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vkkv

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Sat Sep 16, 2017, 08:23 PM Sep 2017

ICP FANS Draw Bigger Crowd On The National Mall Than PRO-TRUMP Rally !!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/juggalos-donald-trump-rally_us_59bd9754e4b02da0e1427777?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

In 2011, the FBI’s National Gang Intelligence Center designated Juggalos, who say they are simply fans of a band, as a “loosely organized hybrid gang,” saying a subset of the group is involved in criminal activity. The agency sent out briefing materials to all law enforcement offices around the country listing Juggalos as a gang alongside Crips, Bloods and MS-13. They pointed out particular signs to look for to see if a person was a Juggalo, like the “hatchet man” symbol of the Insane Clown Posse.

The result was that people who counted themselves fans of Insane Clown Posse have been fired from their jobs, lost children in custody battles and were targeted and harassed by police.

Further east on the mall, closer to the U.S. Capitol building, pro-Trump activists had convened the “Mother of All Rallies,” to “help send a message to Congress, the media and the world: we stand united to defend American culture and values.”

As it turned out, the self-described “Woodstock of American rallies,” drew just a FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE (Trump Supporters! Fewer than ICP fans!), leaving much of the enclosed grass area allotted to the group empty for the duration of the afternoon. The lineup of speakers consisted mainly of D-list conservative leaders like Marco Gutierrez, the founder of Latinos for Trump, who famously warned that if the country did not curb immigration there would be “taco trucks on every corner.” No Republican members of Congress or elected officials of any major office were there.


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ICP is a really stupid-music band ('Magnets? How do them work? Must be God'), but everyone has a right to what they like..
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ICP FANS Draw Bigger Crowd On The National Mall Than PRO-TRUMP Rally !! (Original Post) vkkv Sep 2017 OP
The ICP rally was larger than the Trump one until around 5 TlalocW Sep 2017 #1
LOL SunSeeker Sep 2017 #2

TlalocW

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1. The ICP rally was larger than the Trump one until around 5
Sat Sep 16, 2017, 10:42 PM
Sep 2017

When all the Juggalos' moms arrived to pick them up.

TlalocW

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