade to show their support for the President.
Many are still refusing to concede that Trump lost the election and will be out of the White House in less than three weeks.
The group of MAGA fans waved Trump 2020 flags and beeped their car horns as they made their way down the city’s Rose Parade route.
While Trump may be leaving office, Republicans are clinging to hope that they can maintain control of the Senate.
That all hinges on two Senate run-off races in Georgia.
If Democrat candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff win both races, the Senate will flip blue, giving Democrats control of the Presidency and both chambers of Congress from late this month.
It would spell disaster for President Trump’s legacy as he prepares to leave the White House on January 20.
Clearly concerned about what is at stake, he challenged the legitimacy of the run-off races in a series of angry tweets.
He described the run-off races as illegal and invalid because of ‘hasty’ changes made to the ‘unconstitutional’ voting process in the state prior to the election
Meanwhile, in Pasadena, California, Trump fans staged a car parade to show their support for the President
The group of MAGA fans waved Trump 2020 flags and beeped their car horns as they made their way down the city’s Rose Parade route
Many are still refusing to concede that Trump lost the election and will be out of the White House in less than three weeks
While Trump may be leaving office, Republicans are clinging to hope that they can maintain control of the Senate
He wrote: ‘Before even discussing the massive corruption which took place in the 2020 Election, which gives us far more votes than is necessary to win all of the Swing States (only need three), it must be noted that the State Legislatures were not in any way responsible for the massive changes made to the voting process, rules and regulations, many made hastily before the election, and therefore the whole State Election is not legal or Constitutional.
‘Additionally, the Georgia Consent Decree is Unconstitutional & the State 2020 Presidential Election is therefore both illegal and invalid, and that would include the two current Senatorial Elections.’
Election officials have declared Joe Biden won Georgia by a razor thing margin.
The president elect garnered 49.5 percent of the vote in comparison to Trump’s 49.3 percent.
President Trump says the two Georgia Senate run-off races are illegal and invalid because of ‘hasty’ changes made to the ‘unconstitutional’ voting process in the state prior to the election
Clearly concerned that the Senate may flip Democrat following the Georgia run-off races, Trump challenged their legitimacy in a series of angry tweets
The state’s two Senate races have advanced to run-offs, with Georgians already voting early.
A new report has revealed that Democrats hold an edge in early, in-person voting in the run-off races, leaving Republicans looking for a big Election Day boost next Tuesday, January 5.
Fox News Channel reported Thursday that 2.8 million Georgians had already cast a ballot, with black voters making up a larger percentage of voters than in the November general election, which could be good news for Democrats Ossoff and Warnock.
Additionally, there’s been higher turnout in Democratic Congressional districts than Republican ones.
The amount counts for more than a third of the 4.9 million Georgians who voted in the November 3 general election.
Ossoff and Warnock are challenging GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively.
Perdue announced Thursday he was in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 by a staff member.
If Democrats pick up both seats the party will have 50 members of the Senate – and with the help of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a majority.
There’s been higher turnout in Democratic Congressional districts versus Republicans ones and a higher percentage of black voters than in the fall, which could be good news for Democratic Senate hopefuls Jon Ossoff (left) and Rev. Raphael Warnock
Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler (left) and David Perdue (right) will have to make up any voting deficit on Election Day Tuesday. Perdue announced Thursday he was in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 by a staff member
Harris will return to the state Sunday to campaign, while President-elect Joe Biden will be in Atlanta Monday.
President Donald Trump will also hold a rally in Dalton, Georgia Monday, which will be one of his few public appearances since Election Day.
Georgia-based GOP consultant Chip Lake told Fox News that ‘the early-voting numbers are certainly a little more favorable to Democrats than the early-voting data that we had in November.’
‘Republicans need to have a strong Election Day turnout on Tuesday. Election Day votes count the exact same as early votes. We had just under a million people vote on Election Day on Nov. 3,’ Lake continued.
‘For Republicans to win these runoff races, I think it’s crucial that we need to have Election Day turnout at 800,000 votes or higher on Tuesday.’
Karl Rove, President George W. Bush’s top strategist who’s running the Georgia Republicans fundraising apparatus, wrote in a memo earlier this week, ‘the combined total number of votes cast so far by absentee mail-in and in-person early voting is a couple points more Democratic than it was in the fall,’ Fox reported.
In November, Biden won the state, flipping it to red for the first time since Bill Clinton in 1992.
Both Ossoff and Warnock did well enough to squeak out a run-off, which occurs when neither Senate candidate reach a 50 per cent threshold.
Election Day is Tuesday, January 5.