Anti-fascist protesters outside White House drown out white supremacist voices
Washington — A small white supremacist rally took place outside the White House on Sunday when about 20 far-right supporters showed up. But they were massively outnumbered by counter-protesters. Washington police closed streets and threw a ring of steel across a park where the rally was held to keep the demonstrators and counter-protesters apart. The day appeared to end without major incident, though officers used pepper spray on rowdy anti-fascists a few blocks from the White House. The tiny group of demonstrators trickled in from nearby Vienna, Virginia under heavy police escort at Washington’s Foggy Bottom Metro station — and were met by hundreds of counter-protesters screaming "Shame!" and "Get out of my city!" Most of the demonstrators wore masks, prompting counter-protesters to taunt them as cowards for hiding their identity. Heavy rain helped bring the so-called Unite the Right 2 demonstration to an early end, hours before the scheduled finish of what had been billed as a "wh...
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