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2020
2020-06-01 (for context) When peaceful protestors rallied near the White House at Lafayette Square to protest in the name of racial justice, the Trump administration allowed law enforcement to tear-gas protestors. The DOJ reached a settlement in 2022 for excessive force. Some news outlets reported that Trump made inquiries as to whether he was allowed to order law enforcement to “just shoot” the protestors.
https://www.acludc.org/lafayette-square-attack-timeline/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/politics/esper-trump-protesters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/25/donald-trump-general-mark-milley-crack-skulls
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1097517470/trump-esper-book-defense-secretary
2024
2024-06-22 During a Faith & Freedom conference in Washington D.C., Trump floated the idea of a “migrant UFC” fight.
2025 February
2025-02-07 MAGA supporters objected to playing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the Superbowl, calling it “divisive”.
2025 October
2025-10-09 Turning Point USA announced they were going to have their own Superbowl halftime show in direct response to Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny performing at Super Bowl LX.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-announces-alternative-american-super-202948566.html
https://x.com/TPUSA/status/1976301627662340207
2025 December
2025-12-23 Watch Adam Mockler debate moral bigotry and moral clarity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0rikuQA7cg
2026 January
2026-01-17 Far right activist and pardoned J6er Jake Lang was chased off by protestors when he tried to hold an anti-Islam protest in Minneapolis.
2026 February
2026-02-09 The headline from the Springfield News-Sun says it all: “Bomb threats, suspicious packages in Springfield prompt evacuations - Bomb threats that said Haitian immigrants should be gone from Springfield were sent to several Clark County offices Monday morning.”
2026-02-21 House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a request to allow Reverend Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at the Capitol.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/jesse-jackson-lie-in-honor-capitol-rejected
2026-02-24 During the State of the Union address, Representative Al Green was kicked out for holding up a sign “Black people are not apes” in response to Trump’s racist AI video depicting the Obamas as apes.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/politics/al-green-escorted-out-trump-state-of-the-union-protest