In Detroit, over 200 protesters, many without masks and some armed with pistols rallied outside the tally room at TCF Center as Biden and Kamala Harris took the lead in the vote count for the state. Phil Robinson, founder of Michigan Liberty Militia, which has been deemed an "extreme anti-government group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center, said he was at the rally to fight tyranny and fraud.[53] In Youngstown, Ohio, about 50 pro-Trump protesters rallied outside the WKBN TV news station. Protect the Results Mahoning Valley called the pro-Trump protests "violent" and said they were organized at the request of the president.[54] Pro-Trump protests were held in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.