Trump announces, “Heading to DC this weekend to take it back.” MAGA militia leave the state capitals across the country to drive or fly into D.C. Fox News uncertainly calls it a “planned protest.” Far right-wing news like One America News Network call it a “liberation.” The intent of the Trump faction is clear.
President Biden and President-elect Harris quickly invoke the Insurrection Act and mobilize the military. D.C. becomes an armed fortress. In the days leading up to the protest, police arrest almost 1,000 Trump supporters on charges of illegal gun possession — a felony in D.C. You watch in horror on Saturday, as Donald Trump leads a march of over 50,000 people to the Capitol.