A week after the presidential election was called for Joe Biden, the nation's capital braced for rallies Saturday by President Trump's supporters, who continue to echo his false claim that he is the real winner of the bitterly contested race.

The demonstrators, who include white nationalists, conspiracy theorists and far-right protesters from across the country, began arriving Friday afternoon, where they found a White House surrounded by steel barricades adorned with a 15-foot-long, black and white sign declaring that he was not, in fact, the winner: "LOSER."

By Saturday morning, that and a matching sign — "FAILURE" — had been taken down. After enduring months of protests over racial injustice that, in rare moments, exploded into fiery violence, Washington didn't know what to expect from the day's rallies.

Would the Trump supporters number in the dozens or the hundreds? Would they protest peacefully, as some had promised, or would they start a "bloody fight," as one of their leaders had suggested? Bursts of hostility — mostly shouting and profanity — between conservative groups and counterdemonstrators had already started Friday, ratcheting up the anxiety in a city where many stores and offices remained boarded up.

Trump, meanwhile, called Saturday's gatherings — which far-right influencers and media personalities have promoted all week — "heartwarming."

"I may even try to stop by and say hello," tweeted the president, who has refused to concede or allow a formal transition to begin.

The rallies, including a Women for America First event that received a permit from the National Park Service, are expected to start about noon at Freedom Plaza. "Million MAGA March," "March for Trump" and "Stop the Steal" demonstrations are also planned but will likely face resistance from anti-fascist and anti-racist groups who intend to meet nearby.

Videos of a caravan of gun-toting demonstrators led by Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones circulated on social media late Thursday as the group made its way north through Richmond. Though Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said the city would support "peaceful First Amendment demonstrations," the mayor warned out-of-town visitors against bringing firearms to the city, noting it has stricter gun laws than other parts of the country.

On Friday, after a week in which more than 750,000 Americans were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, dozens of mostly maskless Trump supporters in red Make America Great Again hats showed up near Lafayette Square and tore down photographs from a memorial honoring Black men and women killed by police.

They were soon confronted by anti-Trump protesters, leading to an angry exchange before police officers on bicycles circled the plaza and the crowds dispersed.

"As I look at this scene right now, I can't help but to think how much this is truly the personification of two Americas," a Black Lives Matter D.C. activist said as she filmed the scene.

The rallies have garnered support from Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller as well as more fringe figures, including Enrique Tarrio, chairman of the Proud Boys; white nationalist Nicholas Fuentes, who marched in the deadly Charlottesville protest; and Jack Posobiec, who promoted the "Pizzagate" conspiracy that led to a 2016 shooting at D.C. pizzeria Comet Ping Pong.

A number of streets will be closed beginning 6 a.m. Saturday to accommodate the protests. Constitution Avenue will be closed between 18th Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

On the other side of the Mall, Independence Avenue will be closed from 14th Street to Ohio Avenue SW. Several main thoroughfares, including New York Avenue and G, H, I and K streets, will be shut down from 9th Street NW to 18th Street NW.

Washington Post. The breaking news edition is by Emily Davies, Marissa J. Lang, Peter Hermann, Rachel Chason and John Woodrow Cox. November 14, 2020

The original article had these words on top.

Trump greets hundreds of supporters in D.C. to falsely claim he won election

A week after the election was called for Joe Biden, hundreds of President Trump's supporters descended on the nation's capital Saturday to falsely claim that the race had been stolen from the man they adore — who soon decided to welcome them in person.

Shortly after 10 a.m., Trump drove down E Street NW in his motorcade, greeting hundreds of cheering supporters who ran to the side of Freedom Plaza and clambered to catch a glimpse. He smiled and waved from a car window as people filled the street to follow his car.

"He drove right past me I saw him. He waved right past me," one man said, squatting to collect himself. A group of women huddled around their phone, looking at a video they took of Trump's appearance. "He looked fake," one said. "I'm still shaking."

The demonstrators, who include white nationalists, conspiracy theorists and far-right protesters from across the country, began arriving Friday afternoon, where they found a White House surrounded by steel barricades adorned with a 15-foot-long, black and white sign declaring that he was not, in fact, the winner: "LOSER."

Just before sunrise Saturday morning, that and a matching sign — "FAILURE" — were taken down by federal officials from inside the fencing, according to two witnesses, including activist Nadine Seiler, who recorded the scene.

"Trump is still a loser!" she shouted.

After enduring months of protests over racial injustice that, in rare moments, exploded into fiery violence, Washington didn't know what to expect from the day's rallies. Would the Trump supporters number in the dozens or the hundreds?

Would they protest peacefully, as some had promised, or would they start a "bloody fight," as one of their leaders had suggested? Bursts of hostility — mostly shouting and profanity — between conservative groups and counterdemonstrators had already started Friday, ratcheting up the anxiety in a city where many stores and offices remained boarded up.

D.C. police made two arrests, charging a a 25-year-old from Virginia with threats to bodily harm and a 33-year-old from Hawaii with assaulting an officer.

And then it picks up the rest of the earlier article. Here is the link, https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/11/14...

Fact: Trump's motorcade passed this, he waved, and headed to his golf course in Virginia.

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November 14, 2020

Voices4America Post Script. Some of the outgoing President's typical, delusional and dangerous supporters will be marching in DC and elsewhere, in Marches for Trump and Stop the Steal today.

Old favorite white supremacists, Proud Boys, and the PizzaGate crowd will be armed and in too many streets. Trump called it “heartwarming" and said he might stop by. As updated above, he did.

Farewell tour? At any rate, don't you stop by.

Be safe from the most deplorable of deplorables crowd which is unmasked in so many ways! . #JoeBidenKamalaHarrisWon