Democratic Party organizers urged protesters to show their support for Gore outside the vice president's residence in Washington. Demonstrators from both parties gathered there all day long, chanting and waving signs before cameras and spectators. Protesters began spilling onto busy Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest Washington, and police pushed them back onto the sidewalk. Protests in Palm Beach Outside the Palm Beach County building in Florida, where election officials were still frantically recounting ballots, the battle of the bullhorns also grew increasingly acrimonious. Sheriff's deputies separated a handful of Gore supporters from a much larger crowd of about 150 Bush supporters behind barricades on opposite sides of the parking lot.
Protesters try to stop Miami recounts.
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., was also drowned out when he tried to hold a news conference with local Democratic politicians. The vote recount is extremely, horrifically partisan and the Republican protesters are driven by hatred. Republican Party workers handed out T-shirts to Bush supporters. Accusations of Intimidation In Pensacola, Fla., more than 2,500 sign-waving Republican demonstrators gathered Saturday to hear speeches from GOP lawmakers. Another 400 Republicans gathered Saturday to hear former Sen. Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, speak in support of Bush.