UPDATE 7- It was a non-event : Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across U.S. Reuters 1/17/2021
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By Nathan Layne and Brendan O Brien
HARRISBURG, Pa./LANSING, Mich., Jan 17 (Reuters) - Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president s false claim that he won the 2020 election turned out for what authorities feared could be violent demonstrations.
More than a dozen states activated National Guard troops to help secure their capitol buildings following an FBI warning of armed demonstrations, with right-wing extremists emboldened by the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.