White-Nationalist Rally Musters Little Enthusiasm
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Thousands of counterprotesters far outnumber a gathering in Washington, D.C.
What was promoted as a “white civil-rights rally” held near the White House on Sunday appeared to be a bust, with fewer than 20 attendees, while thousands of counterprotesters gathered nearby.
Jason Kessler, the white nationalist who organized the rally, told the National Park Service he expected 100 to 400 attendees. The rally began about 3:30 p.m. EDT and ended abruptly around 5 p.m., when Mr. Kessler and others were escorted away in vans by police. The event had been scheduled to run from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m.
The rally marked the anniversary of last year’s mayhem in Charlottesville, Va., in which white nationalists and their supporters clashed with counterprotesters.
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