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Pro-Trump Rally Attacked In Liberal Ithaca (NY)
[LegalInsurrection] Ithaca, NY, home to Cornell University, is a notoriously liberal town. That liberalism, both on and off campus, is taking on an increasingly intolerant and totalitarian tone, as was just demonstrated when a small pro-Trump rally was attacked by a crowd organized by the Ithaca Democratic Socialists, but also carrying Black Lives Matter and anarchist flags and posters.The attack was reported in several local newspapers, including The Ithaca Voice: A rally in support of President Donald Trump  ...the Nailer of NAFTA...in downtown Ithaca descended into chaos on Friday afternoon, as multiple fights broke out between Trump supporters and counter-protesters who assembled to rebuke the rally.... The scene was tense from the beginning. A small group of Trump supporters gathered outside the Tompkins County Republicans office starting at 4 p.m., primarily led by Rocco and Max Lucente, who also helped organize the Trump march that took place earlier in October. From the start, they were met with a larger group of counterprotesters, organized by the local Democratic Socialists of America but attracting people of all stripes looking to oppose Trump, who were stationed directly across Meadow Street—reminiscent of the standoff that took place outside of City Hall during the aforementioned Trump event in Ithaca. But while the two sides mostly kept their distance during that event, that was not the case on Friday. Soon after the start, one counterprotester, Dakota Ingraham, accosted the Trump supporters and stated he had felt threatened by one of their attendees: Ingraham claimed that during an argument a few minutes prior, he thought a man with Trump flags on his truck had reached into his vehicle’s cab for a gun, though he never actually saw a firearm. Inflamed by that, he argued with Trump supporters including both Lucentes and other rally-goers for several minutes. Police responded to the situation and briefly detained Ingraham after he tossed a Trump flag from the pick-up truck into the street, but he was released minutes later. Promptly thereafter, counterprotesters began to move across the street, standing next to or in front of Trump supporters. The Trump ralliers began to fracture, some moving down the block, others staying in front of the building and exchanging words with counter-protesters. By 4:40 p.m., several of the ralliers had been backed into a corner by a group of counterprotesters who had ventured across the street, easily outnumbering the Trump supporters as both sides screamed at each other. The Cornell Sun reported that Cornell Professor Russell Rickford, a self-proclaimed anti-capitalist activist, was involved: By 4:30 p.m., around 60 counterprotesters had crossed the street, intermittently blocking traffic, to confront the roughly 20 Trump supporters.... Earlier this week, the Ithaca DSA planned in response a "Trump Rally counter-demo," to "let them know they are NOT welcome here," the group wrote in social media posts. The Tomkins County Republicans issued this statement on Facebook, announcing that a planned "Back The Blue" rally in downtown Ithaca would go forward on October 24 Related: Cornell University: 2020-09-01 U.S. Universities Underreport Donations from Hostile Regimes by Over $1.5 Billion Cornell University: 2020-07-05 Cornell Improperly Sends Student Fees to BLM Activists Cornell University: 2020-06-18 Aunt Jemima brand to change name, remove image that Quaker says is 'based on a racial stereotype' Related: Ithaca: 2019-10-30 Code Pink sells-out women and exploits Jews on propaganda tour of Iran Ithaca: 2017-05-07 Taxpayers forced to cover legal costs for illegal aliens Ithaca: 2016-12-15 Anti-Israel Third Grade event a "microcosm of what's happening to our educational system" Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-20 |
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