Things Get Heated at a Trump DeploraBALL Protest

When a bystander saw a Trump protester in a swastika shirt, his response stopped people in their Tracks" by former Rare Staff, January 19, 2017

WASHINGTON — Outside the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., hundreds of protesters gathered on the eve of Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The protestors were there to rally support against the DeploraBall, an inauguration celebration held by figureheads in the alt-right political community. Tear gas was disbursed by police trying to quell the protest, photos of Trump were burned and fights broke out amid the crowd.

Among those in the crowd was a man from New Jersey who was incensed at how some of the protesters acted. Rare watched as an anonymous protester proudly wore a shirt that displayed a swastika. The anonymous protester’s shirt said “SMASH THE ALT RIGHT” and showed a fist busting up a swastika. Though his shirt was against those he believed to be promoting a fascist agenda, not everyone agreed. One bystander called him out for wearing a shirt with a swastika.

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