In Nevada’s Capital, Trump Supporters Protest Inauguration, Promise To Elect ‘True Conservatives’ Wednesday, January 20, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
Carson City resident JT poses with his AR-15 and Gadsden flag during a pro-Trump protest on Jan. 20, 2021.
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A small number of supporters of former President Donald Trump gathered peacefully outside the Nevada Capitol in Carson City Wednesday, as incoming President Joe Biden was sworn into office in Washington, DC. Authorities have been on high alert after a series of armed protests at state capitals was announced online following the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6.
But the much feared violence never materialized in Nevada, and for most of the morning, the crowd of roughly 20 protestors listened to musical hits by Creedence Clearwater Revival over loudsp
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In the days following the violent Trump-inspired insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, the FBI warned all 50 states that similar “armed protests” were being planned by right-wing extremists around their capitol buildings. But on Inauguration Day, at least, those protests turned out to be complete duds.
Not only have there been no incidents of violence at state capitols on Wednesday as of 4 pm ET, but at many of them, the number of MAGA protesters could be counted on one hand.
At the New York Capitol in Albany, Spectrum News reporter Morgan Mckay documented the presence of a single pro-Trump demonstrator.
The Latest on demonstrating Sunday at statehouses across the country. Some of the protests at statehouses have begun breaking up after drawing only modest crowds " in most places, no more than a couple dozen demonstrators. Officials had fortified statehouses with extra police, National Guard troops and fencing after the FBI had warned about the possibility of armed demonstrations at all 50 state capitols. Yet some had no demonstrators at all Sunday. The Nevada Capitol in Carson City was