AMP Report - August 22, 2017
Anti-Muslim, pro-Trump rallies in 36 states
canceled, will be held as online demonstrations
Anti-Muslim and pro-Trump rallies, scheduled for September 9th, that were originally being planned for roughly 37 locations across the US have been canceled. The hate rallies were coordinated by ACT For America, a pro-Trump and anti-Muslim hate group best known for its “March Against Sharia” back in Junes,according to Matt Novak of Gizmodo. The group said it will instead hold online demonstrations.
ACT For America, which calls itself “the NRA of national security,” released a statement to Breitbart, claiming that the cancellations were due to “the recent violence in America and in Europe.”
ACT For America, which calls itself “the NRA of national security,” is now proclaiming Saturday, September 9th an online “Day of ACTion.”
“In recent weeks, extremist and radical organizations in the United States and abroad have overrun peaceful events in order to advance their own agendas, and in many cases, violence has been the result,” ACT For America told Breitbart in a statement.
But there’s some speculation online that the pro-Trump crowd had other motives for canceling the events. Pro-Trump demonstrators were vastly outnumbered in Boston over the weekend, making it clear that Americans are ready to stand up against hate and bigotry in large public settings, Gizmodo said adding: Roughly 40,000 anti-fascist demonstrators rallied in Boston compared to just 100 or so fascists who huddled in a safe space.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACT for America is not only a hate group with a local chapter, but the largest anti-Muslim group in America.
Before the groups canceled the rallies altogether, local officials in some cities were already voicing opposition. In Syracuse, New York, the group was denied a permit to hold a rally and the mayor of Milwaukee, Tom Barrett, said he didn't want the group or any Nazi, alt-right or white supremacist organizations to demonstrate in the city.
At the anti-Sharia rallies hosted by the group in June, counter-protesters came out in droves. At just one of the rallies held in Seattle, about 75 people came out to demonstrate against Sharia law while several hundred counter-protesters showed up to drown out the anti-Sharia protest.
As Gizmodo noted, a scan of Facebook event invites for some of the rallies showed that the RSVP list didn't look too promising. At most, a maximum of eight people had RSVPed yes to attending the rallies in Boston and on Cape Cod.
In a statement, CAIR said: "This is a victory over white supremacy and Islamophobia. ACT for America is a hate group, plain and simple. During its rallies in June, the group hosted white supremacist organizations like Vanguard America and Identity Evropa. While ACT for America founder Brigitte Gabriel has been welcomed into the White House, we are inspired by the fact that mainstream America continues to reject the group's hateful message.
"CAIR thanks the many organizations and individuals participating in the ongoing peaceful pushback against the recent surge of white supremacy, Islamophobia and other forms of bigotry and racism.
"People of conscience are standing up to bigotry -- from spending long hours at airports during President Trump's Muslim ban, to counter-protesting racists in Boston this weekend. We look forward to continuing to work with Americans of all backgrounds to promote justice and mutual understanding."
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