12/19/2023 0 Comments Kkk thumbsupOur newsroom remains entirely independent of our opinion page. The opinions expressed above are not necessarily those of the Sierra Nevada Ally. Quest moved to Nevada in the 1980s and fell in love with the state and its fascinating history, landscape, and culture. Quest Lakes and her husband Theo McCormick have long been involved in Silver City, the historic Comstock community where Theo’s parents built their first home in the 1970s. The consensus was that it had been a worthwhile event, and there are plans to have similar demonstrations in Silver City until the election. Silver City, Nevada counterprotest, Sunday, 9/20, 2020 – photo: Quest Lakes/The Sierra Nevada AllyĪt around 3:30 pm the counter-protesters decided to pack it up and headed to the nearby town park for a local woman’s birthday party. The expected caravan never did come by – they seem to have taken the Truck Route and ended up in the parking lot by the Fourth Ward School Museum for awhile. Silver City, Nevada counterprotest, Sunday, 9/20, 2020 – photo: Quest Lakes/The Sierra Nevada AllyĪbout half of those passing through, however, gave a honk of support, a thumbs up, or showed solidarity with an upraised fist. He continued to accelerate, racing uphill toward Virginia City. Luckily, she avoided his truck and was not injured. More worrisome, he accelerated rapidly in the 20 miles per hour zone and didn’t see a woman trying to use the crosswalk. When the driver saw the signs, he resorted to “coal rolling” (a method of purposely dumping too much fuel into the engine, creating billowing black clouds). A black pick-up truck with a Trump flag passed through at about 2 pm. Silver City, Nevada counterprotest, Sunday, 9/20, 2020 – photo: Quest Lakes/The Sierra Nevada AllyĪ dozen gave the sign-holders a one-fingered salute. About 30 percent of those driving through gave the demonstrators a thumbs down or a disapproving shake of the head. About 20 percent of those passing through and seeing the signs either looked straight ahead and ignored the scene, or stared in bemusement. Silver City’s main drag is usually busy with tourists heading to Virginia City on Saturdays, and this day was no different. Danceable tunes about freedom and justice played on a Bluetooth speaker and people grooved around with their signs. A father and son showed up with pizza and shared it. A man on a vintage Triumph motorcycle stopped to chat with a woman holding a BLM sign. Local children walked among the demonstrators, offering plates of homemade oatmeal and chocolate cookies. The atmosphere was something like a family picnic. There were a number of Black Lives Matter and Biden/Harris signs, plus hand made signs with messages like, “It’s About Love and Justice,” “One Nation, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for ALL,” “No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA,” “Cowgirls for Biden/Harris,” and “White Working Class Against Fascism.” Silver City, Nevada counterprotest, Sunday, 9/20, 2020 – photo: Quest Lakes/The Sierra Nevada Ally Of the 30 or so men, women, and children who showed up, most were from Silver City, and a few were from nearby towns. People began to gather along the main street not long after 1 pm. No one in Silver City was quite sure if the Trump trucks would take the Truck Route or the town’s main street, but they were expected to go from Dayton to Virginia City sometime between 1:30 pm-2 pm. Some folks in the historic Comstock community of Silver City got wind that a convoy of Trump supporters might pass through Silver City on Sunday afternoon, and decided to stage a counter-protest.Ī MAGA caravan was making a northern Nevada loop, beginning in Reno in the morning, then heading out to Fernley, Fallon, Silver Springs, Dayton, Virginia City, and back to Reno. Silver City, Nevada counterprotest, Sunday, 9/20, 2020 - photo: Quest Lakes/The Sierra Nevada Ally
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