Small crowds turned out for a nationwide day of pro-Trump demonstrations Saturday. At many of the estimated 28 protests, the pro-Trump demonstrators were met by counter protesters.
In Berkeley, California, clashes broke out between anti-fascist protesters and the pro-Trump protesters, some of whom showed up armed with knives and batons and wearing helmets and gas masks. In New York City, about 40 pro-Trump demonstrators rallied near Trump Tower.
Pro-Trump protester: “I’m not going to give you my last name. But there’s a lot of misinformation going around, everything I see. I watch all of Donald Trump’s speeches, all of his rallies, and everything I hear afterwards, it’s so washed up. It’s so—that’s why I like that he reaches to the people directly, whether it be through Twitter, whether it be through doing like three rallies a day when he was campaigning. There’s so much misinformation going on. They’re clearly rooting for one side. And if you actually follow what he is doing, if you actually follow his intentions, there is no racism, there’s no fascism. There’s just a guy that’s concerned for his country, and he’s doing something that he feels is the right way.”