Actor Jeffrey Wright compared today’s “Lobby day” pro gun rally to a “klan rally” despite the fact it’s a multi-racial in attendance.
Wright plays Bernard Lowe on “Westword” and starred in “Basquiat.”
He was born in Washington, DC.
The organizers aren’t at all bothered that a gun circle jerk in Richmond, VA on #MLKDay has a Klan-rally smell to it? Wonder why. https://t.co/1kq9pu1is1
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) January 20, 2020
One Twitter user replied “Yeah, it isn’t the protesters that have a “Klan-rally smell,” Jeffrey #Virginia2A’ and included a photo from Governor Northam’s yearbook that included a man in blackface and another dressed a an actual klansman.
Yeah, it isn't the protesters that have a "Klan-rally smell," Jeffrey #Virginia2A pic.twitter.com/idRTTR0CV1
— Hand of Dark Sister (@EsquireTargary1) January 20, 2020
Several reporters on social media have shared photos and videos of attendees of the lobby day rally of all races, countering Wright’s narrative of a “Klan rally.”
This pro-2A protester in Richmond just blew the doors off of every Democrat talking point on guns: pic.twitter.com/gI2AGzItlc
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) January 20, 2020
An attendee at the rally in Richmond Virginia dispels the media smears against rally-goers.
He says the media is mischaracterizing them, & that they are just law abiding citizens who want to advocate for their constitutional rights.#VirginiaRally
pic.twitter.com/Vp3bJX8eNi— Michael Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) January 20, 2020
More signs in Richmond: "No Republican ever called me an incel" and "Armed minorities are harder to oppress." pic.twitter.com/MF8PFQehHd
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 20, 2020
An African-American man waving a Trump flag jokingly tells the crowd: I am Gov. Ralph Northam and I am in blackface today.#VirginaRally pic.twitter.com/z32mnR5Tzp
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 20, 2020