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Only one person showed up to the pro-Trump protest outside Twitter’s San Francisco HQ

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January 12, 2021

It’s the second week of 2021. Last week began with an insurrection, siege of the US Capitol building, and rejection of democracy, and it ended with all major social media companies banning the one-time impeached 45th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump.

One of those companies was Twitter. On the Donald.win forum, Trump supporters announced a plan to show their discontent by protesting in front of the San Francisco headquarters earlier today. The building was empty, with Twitter employees working from home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but there was still a heavy police presence to protect against mob violence. What happened instead was a fairly quiet event, with just a single pro-Trump protester in evidence — and two counter-protesters there to applaud Twitter’s decision to deplatform the outgoing president.

*Twitter’s headquarters on Market St. in San Francisco was barricaded with fences.*

*Katherine King is happy with the actions Twitter took, but only wishes they came sooner.*

*Police vans parked in the alley behind the Twitter headquarters.*

*Riot gear was left unused during the pro-Trump protest near Twitter’s headquarters.*

*Graffiti on the wall wasn’t related to the protest, but was sprayed on the night before.*

Photography by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

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Irene grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and now lives in New York as a full-time environmentalist and a part-time journalist. She was previously an editor at local online newspaper, where she wrote about topics including technology, finance and the media industry.