{"id":19854,"date":"2021-01-06T12:16:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T17:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=19854"},"modified":"2021-01-06T15:55:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T20:55:51","slug":"thousands-gather-at-electoral-college-protests-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2021\/01\/06\/thousands-gather-at-electoral-college-protests-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Gather at Electoral College Protests in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud. The president is expected to address a rally on the Ellipse, just south of the White House. (AP Photo\/John Minchillo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump pray outside the U.S. Capitol January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress will hold a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators have said they will reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appoints a commission to audit the election results. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Supporters of US President Donald Trump hold a rally outside the US Capitol as they protest the upcoming electoral college certification of Joe Biden as US President in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. (Olivier Douliery\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Supporters of President Donald Trump gather near the Washington Monument in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, for a rally protesting the presidential election results. Washington girded for the volatile final act of the Trump presidency on Wednesday, as President Trump \u2014 unwilling to cede the limelight or his fantasy of victory \u2014 threatened to transform a moment of Democratic triumph into a day of defiance by summoning angry supporters to his backyard for an airing of grievances. (Kenny Holston\/The New York Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People wait on the National Mall outside a security perimeter for a rally of supporters of US President Donald Trump challenging the results of the 2020 US Presidential election on the Ellipse on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A woman yells “CNN Sucks” towards members of the media Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the “Save America Rally.” (Jacquelyn Martin\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With the White House in the background, Donald Trump Jr. speaks Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the “Save America Rally.” (Jacquelyn Martin\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Supporters of US President Donald Trump hold a rally outside the US Capitol as they protest the upcoming electoral college certification of Joe Biden as US President in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. (Olivier Douliery\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Donald Trump Jr. arrives on stage as Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the “Save America Rally.” (Jacquelyn Martin\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Supporters of President Donald Trump rally outside the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2020, to protest the presidential election results. Congress anxiously prepared for a marathon session to formalize President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s Electoral College victory, after Republican loyalists to President Trump confirmed they would object to the results of at least three battleground states the Democrat won. (Erin Schaff\/The New York Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Crowds arrive for the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation’s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lara Trump speaks as she stands on stage with her husband Eric Trump, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the “Save America Rally.” (Jacquelyn Martin\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Crowds arrive for the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation’s capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Joseph Baker waits for a rally of supporters of US President Donald Trump challenging the results of the 2020 US Presidential election on the Ellipse outside of the White House on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Joe Biden’s Democratic Party took a giant step towards seizing control of the US Senate as they won the first of two Georgia run-offs, hours before Congress was set to certify the president-elect’s victory over Donald Trump. (Brendan Smialowski\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People march with those who say they are members of the Proud Boys as they attend a rally in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in support of President Donald Trump. (Carolyn Kaster\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trump supporters gather on the Washington Monument grounds in advance of a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud. The president is expected to address a rally on the Ellipse, just south of the White House. (Julio Cortez\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the “Save America Rally.” (Jacquelyn Martin\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trump supporters gather near the Washington Monument grounds in advance of a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud. The president is expected to address a rally on the Ellipse, just south of the White House. (Julio Cortez\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People attend a rally in support of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin\/Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress will hold a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators have said they will reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appoints a commission to audit the election results. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":19863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,4,132],"tags":[101],"coauthors":[41],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/SS_ELECTION-PROTEST-09.jpg?fit=2400%2C1600&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19854"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19878,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19854\/revisions\/19878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19854"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=19854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}