The Trump Riots of 2020 or also known as The Second Trump Riots took place through November 4th - November 20th after Incumbent President, Donald Trump very narrowly won the 2020 election with 270 electoral votes.
Protests in Los Angeles on November 6th, 2020
Despite COVID-19 many protested without masks and we're yelling: "F*CK TRUMP" or "NOT MY PRESIDENT" out loud. Over 2000 Americans were arrested and many were injured. The reaction to Trump's win on social media was even worse many considered. For over a week the phrase: "NOT MY PRESIDENT" was trending on Twitter and a lot of fighting on social media.
Donald Trump's viral Tweet.
On November 6th, 2020, Donald Trump tweeted about his victory in the Election. Many Republicans praised this Tweet while many Democrats despised it. Despite his call for the riots to stop they continued In about every city in the U.S. Like 2016, a national recount was forced and it was lead by the Lincoln Project founders and famous singer, Taylor Swift who worked together for a recount.
More Protesters in D.C.
Many Republicans were very angry about protests and even said about shooting protesters which pissed off even more Biden supporters. At one point it was a reported a cop who was classified to be a Republican had tackled down a peaceful protester and kept stomping on their head until they died. This cop wouldn't be arrested for another 7 months. On November 16th just a few days before Thanksgiving, Joe Biden called for an end for the protests and in a few days the protests stopped. It had a total of 2,213 people arrested, 13 killed. and over 10,000 injured nationwide. These protests would help a cause for a reason Trump had almost got assassinated the next
Riots in New York
year.
List of Main Area's effected.[]
- Los Angeles, California.
- New York City, New York
- Chicago, Illinois.
- Newark, New Jersey
- Portland, Oregon
- Miami, Florida.
- Detroit, Michigan
- San Francisco, California.
- Tallahassee, Florida.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Houston, Texas.
- Dallas, Texas.
- Phoenix, Arizona.
- Charlotte, North Carolina.
- San Diego, California.
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Austin, Texas.
Those places were the most effected by the riots.