{"id":4943,"date":"2023-03-20T15:36:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4943"},"modified":"2023-03-20T15:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:37:23","slug":"trumps-protest-call-was-met-with-a-quiet-response-from-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/war\/trumps-protest-call-was-met-with-a-quiet-response-from-supporters\/2023\/03\/20\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s protest call was met with a quiet response from supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON<\/span> (Brussels Independent with Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span>\u00a0Ahead<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> expected<\/span> New<\/span> York<\/span> indictment,<\/span> former<\/span> President<\/span> Donald<\/span> Trump’s<\/span> call<\/span> for<\/span> protests<\/span> received<\/span> little<\/span> response<\/span> from<\/span> his<\/span> supporters,<\/span> with<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> most<\/span> ardent<\/span> supporters.<\/span> even<\/span> dismissed<\/span> the<\/span> idea<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> waste<\/span> of<\/span> time<\/span> or<\/span> a<\/span> trap<\/span> for<\/span> law<\/span> enforcement.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Despite<\/span> being<\/span> the<\/span> Republican<\/span> frontrunner<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 2024<\/span> presidential<\/span> election<\/span> and<\/span> having<\/span> a<\/span> loyal<\/span> following,<\/span> mobilizing<\/span> far-right<\/span> supporters<\/span> the<\/span> way<\/span> he<\/span> did<\/span> before<\/span> June<\/span> 6,<\/span> over<\/span> two<\/span> years<\/span> ago.<\/span> Ambiguity<\/span> raises<\/span> the<\/span> question<\/span> of<\/span> whether<\/span> Trump<\/span> still<\/span> holds<\/span> power.<\/span> January<\/span> 2021,<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> Capitol<\/span> uprising.<\/span> It<\/span> also<\/span> suggests<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> arrests<\/span> that<\/span> followed<\/span> the<\/span> Capitol<\/span> riot,<\/span> not<\/span> to<\/span> mention<\/span> the<\/span> convictions<\/span> and<\/span> lengthy<\/span> prison<\/span> sentences,<\/span> may<\/span> have<\/span> dampened<\/span> the<\/span> desire<\/span> to<\/span> repeat<\/span> the<\/span> large-scale<\/span> riot.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Still,<\/span> law<\/span> enforcement<\/span> in<\/span> New<\/span> York<\/span> continues<\/span> to<\/span> closely<\/span> monitor<\/span> online<\/span> chat<\/span> alerts<\/span> for<\/span> protests<\/span> and<\/span> violence<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> event<\/span> Trump<\/span> is<\/span> arrested,<\/span> with<\/span> threats<\/span> of<\/span> varying<\/span> accuracy<\/span> and<\/span> credibility,<\/span> four<\/span> officials<\/span> said,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> AP.<\/span> told<\/span> communications.<\/span> The<\/span> messages,<\/span> which<\/span> were<\/span> mostly<\/span> published<\/span> online<\/span> and<\/span> in<\/span> chat<\/span> groups,<\/span> included<\/span> calls<\/span> for<\/span> armed<\/span> protesters<\/span> to<\/span> block<\/span> law<\/span> enforcement<\/span> officers<\/span> and<\/span> try<\/span> to<\/span> prevent<\/span> possible<\/span> arrests,<\/span> officials<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ali<\/span> Alexander,<\/span> who<\/span> organized<\/span> the<\/span> Stop<\/span> Theft<\/span> campaign,<\/span> which<\/span> holds<\/span> rallies<\/span> to<\/span> promote<\/span> Trump’s<\/span> unsubstantiated<\/span> claim<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Democrats<\/span> stole<\/span> the<\/span> 2020<\/span> election<\/span> from<\/span> him,<\/span> told<\/span> Trump<\/span> supporters<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> could<\/span> move<\/span> to<\/span> New<\/span> York.<\/span> He<\/span> warned<\/span> that<\/span> protesting<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> would<\/span> result<\/span> in<\/span> “imprisonment<\/span> or<\/span> worse.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cThere<\/span> is<\/span> no<\/span> freedom,<\/span> no<\/span> rights<\/span> there,\u201d<\/span> he<\/span> tweeted.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>One<\/span> of<\/span> Alexander’s<\/span> allies<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Stop<\/span> the<\/span> Steel<\/span> campaign<\/span> was<\/span> conspiracy<\/span> theorist<\/span> Alex<\/span> Jones,<\/span> who<\/span> reinforced<\/span> allegations<\/span> of<\/span> voter<\/span> fraud<\/span> on<\/span> his<\/span> Infowars<\/span> show.Alexander<\/span> spoke<\/span> with<\/span> Jones<\/span> and<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> neither<\/span> would<\/span> protest<\/span> this<\/span> time.