{"id":666693,"date":"2026-09-11T12:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=666693"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:10:55","slug":"two-arrests-amid-anti-republican-protests-clashes-outside-gop-convention-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=666693","title":{"rendered":"Two arrests amid anti-Republican protests, clashes outside GOP convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sg-tackled-leftists-1200x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-facebook size-facebook wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Several leftist loons were arrested at an anti-Trump protest in Dallas this Thursday after they assaulted someone and blocked traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The assault occurred outside the Republican National Committee\u2019s midterm convention, where hundreds of obsessed leftists gathered to express their anti-Trump animus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here to protest the Republican agenda, the Trump agenda and all its policies that it has enacted over the last few years,\u201d leftist loon Rick Majumdar told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/two-arrested-socialist-anti-trump-protest-assault-closest-entry-point-gop-convention-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cThe march is an important event, we feel, against this convention that\u2019s happening for the last two days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Majumdar wasn\u2019t one of the ones who was arrested.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow, Anti-Trump protesters have begun blocking traffic outside the RNC Midterm Convention.<\/p>\n<p>I informed the Antifa member directing traffic outside the RNC, \u201cThis isn\u2019t Portland, and you guys don\u2019t have free rein of the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Riot police have now formed.<\/p>\n<p>More footage coming. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q5NP6V65IJ\">pic.twitter.com\/q5NP6V65IJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheCharlesDowns\/status\/2098124944412422574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The two rioters who were arrested assaulted a \u201creligious counter-protester,\u201d according to local radio station <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keranews.org\/news\/2026-09-10\/protests-republican-convention-donald-trump-gop-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KERA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA counter-protester, Rives Grogan, told [the station] near the start of the march he called 9-11 twice because someone allegedly assaulted him,\u201d the station reported.<\/p>\n<p>The two rioters who harassed and assaulted him were tackled to the ground by the Dallas Police.<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Antifa gets arrested in Dallas, Texas during their Anti-Trump march!<\/p>\n<p>They were rounding them up like hogs!<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f601.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude01\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uw5MaTx2cs\">pic.twitter.com\/uw5MaTx2cs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Syndicalist Radio\u2026 (@AntillesSwimmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntillesSwimmer\/status\/2098151746887630937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Majumdar, who was identified as Rick Megumbar by CBS News, wasn\u2019t pleased by the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was totally unjustified,\u201d he whined to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/2-arrested-protest-trump-rnc-midterm-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>. \u201cThe cops were told somebody had pepper spray. It was right-wing people who had the pepper spray.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the arrested rioters were \u201ctrying to draw people away from rioting provocateurs, and I think the police heard something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they immediately tackled two of them and arrested them, and some of them even pulled out their guns as well,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>He told Fox News that the protest was organized by the Dallas Against Trump Agenda Coalition, which he said consists of 16 \u201cfaith-based organizations, pro-immigrants\u2019 rights groups and labor organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Megumbar was himself wearing a T-shirt that contained the initials for the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.<\/p>\n<p>According to Capitol Hill reporter Charles R. Downs, members of the violent domestic terrorist group Antifa were also present at the protest:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Antifa has arrived at the anti-Trump, anti-RNC convention protest in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Even more scary is the fact that all the Antifa members I just interviewed informed me they have no remorse that Charlie Kirk was killed one year ago today by one of their supporters.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DqyuhjJ51T\">pic.twitter.com\/DqyuhjJ51T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheCharlesDowns\/status\/2098111325066973669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Antifa members told Downs that they felt no remorse over the late Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination. Some of them even bizarrely blamed President Donald Trump for his murder.<\/p>\n<p>FYI, Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was killed in 2025 by a deranged leftist who was dating a transgender furry.<\/p>\n<p>After the failed protest\/rally Thursday afternoon, another one was held later that evening at Dallas City Hall. This one featured Democrat heavyweights like Christian Menefee, Beto O\u2019Rourke, Colin Allred, and Jane Kleeb.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Beto O\u2019Rourke: In Tarrant County, Republicans shut down 92 polling locations, including at the University of Texas at Arlington. And now this midterm convention in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are so afraid they\u2019re about to lose Texas. Because they are. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ce4p4kwXFf\">pic.twitter.com\/Ce4p4kwXFf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FactPost (@factpostnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/2098201947480244421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke, a veritable hipster doofus, used the rally to trash the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are the party that has trafficked in fear one election after the next,\u201d he said during the rally. \u201cThey want us to be afraid of immigrants, of Muslims, of trans Americans. They\u2019re trying to divide us on our differences and distract us while they pick our pockets and commit the worst corruption in public office that we have ever seen in the history of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Beto O\u2019Rourke: Republicans want us to be afraid of immigrants, of Muslims, of trans Americans. They\u2019re trying to divide us on our differences while they commit the worst corruption in public office in the history of our country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a10EolRjjD\">pic.twitter.com\/a10EolRjjD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FactPost (@factpostnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/2098202475715060046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The last time O\u2019Rourke ran for office in 2022, he got shellacked by incumbent Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sg-tackled-leftists-1200x630.jpg\" title=\"Two arrests amid anti-Republican protests, clashes outside GOP convention\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several leftist loons were arrested at an anti-Trump protest in Dallas this Thursday after they assaulted someone and blocked traffic. The assault occurred outside the Republican National Committee\u2019s midterm convention, where hundreds of obsessed leftists gathered to express their anti-Trump animus. \u201cWe\u2019re here to protest the Republican agenda, the Trump agenda and all its policies&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=666693\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Two arrests amid anti-Republican protests, clashes outside GOP convention<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":666678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=666693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/666678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}