A group of Trump supporters waving campaign flags disrupted the second day of early voting in Fairfax, Virginia, on Saturday, chanting, “Four more years” as voters entered a polling location and at one point forming a line that voters had to walk around outside the site.
“Citizens coming into and leaving the building did have to go by them,” Gary Scott, the general registrar of Fairfax County, said in a statement. “Those voters who were in line outside of the building were moved inside and we continued operations. Some voters, and elections staff, did feel intimidated by the crowd and we did provide escorts past the group. One of the escorts was the county executive.
The demonstration originated from a “Trump Train” parade that began in nearby Prince William County and featured Tommy Hicks Jr., the Republican National Committee co-chair. The event was set to end in the parking lot of the government center, which was also serving as the polling location Saturday. Some of the people who attended the parade walked over to vote.
Bryan Graham, chair of the Fairfax County Democrats, who was also at the polling center, saw it differently, writing on Twitter that “the Republicans are straight-up attempting to intimidate voters at the government center.”“I was there when the county executive was there, and I saw him walk multiple people through the crowd because they didn’t feel safe,” Graham said. “I don’t think it’s appropriate. We shouldn’t be doing things to make people feel unsafe.
Videos of the demonstrators quickly went viral on social media and show them gathering outside the entrance, holding up Trump campaign signs and chanting as voters walked past them.“In Virginia, the safe zone around the polling location is only 40 feet, but that safe zone is for campaigning and trying to change a person’s vote,” said Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections at Common Cause, a voting rights group. “Outside of that, in general, there are laws against intimidation.
How is this disrupting voting? While Democrats are burning down cities, destroying monuments, torching federal buildings, attacking people and killing people!
Felonies. Felonies for everyone
Omg. Grow you all it’s not children play like Trump whine after whine don’t be like Trump he doesn’t care about anyone but himself so wake up he just wants to get. RE- ELECTED Remember that
Absolutely disgusting and illegal
More FakeYahooNews!
If they're so convinced their man is going to win why do this?
Yahoo an arm along with Verizon who owns them are members of the communist party.
what exactly about this demonstration is disruptive? I must be missing something...
Voting early, debates hasn't even happened yet.
That’s the only way he can win.
THATS HARDLY DISRUPTIVE..
FunFact realDonaldTrump supporters are NOT voting early😂or may not vote for him at all 😝too busy disrupting votes
At least the black panthers aren't at the voting booths with bats like they were when Obama was going for his second term. winning TrumpPence2020
Wait until the show up tomorrow with guns VoterIntimidation
Lowlife and cheats. They reflect Trump.
Question is - is doing this helping or hurting your candidate/party?
Fuck them
MAGA NAZI GO'Putin Party
This is illegal! Call the sheriff if this happens to you!
oooohhhh so so how scary! oooooohhhh.. plllllrb,... yeah ok whatever dude.
Fake News
Criminal
' disrupted ' ? FakeNews
How is a group of people standing waving US flags peacefully 'disrupting voting'? You are aware that they are there to vote too? And, why when ANTIFA and BLM legitimated disrupted civil society itself, repeatedly, you flipped the script?
Of course they do - if mail in same
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