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Ford Fischer

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

@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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Jul 24

This is my 4K footage of how the violence outside the United States Capitol began today.

You can see the first mace deployed (over the heads of officers, toward the activists) which angers the pro-Palestine crowd, who begins throwing water bottles as officers continue using mace.

A little over a minute into the clip is a flash grenade, one of only a couple I saw used today.

My understanding is this occurred after Netanyahu arrived but before he spoke to Congress.

2) As police engaged the crowd, a man scolded police and was maced as well.

The crowd continued marching, taking a wider route around the Capitol and avoiding most confrontations during the march itself.

3) "Smack Netanyahu in the head with that billy club!"

Activists continued a wide march around the United States Capitol from the West side to the East side clockwise.

Some pro-Israel, anti-Netanyahu activists stood along the path and were mostly ignored. Police blocked off streets heading close to the Capitol complex.

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Ford Fischer

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Jul 24

VIDEO THREAD: Protesters gathered Tuesday night in front of the Watergate Hotel (the second night in a row) for a noise demonstration against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is staying inside.

"From DC to Palestine, Netanyahu's out of time!" chanted protesters using red and green smoke bombs. "Shut, shut, shut it down, no Zionism in this town!"

2) "Allahu Akbar! Hamas!" yelled one man through the fencer outside the Watergate at Israel supporters counter-protesting them from inside.

"Jewish motherf***ers!" he yelled. "We're gonna kill all of you!"

"We're gonna burn you!"

It should be noted that it was one lone individual, not the wider protest, using this specific rhetoric.

3) One man dawning an Israeli flag confronted the pro-Palestine protesters directly outside the Watergate.

"You're a coward, you should join the IDF and kill kids yourself, because you're a p***y," he was told.

The man says he's from Jerusalem, but he donates, rather than being in the IDF.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

Jun 29

VIDEO THREAD: Police clashed with pro-Palestine protesters Friday night in New York City as President Biden visited Stonewall for an "LGBTQ+ Gala" and protesters demanded "No war criminals at pride!"

All video in thread by @olgafe_images for @N2Sreports

2) NYPD's Strategic Response Group forcefully pushed back pro-Palestine activists and made several arrests throughout the evening both attempting to keep protesters away from the event featuring President Biden and off of the streets.

3) Pro-Palestine protesters trying to reach the Biden event ran through the James A. Farley Building, but encountered both police and Israel supporters when they exited.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

Jun 12

THREAD: The FBI, relying on the work of a paid Confidential Human Source "CHS" who surveilles from his own vendor booth at gun shows, and an additional undercover agent, have arrested Mark Adams Prieto, who they charge with trafficking firearms and say planned a mass shooting.

2) The feds say Prieto came to their attention in October 2023, when a paid CHS who had talked to Prieto 15 times in the past, "began making suspicious and alarming comments, including advocating for a mass shooting, and specifically targeting “blacks, Jews, or Muslims.”

3) At a January 20-21, 2024 gun show, the feds say Prieto was introduced to an undercover agent at the CHS's vendor booth.

By the second day, Prieto was allegedly sharing details about a planned mass shooting attack against a rap concert to kill Black people.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

May 26

BIG VIDEO THREAD: Former President Trump received mostly boos from the Libertarians (a small VIP section plus 4 front rows) and cheers of support tonight from his supporters (who got most of the other seats) as he spoke in front of the Libertarian National Convention, who on Sunday will be nominating their own candidate for president.

Trump spoke in front of the "Become Ungovernable" logo featuring the anarchist circle-A.

The speech was unprecedented where for a major party candidate speaking at a rival political party's nominating convention.

2) As the Libertarians (closest few rows to the president) largely booed Trump and the MAGA (about 3/4 of the room, closest to the press riser) cheered him, some Libertarians stood with their backs to the former president during the speech.

https://x.com/FordFischer/status/1794490528090001450

3) Some context for this event can be found in the thread below.

Trump supporters filled much of the room about an hour and a half before the Libertarian delegates finished their work in another ballroom.

Delegates ultimately got back four front rows.

https://x.com/FordFischer/status/1794490528090001450

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

May 24

VIDEO THREAD: Anti-Trump protesters assembled tonight in opposition to former President Trump's rally in the Bronx.

A brief scuffle broke out over Trump supporters' Israeli flag, which led police - some in riot gear - to separate the two sides as some protesters fled.

2) NYPD officers (some marked "Counterterrorism Bureau") faced protesters chanting "Trump supports Diddy!"

"No justice, no peace!"

"Go home! Go home!" Trump supporters chanted from across the police line.

3) "If you don't like him [Trump], go suck a dick!" a Trump supporter told filmmaker @RodWebber, who proceeded to pretend to take him up on the offer literally: "You told me to suck a dick! Let's go!"