{"id":290290,"date":"2017-01-16T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/protests-gay-dance-party-planned-to-sabotage-trump-inauguration\/"},"modified":"2017-01-16T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T15:37:00","slug":"protests-gay-dance-party-planned-to-sabotage-trump-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/protests-gay-dance-party-planned-to-sabotage-trump-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests &amp; \u2018gay dance party\u2019 planned to sabotage Trump inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2017.01\/thumbnail\/587cbea0c461882d1e8b4567.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Blockades, demonstrations and an event billed as a \u2018gay dance parade\u2019 are being planned in an attempt to sabotage Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration, as left-wing protesters look to up the ante in a day of civil disobedience against the US president-elect.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A group known as #DisruptJ20, the most active in the day of disruption, have called for those opposed to Trump to join their <em>\u201cbold mobilization\u201d<\/em> in Washington, DC, described as an attempt to <em>\u201cshut down the Inauguration ceremonies and any related celebrations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf Trump is to be inaugurated at all, let it happen behind closed doors, showing the true face of the security state Trump will preside over,\u201d<\/em> the group said in its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disruptj20.org\/get-organized\/call-to-action\/\">call for action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters are also planning a <em>\u201cGiant Queer Dance Party\u201d<\/em> at the home of Vice-President-elect Mike Pence in the days leading up to the inauguration.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGet ready to WERK it and tell Daddy Pence: homo\/transphobia is not tolerated in our country!\u201d<\/em> the call to action reads.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, known for his brash style, has become a figure of contempt for the US left-wing, vehemently opposed to the businessman-come-politician\u2019s election to the White House.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe would like the headline the next day to be \u2018Donald Trump inaugurated amid complete chaos\u2019, not \u2018Donald Trump, inaugurated amid applause\u2019,\u201d<\/em> #DisruptJ20 organizer Legba Carrefour told <a href=\"http:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/protesters-and-supporters-gear-up-for-58th-presidential-inauguration\">WJLA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>#DisruptJ20 plans to also hold unpermitted marches after failing to secure permits for all its planned events.<\/p>\n<p>Other inauguration events arranged include \u2018Occupy Inauguration\u2019, with the group planning to march on Trump\u2019s inauguration and hold a rally of speakers and music across Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re going to [be] blockading checkpoints into the security zones. We&#8217;re also going to be blockading roads and other modes of transit into the city,\u201d<\/em> a female member of #DisruptJ20 was heard saying in audio acquired by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2017\/01\/13\/protesters-planning-to-blockade-inauguration-checkpoints-party-outside-pence-home.html\">Fox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump supporters, including \u2018Bikers for Trump\u2019, plan to show their presence in the capitol in solidarity with the president-elect.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think it&#8217;s important to show that he has not been fairly portrayed in the media and there are people that support him,\u201d<\/em> Charles Hale told WJLA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Bikers For Trump have a permit for the National Mall and will be very sad to find out that they won&#8217;t be able to bring their bikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u270a #DisruptJ20 \u270a (@DisruptJ20) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DisruptJ20\/status\/820743076654317569\">January 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>Hale is one of a group of bikers expected to rev their engines for Trump on the day of inauguration, driving from Baltimore to witness the event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Presidential Inauguration guests using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Airbnb\">@Airbnb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8217;09: 200<br \/>&#8217;13: 1,300<br \/>&#8217;17: 15,000<\/p>\n<p>(there are ~31k hotel rooms in DC)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Chesky (@bchesky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bchesky\/status\/819969177138012161\">January 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>Large crowds are expected in the city for Trump\u2019s inauguration and the Women\u2019s March the following day. Airbnb reported 15,000 bookings on its home-rental site, up from 1,300 in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Some 3,000 extra police officers and 5,000 members of the National Guard are being <a href=\"http:\/\/wtop.com\/inauguration\/2017\/01\/inauguration-expect-large-security-presence-and-difficulty-driving-dc-officials-say\/\">brought<\/a>\u00a0in to provide security at the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/373646-schwartz-dc-national-guard-inauguration\/\">READ MORE: Mystery order: Troops providing inauguration security to lose commanding general mid-ceremony<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/373844-protests-gay-dance-trump\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockades, demonstrations and an event billed as a \u2018gay dance parade\u2019 are being planned in an attempt to sabotage Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration, as left-wing protesters look to up the ante in a day of civil disobedience against the US president-elect. A group known as #DisruptJ20, the most active in the day of disruption, have called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":290291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-290290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}