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I wandered down to the Supreme Court, where folks participating in the “Jericho March” are scheduled to pray for SCOTUS/Congress to oppose the 2020 election results. Also here: folks wearing albs and blowing…smoke out of shofars. The, uh, nature of the smoke is…unclear.pic.twitter.com/0up66GS5Yc
Another person is brandishing an American flag and wearing…a Guy Fawkes mask? There’s a lot going on here, people.pic.twitter.com/y6ekOnQKPr
As folks mull about, organizers are blasting an overtly Christian nationalist anthem. “God bless America again, We need the blood of Jesus to wash away our sins…”pic.twitter.com/yZtSO3wXq7
We’re now all being asked to leave because police say they’ve found a “suspicious package” nearby. As people leave, some chant “four more years!” Others, draped in US flags, blow shofars (without smoke).pic.twitter.com/SgOXrEJHRZ
Officer telling people “usually this stuff is short-term” (which, in my experience working as a reporter in DC, is often true).
People keep blowing shofars. There are so many of them.
Oh wow. Some people in the crowd are upset the gathering has been paused. They’re gathering across the street from SCOTUS, yelling at police. “A suspicious package is nothing compared to eugenic tyranny!” “You all work for Chinese Communists!” Now singing “God Bless America”
Some people are yelling back “We back the blue!” And “they busted Antifa!” Others are praying: “This is not about fighting, this is about supporting ‘One Under God.’” Another: “We feel cheated…we want you to intervene (God).”pic.twitter.com/WRJAkeTEYS
At the Capitol now, where people with flags are dancing to the theme from the conservative Christian movie “God’s Not Dead” as people blow shofars.pic.twitter.com/SGExcNZbzR
More Jericho Marchers now, holding flags and signs with Trump’s face on them while singing “How Great is Our God.”pic.twitter.com/y4cTzMvjHy
Spoke to the shofar-blowers at the top of this thread. They are absolutely here as part of the protest. And they are very, very interested in cannabis, which is part of their faith: the Healing Church of Rhode Island. More in my forthcoming report.
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