20 Jan, 2017

Protesters outside the "Deploraball" have been hit with pepper spray grenades ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. RT America is on the scene in Washington, DC.

Police fired some sort of tear gas at demonstrators, according to RT's Alexander Rubinstein. The protesters are throwing things at officers, including posters, water balloons and even a bike at one point.

A Deploraball attendee was beaten by protesters as shouts of "Bleed Nazi, bleed!" rang out. The man escaped through a line of police, who then sprayed pepper spray into the crowd.

The Deploraball is a pre-inaugural party to celebrate Trump's election. About a thousand so-called "deplorables" are expected to attend the event at the National Press Club. The name is in reference to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's remark that "you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables."

Videos:  https://www.rt.com/usa/374288-protest-deploraball/?spotim_referrer=recirculation...

John Smith wrote on Jan 20^th, 2017 at 3:02pm:


Like Trumps promises...

The Draft for all young people, maybe Muslims excluded for security reasons.

AuntieM wrote on Jan 20^th, 2017 at 10:05pm:


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John Smith wrote on Jan 20^th, 2017 at 3:02pm:



Too busy cashing their welfare checks before Trump takes them away.