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Trump Supporters, Counterprotesters Clash At DC Rally Contesting Biden's Victory

Right-wing activists and protesters designated as hate groups echoed the president's false claims of a stolen election.. As night fell, clashes between Trump fans and counterprotesters turned violent.
Opposing views clash in Black Lives Matter Plaza after supporters of President Donald Trump held a rally.

Updated at 1:27 a.m. ET on Sunday

Thousands of President Trump's most fervent supporters were out in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for a day of rallying that echoed the false assertion that the presidential election was marked by fraud.

One week after Joe Biden's presidential victory brought about spontaneous celebrations in the nation's capital, a crowd that included the group Women for America First, right-wing activists and conspiracy theorists gathered in the city's downtown near the White House.

Members of the Proud Boys, a white-nationalist movement designated as a hate group by the , were also seen out

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