Detroit City Wire

John Cooper hates crowds and had never been to a political event in his life until Saturday when he attended the March for Trump rally in Washington, D.C.

“Stealing an election is horrible but what really offended me was the censorship,” Cooper told the Detroit City Wire regarding why he traveled from Michigan to attend the rally. “What I've seen is Twitter shutting down and blocking the president of the United States.”

Cooper, a resident of North Oakland County, Michigan, was among thousands of people who marched from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge the results of Election Day in support of President Trump. 

The March for Trump rally was part of a grassroots effort planned by various pro-Trump groups around the country to show a united front, demand transparency in elections, and protect election integrity.

No state has reported widespread voter irregularities associated with Election Day, the New York Times reports.

The Associated Press reported Joe Biden won Michigan's 16 electoral votes with 50.6% of state votes compared to 47.9% for Trump. The states have not yet certified their results.

"The turnout is good,” Cooper said of the rally. “I've never been to one before so I don't know what to compare it to and I can't judge numbers, but the turnout looks massive.” 

To date, Trump has 88.9 million followers on the social media site, according to his Twitter page.

“Twitter says they can block him ... what country are we in?” Cooper said in an interview at the rally. "I'm sure we would have had more people at today’s events but the announcements have been deleted from the internet. Wait a minute. Where are we? That made me at least as furious as the stolen election in which we were told everything's fine. Everything's done. No, it's not. No, it’s not!”

Five lawsuits have so far been filed in Michigan’s state and federal courts that seek to delay or stop the certification of the 16 electoral votes, according to media reports. 

While most Trump supporters attending the march wore red, white and blue, Cooper was wearing a colonial outfit from the 1750s.

“This is the way that French settlers and American settlers in the 18th century dressed, and I do this because I give tours of French history in Detroit,” he said. “I decided to wear it here.”