At night, four people were stabbed near 11th Street and northwest of F Street, city fire department spokesman Douglas Buchanan said. The mayor’s office said the condition of four people was critical and two police officers were injured and taken to hospitals. Authorities did not provide any other details, including which group the injured belonged to.

Throughout the day, police arrested at least 23 people, including six on charges of assaulting a police officer, the mayor’s office said.

The previous day, a pro-Trump meeting in Washington seemed at times happy, despite the setbacks in the courts and the time remaining before Jan. 20. When Biden took office, they reconsidered The Van Hollen The song “Jump”, “Trump may be too!” Others sold Trump-themed T-shirts and other items.

Mr. Some protesters were more confident than others that Trump could win a second term despite losing the election.

Phyllis Monson, 61, who drove several days from Donova to Rice to attend the rally, said he did not know what steps were being taken to thwart the election, but believed it was unfair.

“This election is such a fraud,” Ms Monson said. “There has to be a restructuring.”

Luther Anderson, 30, and former President Barack Obama. He said he also voted for Trump, but could not consider Mr Pitton as president. Mr. Trump He freed black people from prison through a criminal justice system Mr. Biden, he noted Contributed to the 1994 Criminal Bill This extended the criminal sentences for many, many of whom were black and some of them in prison.

Mr. who lives in Washington. Anderson said, “The media is trying to turn him into this good man and then make Trump a villain. It’s like the media, they’re trying to brainwash.”

Hailey Fuchs and Franஷois Verma from Washington and Nicholas Fogel-Burrows from Aurora, NY Mike Baker reported from Seattle; Halli Golden from Olympia, Washington; Sean Keenan from Atlanta; And Giulia MacDonald Nieto del Rio from New York.