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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

Sep 16, 2020 • 18 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X

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@RefuseFascism

THREAD: As President Trump visited Philadelphia for the #TrumpTownHall on ABC today, protesters led by @RefuseFascism took to the streets to demand "Trump/Pence Out Now!"

One protester dressed as a police officer with a pig mask on went around to cops not wearing masks and whistled at them, gesturing to put on their mask.

Remarkably, some cops complied with the fake cop dressed as a pig's commands.

A handful of Trump supporters showed up as well.

Protesters came over to them and argued, but one woman wearing a bikini and a Trump mask rolled around on the ground with an American flag under her, and then stuffed it into the bikini bottom before adding a Trump-esc red tie.

"Speak their language!" one protester said while handing out squeaky pig toys with the antifascist triple-arrow symbol and "ACAB" written on them.

Police used bicycles to separate the Trump supporters from everyone else. Protesters squeezed their pig-squeezy toys to mock the cops as they did so.

@RefuseFascism

Activists with @RefuseFascism did a call-and-response:

"Mass murder!"

"Out now!"

"Genocide!"

"Out now!"

"Environmental devastation!"

"Out now!"

"White supremacy!"

"Out now!"

"Pussy grabbing"

"Out now!"

"Fascism!"

"Out now!"

A Trump supporter got inside the circle of anti-Trump activists. They pushed him out, but he came back in.

The group then built a human barrier to keep him out.

He ran around the circle but couldn't get back in as they chanted "Together, stay tight! We'll do this every night!"

I entered the Trump side to try to film some of the arguments being had over the barriers. It was so loud that it was incredibly hard to hear, but here you'll see Trump supporter v Biden supporter on Biden tax plan.

They disagree on whether it'll raise taxes outside wealthy.

The protesters were taught by a speaker how to sign "Fuck Trump" in American Sign Language.

An African American Trump supporter with a "Keep America Great" argued with protesters across the barrier.

Her hat was stolen off her head. Police pulled her back when she tried to recover it.

"Don't give back her fucking hat!" an activist with a megaphone told her comrades.

A pair of women embraced eachother as two anti-gay activists showed up with signs reading "Trump, Make America Great Again: Ban Homo Marriage!" and "Jesus or Hellfire."

The police separated them from everyone else, and activists accused the Philly PD of "Protecting hate speech."

"God is going to burn you in hell, anarchists. You dumb anarchists."

"Say something about this man," a protester showed him a picture of Jeffrey Epstein.

"Jeffrey's in hell."

"So's Donald Trump, that's where he's gonna fucking go."

"No, no, no. Donald Trump's in Philly."

"It's called history, not herstory, ok?" said one of the 'Christian' protesters. "Trump is a man. Jesus was a man. Moses was a man. It's a man's world, girls."

"Your woman would be happy if you would help her submit. You feminists are a bunch of baby-killing whores."

@RefuseFascism

The group ended their rally (ahead of a march through the city) with a pledge from @RefuseFascism.

#phillyprotest

@RefuseFascism

After Trump's town hall event concluded, @RefuseFascism led the activists in a march through #Philadelphia.

"Trump/Pence out now!" they chanted. "Right the fuck now!"

Toward the end of their march, the protesters attempted to go down an on-ramp into a busy highway.

Police formed a barrier blocked about half of the activists from doing it, so the other half turned around and didn't follow through with the idea.

Here is my HD footage of the demonstrations that occurred during the #TrumpTownHall in Philadelphia. As always, all raw footage available for license.

@RefuseFascism

And here is my HD footage of the anti-Trump @RefuseFascism march that took place after the #TrumpTownHall in Philadelphia.

As always again, all raw footage available for license.

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