Posted on 10/17/2020 3:05:50 PM PDT by lowbridge
A rally in support of President Donald Trump in downtown Ithaca descended into chaos on Friday afternoon, as multiple fights broke out between Trump supporters and counter-protesters who assembled to rebuke the rally.
No arrests appear to have been made during or after the event, despite a litany of physical altercations involving people from both sides. At least two people were injured during the several scuffles that broke out in the 90 minutes the two sides squared off.
The scene was tense from the beginning. A small group of Trump supporters gathered outside the Tompkins County Republicans office starting at 4 p.m., primarily led by Rocco and Max Lucente, who also helped organize the Trump march that took place earlier in October. From the start, they were met with a larger group of counterprotesters, organized by the local Democratic Socialists of America but attracting people of all stripes looking to oppose Trump, who were stationed directly across Meadow Streetreminiscent of the standoff that took place outside of City Hall during the aforementioned Trump event in Ithaca.
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Promptly thereafter, counterprotesters began to move across the street, standing next to or in front of Trump supporters. The Trump ralliers began to fracture, some moving down the block, others staying in front of the building and exchanging words with counter-protesters. By 4:40 p.m., several of the ralliers had been backed into a corner by a group of counterprotesters who had ventured across the street, easily outnumbering the Trump supporters as both sides screamed at each other.
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I do believe you are correct, my list is out of date!
There are more options than those you offer.
“”too bad Trumps campaign staff didnt””
I don’t imagine the president’s campaign staff had anything to do with a local rally - that’s LOCALS...on their own just as it is all over the country.
My hometown and a shame what it’s become. In the ‘50’s, politics wasn’t on our minds - never discussed with friends/family or at work coffee breaks; just living our lives and TRUSTING that we weren’t being ruled by thugs out to destroy us. I guess it’s safe to say we went on like that until 2016 when Donald Trump opened our eyes.
Lotsa lunatics up there. Be careful.
That it is. But all around the lakes up there, other than Ithaca, all Trump signs.
Tompkins County is bigger than just Ithaca. Unfortunately for Tompkins County, Ithaca is in it.
It’s been gone for a long, long time.
I still have my Ithaca Deer Slayer. Single shot 12 gauge.
You got that 100% correct. I think Syracuse is leftist too and Albany of course.
You’ll be happy to know I moved out of the city limits a few years ago and only travel into town when I need something from one of the local shopping centers.
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