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CLEVELAND, Ohio –Thousands of President Donald Trump supporters will hold multiple rallies today in Washington D.C., the nation's capital, beginning at noon, the main two rallies to occur at Black Lives Matter Plaza in the downtown D.C. area, and the Freedom Plaza, which will be followed by a march to the Supreme Court.
Egging them on, the president tweeted that he may "try to stop by and say hello."
The rallies by the Stop The Steal Movement come as the Republican president pushes unfounded claims of nationwide voter fraud, hoping to overturn his Nov. 3 election night loss to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. a former vice president under former president Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president and Trump's predecessor.
Meanwhile, the left- wing activist group Refusefacsim will hold a counter rally in D.C. and in other cities like Ohio, Ohio's rally scheduled for 2 pm today at Market Square on Cleveland's near west side.
"We are rallying against the pro-Trump protests in the country today as we call for Joe Biden's election victory to be quickly certified," said Refusefascism activist Cheryl Lessin of greater Cleveland. who added that activists will not stand for any efforts to steal the election from Biden.
The rallies in D.C. are spearheaded by various radical pro-Trump groups, including the White supremacist group The Proud Boys, The Million Maga March, March For Trump, Stop The Steal, and Women For America First. some of the members of the groups also associated with the Tea Party.
The National Park Service issued a permit for one of the rally groups in D.C. that says it will have some 10,000 participants.