Thousands of Trump fans planning a ‘second inauguration’ on January 20 just as Biden is sworn in
THOUSANDS of Donald Trump fans are planning a second inauguration on January 20 when Joe Biden will be sworn in as president, reports say.
will be inaugurated as the 46th US President on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 – but MAGA fans are organizing an alternate online event at 12pm that day.
Inauguration day is a date set by the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, meaning it's enshrined in law.
But a event called "Donald J. 2nd Presidential Inauguration Ceremony" has been set up and will be attended by 63.4K people who said they were "Going."
Some 263.9K others said they were "Interested" in attending the event on the day Biden officially takes office.
The page disclaimer read: "We are a grassroots collection of private individuals 325,000 strong, showing our support for President Donald J. Trump.
"We have no affiliation with any formal organization."
The event will be hosted by organizers Ilir Chami and Evi Kokalari and it was set up via a of the same name.
The page was established on November 21, 2020, nearly three weeks after the election. It has 25.4K members.
Trump's was on January 20, 2017.
He and were welcomed to the White House by former President and the then First Lady .
Meanwhile, members of are reportedly plotting to disguise themselves as Biden fans to wreak havoc during the presidential inauguration.
The Trojan Horse-style plot was revealed on InfoWars alum Joe Biggs’ YouTube channel — on which the right-wing militants were ordered to "kick off this presidency with f***ing fireworks", it's reported.
The pro-Trump Proud Boys are a far-right organization that has been accused of political violence.
In a November 20 episode of The War Boys, the group's leader Enrique Tarrio instructed members to attend the inauguration in and "take over", reports
"Revolt motherf***ers," he said. "Do whatever you got to do to f***ing get your tickets.
"You show up there in gear and you turn his inauguration into a f***ing circus, a sign of resistance, a sign of revolution.
"You f***ing kick off this presidency with f***ing fireworks."
In the first episode of the YouTube show Biggs characterized the political divide as one between "good and evil".
In the past, he has branded the as "con artists" and "evil scum" who “deserve to die a traitor’s death."
Trump is yet to acknowledge presidential win in the , claiming — without proof — the Democrats cheated him out of winning.
It was previously reported that the president told advisers that he will not leave the on Inauguration Day, reported.
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