Heat, sweat and paranoia in Cleveland

[struggle4progress]

By Matt Pearce

DAY 1, 5:35 P.M.: ... There was the right-wing rally on the waterfront to the west, where InfoWars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — sort of a human volcano who is always erupting — led the crowd in a near-screaming of "HILLARY FOR PRISON! HILLARY FOR PRISON! HILLARY FOR PRISON!"

It was a great show for the conservative-minded crowd gathered on the banks of the Cuyahoga. "Don't tread on me" Gadsden banners flapped in the wind. Vendors outside the event sold Trump swag, including family-unfriendly buttons that said things like "KFC Hillary Special: 2 Fat Thighs, 2 Small Breasts... Left Wing" ...

At the worldview to the east, there was the antipoverty rally filled with anarchists, communists, assorted other lefty types and one Sikh cartoonist dressed in a Captain America costume holding a sign that said "LOVE TRUMPS HATE." (His name is Vishajvit Singh.) Muscle-bound men — whose haircuts and concealable body armor screamed plainclothes police or paid security — strolled through what was clearly not their kind of crowd, trying to keep a low profile. Nor was this a Clinton kind of crowd ...

I regret to report that my mother isn't pleased that I'm here.

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[Cracklin Charlie]

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