En route to the Richmond rally

[LittleLebowski]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md...rally-updates/

At the Wake Cafe on Franklin Street, two and a half blocks from the square, owner Wade Thomas said the day had been the store’s busiest since it opened seven months ago, with at least 200 separate sales since opening at 8 a.m.

“These were not our usual Monday customers,” he said, “but people needed a place to get warm and have a cup of coffee, so we were going to be here.”

Like other cafe owners downtown, Thomas said the decision to stay open wasn’t meant as a political stance and that the store hadn’t received any blowback.

“We had no idea what was going to happen,” he said. “But the crowd today was some of the nicest people.”

[RoyGBiv]

@blues

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The White Men (and they are all White Men, because non-White Men would not be safe in this crowd) are explicitly TERRORIZING US to demonstrate to lawmakers they will cause more TERROR if they pass gun safety measures the voters wanted and voted them into office to pass.

https://twitter.com/@twitter/status/1219346262769774593

[LittleLebowski]

Woke up to this bullshit this morning. The same “journalist” NBC described the rally as “tense”. Bullshit.

[blues]

@blues

Thanks, brother. Wow, that's a crock and a half. What rock do these fuckers live under?

[LittleLebowski]

God, this is funny.

https://twitter.com/@twitter/status/1219289516994940930

[Greg]

#MediaWhores gonna whore.

[hufnagel]

So... no one had to use their AK?

I guess it was a good day.

[EPF]

What an amazing day. Unbelievable really. There had to be 100K people there at least. Everyone was kind and polite. The entire media narrative is BS. My friend and I walked the area several times throughout the day and I could not find a negative thing.

Maybe I thought of a few jokes about the “militia” guys needing a PT program, but today was a day of solidarity so I won’t even make fun of the awesome gear people had on 😂

Been a long time since I was proud of a group of humans. People even organized to pick up trash after. I’ve never seen a crowd that was so easy to move through. A simple “pardon me” and a smile.

[Joe in PNG]

From America's New Newspaper of Record:

Media Offers Thoughts And Prayers That Someone Would Start Some Violence At Gun Rights Rally

U.S.—Somber members of the press offered their thoughts and prayers that someone would start some violence at the gun rights rally in Virginia today.

Reporters expressed their grief and condolences as the violence they hyped has so far failed to materialize.

[Joe in PNG]

Meanwhile, the Stunning and Brave (TM) AOC was "flabbergasted by ‘almost no police officers’ at Va. gun rights rally in the face of all the ‘people flying Confederate flags with semiautomatic weapons’"