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7 Nov, 9 tweets, 3 min read
I’m monitoring the events unfolding around the country right now. Separate from all the celebrations, groups of Trump supporters have descended on state capitols, many carrying guns.

It appears groups like the Proud Boys are not, uh, standing by.

nytimes.com/live/2020/11/0…
In Harrisburg, Pa., police stepped in to keep a crowd of Trump supporters — many with long guns — separated from Biden supporters.
Police have also intervened in Salem, Ore. after a person wearing Proud Boys gear pepper-sprayed someone:
In Lansing, Mich., a fight broke out next to a line of portable toilets.
Other places have been pretty calm, even in contested states like Arizona and Georgia. Some of the rallies were also had some pretty sparse attendance:
As some excellent journalists stand quietly, documenting the protests in Salem, Ore., the Proud Boys confront them, ranting that the reporters are the reason the country is divided

Now the pro-Trump crowd in Oregon has surrounded a car on the road, punching it and smashing it.

There was a scuffle in Olympia, Wash., but @mattmillsphoto
says the scene calmed after that.

There was a large fight on the street in Sacramento, where it appears the Proud Boys were present once again

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