Oh Alex! Alex Jones gets into brawl with Vermin Supreme outside of RNC
CLEVELAND — Things got tense for a minute, but peace held outside the Republican National Convention Tuesday after an altercation between left- and right-wing activists.
Conservative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was in the middle of a shouting match with left-wing activists including some from the Industrial Workers of the World when he tripped or was tripped, setting off a brief scrum with a few elbows thrown before a quick intervention by the Cleveland police.
Jones was encircled by cops and led out of the scrum, as were two well-known fixtures of the protest circuit who'd been sparring with him, Vermin Supreme and Rod Webber, best known as "Flower Man."
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Webber, who was handing out flowers, said that while he lost his cool with Jones he was there to de-escalate tensions.
"I hope it stays peaceful," he told the Daily News. "It's such a volatile mix."
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Police had been told of the potential that some protestors may have bottles of urine, but two said that nothing had been substantiated.
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