Armed fascists storm Oregon state Capitol building
Armed fascists led by Joey Gibson and Chandler Pappas of the Patriot Prayer group forced their way into the Oregon state Capitol in Salem on Monday morning, in an attempt to disrupt a special legislative session. Gibson and Pappas led the group, composed of roughly 100 people, in a six-hour standoff on the Capitol grounds.
.The protest had been planned in advance by Gibson. On the ground footagefrom independent journalist Laura Jedeed shows protesters, some wearing body armor and others carrying semi-automatic rifles, shoving and spraying mace at police as they attempt to get inside. Protesters also shattered windows in the Capitol.
While many of the protesters were shouting racist and fascist chants, advocating an end to any restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus, some in the crowd were simply demanding economic relief after their businesses or workplaces had been shut down for months.
While fascists continue to threaten officials and city workers attempting to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Trump has yet to concede the election and is continuing his efforts to nullify the victory of Joe Biden, overthrow the Constitution and stay in power.
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On Sunday and Monday, Trump held several hours-long meetings in the White House with lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, as well as with trade adviser Peter Navarro and Vice President Mike Pence. Trump has also been strategizing with former White House senior counselor Steve Bannon.
Navarro has acknowledged calling legislators in six states seeking to gin up support for Trump’s overthrow of the Constitution.
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Trump met Monday in the White House with members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus and later with other Republican law-makers to discuss plans to disrupt the January 6 joint session of Congress constitutionally tasked with ratifying the Electoral College victory of Biden.
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The first meeting included newly elected Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a public supporter of the QAnon conspiracy who ran a racist and anti-Semitic campaign.
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