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>John<\/span> Scott-Railton,<\/span> a<\/span> senior<\/span> researcher<\/span> at<\/span> Citizen<\/span> Lab<\/span> who<\/span> has<\/span> tracked<\/span> the<\/span> \u201cStop<\/span> the<\/span> Steal\u201d<\/span> movement<\/span> online,<\/span> said<\/span> anxiety<\/span> over<\/span> being<\/span> entrapped<\/span> by<\/span> so-called<\/span> agent<\/span> provocateurs<\/span> feeds<\/span> a<\/span> \u201cparanoia<\/span> that<\/span> if<\/span> they<\/span> go<\/span> and<\/span> do<\/span> violence,<\/span> they<\/span> may<\/span> get<\/span> caught<\/span> and<\/span> there<\/span> may<\/span> be<\/span> consequences.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> grand<\/span> jury<\/span> is<\/span> investigating<\/span> hush<\/span> money<\/span> payments<\/span> to<\/span> women<\/span> who<\/span> alleged<\/span> sexual<\/span> encounters<\/span> with<\/span> Trump.<\/span> Prosecutors<\/span> have<\/span> not<\/span> said<\/span> when<\/span> their<\/span> work<\/span> might<\/span> conclude<\/span> or<\/span> when<\/span> charges<\/span> could<\/span> come.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> conflicted<\/span> feelings<\/span> over<\/span> how<\/span> far<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> Trump<\/span> in<\/span> his<\/span> fight<\/span> against<\/span> prosecution<\/span> extends<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> political<\/span> realm.<\/span> His<\/span> own<\/span> vice<\/span> president,<\/span> Mike<\/span> Pence,<\/span> who’s<\/span> expected<\/span> to<\/span> challenge<\/span> Trump<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Republican<\/span> nomination,<\/span> castigated<\/span> Trump<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> ABC<\/span> News<\/span> interview<\/span> this<\/span> weekend<\/span> as<\/span> \u201creckless\u201d<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> actions<\/span> on<\/span> Jan.<\/span> 6<\/span> and<\/span> said<\/span> history<\/span> would<\/span> hold<\/span> him<\/span> accountable<\/span> \u2014<\/span> even<\/span> as<\/span> he<\/span> echoed<\/span> the<\/span> former<\/span> president’s<\/span> rhetoric<\/span> that<\/span> an<\/span> indictment<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> a<\/span> \u201cpolitically<\/span> charged<\/span> prosecution.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> opening<\/span> day<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> House<\/span> Republican<\/span> conference<\/span> in<\/span> Orlando,<\/span> Florida,<\/span> was<\/span> quickly<\/span> overshadowed<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> news<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> potential<\/span> indictment.<\/span> House<\/span> Speaker<\/span> Kevin<\/span> McCarthy<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> House<\/span> Republicans<\/span> called<\/span> the<\/span> odds<\/span> dire<\/span> and<\/span> criticized<\/span> District<\/span> Attorney<\/span> Alvin<\/span> Bragg<\/span> for<\/span> what<\/span> he<\/span> described<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> “reckless<\/span> crime”<\/span> in<\/span> New<\/span> York<\/span> City.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>McCarthy<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> has<\/span> assembled<\/span> congressional<\/span> investigators<\/span> to<\/span> investigate<\/span> whether<\/span> Bragg<\/span> used<\/span> Justice<\/span> Department<\/span> grants<\/span> to<\/span> prosecute<\/span> Trump’s<\/span> case.<\/span> But<\/span> despite<\/span> the<\/span> fierce<\/span> rhetoric<\/span> against<\/span> Bragg,<\/span> Republican<\/span> leaders<\/span> fell<\/span> short<\/span> of<\/span> Trump’s<\/span> call<\/span> to<\/span> protesters<\/span> to<\/span> “take<\/span> back<\/span> our<\/span> country.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“I<\/span> don’t<\/span> think<\/span> people<\/span> should<\/span> protest<\/span> about<\/span> that.<\/span> I<\/span> don’t<\/span> think<\/span> President<\/span> Trump<\/span> thinks<\/span> like<\/span> that<\/span> when<\/span> you’re<\/span> talking<\/span> to<\/span> him,”<\/span> McCarthy<\/span> said.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (Brussels Independent with Reuters) –\u00a0Ahead of the expected New York indictment, former President Donald Trump’s call for protests received little response from his supporters, with some of his most ardent supporters. even dismissed the idea as a waste of time or a trap for law enforcement. Despite being the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[276,24,280,1585],"tags":[2251,2252,2253,2254,2255,202,2245,2246,2247,2248,2249,2250],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/trump.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4946,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4943\/revisions\/4946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}