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Plans for the Oath Keepers to stage an 鈥渋ndefinite鈥� protest at California Rep. Maxine Waters鈥� congressional office聽in Los Angeles were scrapped at the last minute on Thursday to avoid confrontation with counter-protesters who had gathered by the dozens.

The protest,聽announced earlier this week, was both 鈥渁gainst Maxine Waters鈥� incitement of terrorism, and a stand聽FOR聽ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and the Border Patrol, as they enforce the perfectly constitutional immigration and naturalization laws of this nation,鈥� a call-to-action posted on the group鈥檚 website read.聽

But as the time for the protest arrived, there wasn鈥檛 an Oath Keeper in sight.聽

鈥淸A]uthorities had been in contact with the group, and it had decided not to come in order to ensure peace,鈥� the聽Los Angeles Times聽.

Instead, counter-protesters had gathered by the dozens and remained long after the Oath Keepers聽bailed on their promise to appear. At one point, they doused a small flag they had taken off a pickup and set it on fire, chanting, 鈥淎merica was never great,鈥� the newspaper reported.聽

While the Oath Keepers have proven capable of mustering large numbers of supporters, this isn鈥檛 the first time national and state leaders have issued a call-to-action only to find an unenthusiastic response from members, many of whom are former military and police personnel obsessed with far-right conspiracy theories.

Last February, after Nikolas Cruz killed 17 students and injured more than a dozen more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the Oath Keepers called for members to stand armed guard at schools across the nation. According to news media accounts, at least聽one Oath Keeper stood guard, outside a school in聽.

In January 2017, the group called for Oath Keepers to provide security at President Trump鈥檚 inauguration. But only a dozen or so people came. Those that showed up聽had聽plans to comb the crowd, looking for suspicious behavior from political opponents on the left, and anyone who appeared to be a member of ISIS.聽

Such a lackluster public presence isn鈥檛 always the case, though.聽

Oath Keepers came out in force last summer to provide security for聽ACT for America, an anti-Muslim hate group that claims to have more than 500,000 members, when the group聽hosted聽rallies protesting Islamic law聽in more than 20 cities, including New York, Dallas and Atlanta. The Oath Keepers were also critically involved in public lands disputes across the West, beginning in 2014 when militia members came by the hundreds to support Nevada cattle rancher in what escalated into an聽armed standoff聽in April 2014.聽

Before the protest was scheduled to begin, Waters, who has come under intense political attack for encouraging her supporters to聽, urged people to stay away to avoid being 鈥渂aited into confronting the Oath Keepers.鈥澛�

鈥淭he Oath Keepers have a history of engaging in violent and provocative behavior,鈥� Waters said in聽. 鈥淭hey Oath Keepers would like nothing more than to inflame racial tensions and create an explosive conflict in our community.鈥澛�

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