A Facebook event page for the “I4 Trump Train” says it will begin this Saturday at 9 a.m., and will start at 1101 Goldfinch Dr. in Plant City. “The train will enter the highway at 9:45 a.m. heading east to Celebration and turn around. The train will exit I4 at Park Rd and drive to downtown Plant City,” says the event.
As of now the event has 156 confirmed guests, and 675 that are “interested.”
Unsurprisingly, this rally was created by the “I4 Trump Train” public Facebook page, which is a hot bed for far-right memes, including posts calling for violence against protesters, and even some specifically praising Kyle Rittenhouse who was charged with shooting and killing multiple people in Wisconsin.
The group also has a QAnon-related “Save our Children” event planned for later that day in Orlando.
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This article appears in Nov 12-18, 2020.