Published 15:45 IST, November 5th 2020
US election 2020: MAGA and Biden supporters protest in NY, Detroit and other cities
Marchers converged in Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington, DC, and New York hoisted banners that read “count every vote” as pro MAGA group protested to stop count.
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On vember 4, pro-MAGA supporters of US President Trump and Democratic observers Biden inclined converged on TCF Center in Detroit chanting “stop count”, as supporters protested to count every vote while poll workers tried to finish counting more than 170,000 absentee ballots. Thousands of Biden demonstrators flooded streets of New York against Trump supporters that decried election fraud as y protested in key state of Michigan. Protesters marched across Fifth Avenue towards Washington Square Park in heart of Manhattan’s Greenwich Vill as Trump-Biden locked in for final results of 2020 presidential election, according to sources of local New York Times.
Marchers converged in cities including Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington, DC, and New York hoisted banners that re “count every vote”. Vote counting centers in Phoenix and Detroit were hijacked by Trump supporters to halt ballot counting. Protesters also gared at night in cities including Portland, Ore., Philelphia, Chicago where police officers attempted to bring tensed situation under control as citizens also marched for Black Lives Matter. After AP declared Biden a victor in midwest state of Michigan, protesters took to street shouting “stop count,” in foots that emerged online as y were intercepted by police after y attempted to election ballot counting premises.
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Hashtag #StopSteal trends
While Biden is w leing US 2020 Presidential election race with a total of 264 as put by US projections, Trump accused Democrats of election fraud and filed lawsuits in three separate battleground states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. As uncertainty looms large about who, out of two presidential minee make it to White House, protests erupted in rth Carolina and Philelphia, where pro-Biden demonstrators came face to face with pro-Trump chanters. At heart of political controversy, Philelphia’s City Hall witnessed a mob with “count every vote” placards, and several or groups that demanded, more with coercion that officers release body-cam video showing how Wallace was shot de.
MAGA supporters mobilized across different cities as y started hashtag #StopSteal on social media and assembled near Detroit’s downtown TCF convention center as guards attempted to block m at door so counting could continue. In Graham, N.C, BLM marchers with banners and Confederate flags tried to enter Graham courthouse polling location when y were pepper-sprayed by police officers. At Daley Plaza, Chicago, protesters were seen beating drums, as y flashed “Free & Fair” and “Count Every Vote,” banners chanting “Trump, Pence, out w”.
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15:46 IST, November 5th 2020