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Trump Encourages ‘Wild’ Protest In D.C. On Day Congress Counts Electoral Votes

"Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!"

Joseph Curl
Trump Encourages ‘Wild’ Protest In D.C. On Day Congress Counts Electoral Votes
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President Trump on Saturday touted a “big protest” in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, the day Congress is set to reconvene and vote to certify the Electoral College’s finding that Democrat Joe Biden defeated the president by 74 electoral votes, 306-232.

The encouragement for a “wild” protest came as Trump retweeted a report from Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro that claims to have found “several examples of voting irregularities that are ‘more than sufficient’ to swing the outcome of the election in President Trump’s favor.”

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