Protesters blocking one of the checkpoints to the inauguration surrounded a very, very sweaty Jones. Cops came to his rescue to escort him out of the crowd.
Alex Jones escorted by police out of Movement for Black Lives #inauguration checkpoint blockade #DisruptJ20 #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/c0X8Yv3yys
— Alexander Rubinstein (@AlexR_DC) January 20, 2017
He also tried to unsuccessfully push his way through a blockade of protesters:
Alex Jones just tried to unsuccessfully break through a blockade #disruptj20 #resistj20 #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/9R7h3enQrj
— Jeff Rae (@jeffrae) January 20, 2017
According to BuzzFeed, Jones, who called the protesters “mentally ill scum,” claimed that a female companion had been assaulted by them and that he was going to file a police report.
Jones, who runs the website Infowars, is dubbed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “the most prolific conspiracy theorist in contemporary America.” There is one drawback to tussling with the king of fake news: Jones will undoubtedly use the footage as “proof” of the “numerous plots” of “planned attacks on Trump supporters attending inauguration events.”