ACT For America, which the Southern Poverty Law Center classifies as an extremist hate group, has cancelled 67 rallies scheduled for September 9 in 36 states.
Organizers said in a statement that the cancellation comes in “an abundance of caution” due to “the recent violence in America and in Europe.”
Over this past weekend, a similar rally drew fewer than 100 white nationalists and more than 20,000 counterprotesters. That turnout followed a much larger demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, which turned violent and resulted in dozens of injuries and one homicide.
The September 9 rallies were initially conceived to show support for “‘America First’ security policies proposed by President Trump,” according to a press release given exclusively to far-right media outlet Breitbart News.
The rallies will be replaced with an online “Day of ACTion.” It is not yet clear what that will entail.
