Le truppe armate di Trump pronte a entrare in azione

Armed Trump fans brandishing semi-automatic rifles and crucifixes protest over election result and rage over ‘fraud’

• Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore (The US Sun)
  

DONALD Trump fans, some brandishing guns while others carried crucifixes, came out on Sunday to protest Joe Biden's 2020 election win.

For the second day in a row, protesters in front of the State Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan, came decked out in Trump flags and attire and called the election a "fraud."

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Trump supporters came out for a second day in Lansing, Michigan, to declare the election a 'fraud'Credit: Reuters

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A Trump supporter holds up a crucifix while standing next to a massive poster of the Virgin MaryCredit: Reuters

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Some Trump fans came out to the State Capitol building bearing armsCredit: Getty Images - Getty

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In a brief moment of unity, a Trump supporter and Biden supporter hugged it out in LansingCredit: AP:Associated Press

"Stop the steal" rallies erupted across the country on Saturday after several media outlets named Biden the winner of the election around 11.30am.

At the same time, many major cities - like New York, Los Angeles and Washington, DC - broke out into mass celebrations with people singing and dancing in the streets, celebrating Trump's projected loss.

The current president, however, has refused to concede and has said that he plans to fight what he is referring to as a "stolen" election.

His supporters are following his lead and continue to protest an election they say was won with "illegal" ballots.

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A Trump supporter holds a semi-automatic rifle at a protest in Phoenix, Arizona, on SundayCredit: Reuters

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Phoenix protesters gathered for a 'Stop the Steal' rally on SundayCredit: Reuters

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Trump supporters came out across the US after Joe Biden was declared the projected winner of the 2020 electionCredit: Reuters

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Black Lives Matter counter-protesters, pictured here in Lansing, came out across the country as well Credit: Reuters

Rifle-wielding Trump supporters took to the streets in Arizona as well, and in New Jersey - about 100 people gathered outside the president's golf course in Bedminster to show their support for the president and to "protect the vote."

In Atlanta, Georgia, a Sky News journalist, Alex Crawford, stopped several Trump supporters who were toting weapons to ask them why they were "dressed for war."

She got answers like "for protection" and, "It's a Constitutional right."

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Unrest and celebrations broke out across the US after the Biden-Harris ticket won the 2020 electionCredit: Getty - Pool

Trump and his campaign team have repeatedly made claims about voter fraud, despite there being no evidence at this time to back the claim up.

In Las Vegas, members of the president's team - Matt Schlapp and Alex Laxalt - showed up to a pro-Trump rally on Sunday to discuss legal measures the campaign would be taking to try to win back the election.

Trump himself was incredibly active on Twitter on Sunday morning, tweeting a slew of unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud in states like Pennsylvania - the state that secured Biden enough electoral votes to take the election.