WASHINGTON (Dispatches) - Supporters of Trump have flocked to the Palm Beach resort to protest the FBI’s raid of his property earlier in the day after news of the investigation broke on Monday evening.
Videos and photos on Twitter showed supporters arriving at the resort and new home of the former president while tweets from his fans vowed that “thousands” were planning to show up.
Dozens of people were on the scene before midnight Monday, though the mood could hardly be described as angry. Loudspeakers blared dance music as supporters arrived by car on the pitch-black scene where lights were hastily being set up.
Other than an angry press release, Trump continued with his schedule, appearing by video in a rally for Sarah Palin.
On the flip side, those who do not support Trump — or are fans of law and order, and justice — caused a search spike of a different kind.
‘Civil War’ Tweets Spike After FBI Raid

Tweets using the term “civil war” spiked dramatically after the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to analysis from the social media tracking firm Dataminr.
CNN correspondent Donie O’Sullivan posted a chart of the explosion in tweets using the term by supporters of the former president, showing a huge leap in usage in the early evening, The Independent reported.
O’Sullivan further posted a tweet by behavioral scientist Dr Caroline Orr Bueno, who noted, “Trump supporters are REALLY excited about the idea of a civil war.”
She continued by including examples of some of the responses to Monday’s FBI raid, “I already bought my ammo”; “Civil war! Pick up arms, people!”; “Civil War 2.0 just kicked off”; “Let’s do the war”; and “One step closer to a kinetic civil war”.
O’Sullivan noted that at peak usage, the term was being used around 80 times per minute – 10 times the normal volume.