NPS Approves ‘Unite The Right’ Anniversary Rally Outside White House

Neo Nazis, Alt-Right, and White Supremacists encircle counter protestors at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson after marching through the University of Virginia campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., USA ... Neo Nazis, Alt-Right, and White Supremacists encircle counter protestors at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson after marching through the University of Virginia campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo by Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An organizer of last year’s deadly white supremacist rally in Virginia has been granted initial approval to host another rally in August, this time in the heart of the nation’s capital.

The National Park Service says it has approved an application for a “Unite the Right” anniversary rally to be held in front of the White House. Other details are still being finalized.

Organizer Jason Kessler’s application describes it as a “white civil rights” rally. He says he wants elected officials in Washington to know that the violence that killed a woman and injured others in Charlottesville was provoked by what he’s calling “civil rights abuse.”

The city of Charlottesville denied Kessler’s application to hold an anniversary rally there. Kessler estimates 400 people will join him in Washington.

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  1. I’m sure Donald Trump will be able to see many good people on both sides from his bedroom window.

    How fucking lovely.

  2. This will be an enormous disaster.

  3. Perhaps it will be educational for Americans to see all the pro-Trump signs intermixed with the Confederate and Nazi flags.

  4. Avatar for danny danny says:

    There HAS to be a life beyond reading every damn article on everything and watching every damn video on everything and keeping up with everything and commenting on everything! I want to LIVE.

  5. Kessler estimates 400 people will join him in Washington.

    And ten times that many will attend to voice opposition.

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