On the 2nd of August, Fl Gov Ron Desantis (a notorious Christian nationalist and Fascist) spoke at a GOP/MAGA “Freedom Forum” at Rosen Shingle Creek just outside Orlando near Universal. There is very little freedom in the DeSantis agenda of Christianity having force of law. There is none either in the Trump/MAGA deportation agenda DeSantis has so enthusiastically adopted.
Protesters hammered the event. At least two disruptors got inside and shouted down the proceedings. Protesters kept things loud and noisy outside, demanding that Trump release the Epstein files and calling him out as a pedophile. I myself was nealy run down by a convoy of enemy blacked-out SUVs entering the event.
Both UCF and the owners of Publix’s shopping mall and lot mounted an aggressive anti-parking campaign. Direct confrontations blocked tow trucks from towing several cars (one belonging to a Publix employee) from that parking lot. The tow trucks were driven off, and many of the cops were drawn off the main protest to defend them. People found other places to park their cars and the protest was a success. This even though the entire area is extremely difficult to reach other than by car and may have been selected for that exact reason.
Kaitlyn Bennett showed up again, again with her paid security guards. In an ugly move that in open warfare would constitute perfidy (a war crime), at least one of Kaitlyn’s henchmen wore a vest matching those worn by de-escalators. They did not remove these false uniforms before engaging.