Crowd supporting Trump is growing outside the Fulton jail
A few dozen supporters of former President Donald Trump have arrived outside the Fulton County Jail on Thursday morning, wearing Trump hats and carrying campaign flags.
A flyer promoting a 10 a.m. peaceful rally in support of the former president has circulated on social media in recent days and was reposted by Trump on his own site, Truth Social. The flyer called for supporters to bring their Trump gear, bullhorns and “love of President Trump.”
A crowd has gathered Thursday outside main entrance to the jail, but the scene is fairly quiet. There is no chanting, and no one is using a bullhorn. Sheriff’s deputies were placing plastic barricades to keep the crowd off the street.
Not everyone outside the jail is there in support of Trump. Joel, a former Republican from Woodstock, came to deliver a message:
“I want to see the sociopath who tried to steal my vote in 2020 go to prison,” he told the AJC’s Greg Bluestein.
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