WASHINGTON: Hundreds Of Protesters Clash With Police Outside “DeploraBall” Inauguration Party [VIDEO]

NBC News reports:



A weekend of protests over the inauguration and presidency of Donald Trump began Thursday night with police in Washington, D.C., using pepper spray on protesters demonstrating outside a pro-Trump event. Hundreds rallied outside the National Press Club, where the event billed as DeploraBall, was being held, NBC Washington reported. Some demonstrators set off smoke devices in the middle of the crowd, and police in riot gear blocked entrance to the event.

“Impeach the predatory president,” read one of two messages projected onto the building’s façade. Crowds chanted “Nazi scum” at those who entered. Some of the protesters were with the group Refuse Fascism. At one point, demonstrators burned a Trump hat. An inflated elephant — a commonly used mascot for the Republican Party — was displayed adorned by a banner with the word “racism” on it.