From my passes so far through yesterday's news and posts, it looks like pro-Trump, "stop the steal" protests continued to spread around the country, although in many cases the crowds remained modest in size (i.e., dozens, not hundreds).
Pro-Trump crowds returned to vote-counting centers in PA and AZ, and protests echoing the president's baseless claims of election fraud also popped up in places like NC, FL, OK, and CA. For example... newson6.com/story/5fa61251…
I'm a biased observer, but in reporters' interviews with participants, it seemed like the main theme wasn't "There is clear evidence of cheating" so much as "Trump had huge rallies and is so popular, so it's impossible that he lost, so cheating is the only explanation."
The vibe at some of those pro-Trump rallies also got pretty weird, apparently. For example...
https://twitter.com/bri_sacks/status/1324831801278259200
And then there was this pro-Trump event in Wilkes-Barre, where most of the crowd of "patriots" were visiting Korean and Japanese members of a religious group whose ceremonies sometimes involve guns. citizensvoice.com/news/election/…
Meanwhile, "count all votes" events were fewer in number than Thursday, but more celebratory, like this one in DC.
https://twitter.com/ShutDown_DC/status/1324761972819161089
It also looks like a lot of progressive/leftist groups were taking a short breather yesterday ahead of rallies planned for today. Many will focus on voting rights, but groups are also continuing push agendas against racism, for defunding police, against climate change, and so on.
To see where these claims come from and follow along in near-real time, go to the "View/Download the Data" page on @crowdcounting's website. sites.google.com/view/crowdcoun…
To explore data from the past several years up through Thursday (so far), you can also check out @NVActLab's interactive dashboard using the CCC data. nonviolentactionlab.shinyapps.io/ccc-data-dashb…
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