"On a gray Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., with the nation's capital bracing for a forecast snowstorm expected to arrive Sunday and local officials urging residents to prepare for possible disruptions, Vice President JD Vance stood on a stage near the National Mall and delivered a blistering address attacking abortion rights and LGBTQ+ equality as existential threats to the nation."
"As Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed thousands of marchers, roughly 100 members of Patriot Front, including its leader Thomas Rousseau, paraded along the Mall carrying flags and banners they had unloaded from a U-Haul truck. Dressed uniformly in blue jackets, khaki pants, baseball caps, and white face masks designed to obscure their identities, the group moved in disciplined rows - a visual hallmark of Patriot Front's efforts to project order and inevitability."
"Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department escorted the march on bicycles. Alongside them, a small cluster of counterprotesters followed, blasting circus music through loudspeakers as a way to mock the group of white masked men. Before the white nationalist group started parading around, Rousseau confronted a man who was using a bullhorn and asked whether the man was Jewish, according to video from the scene."
Vice President JD Vance delivered a forceful speech near the National Mall condemning abortion rights and LGBTQ+ equality as existential threats. The remarks occurred during the annual March for Life, an event founded in the 1970s that draws tens of thousands and gained prominence after the Supreme Court overturned Roe in 2022. Approximately 100 members of Patriot Front, led by Thomas Rousseau, marched on the Mall in uniform clothing, carrying flags and banners unloaded from a U-Haul. Metropolitan Police officers escorted the group while counterprotesters mocked them with circus music. Rousseau confronted a man and made an antisemitic comment.
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