Protesters greet Trump at Chicago's Trump Tower
Source: wgntv.com
Updated at 01:00PM, October 28, 2019
CHICAGO — Following President Donald Trump’s remarks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, he headed to his riverfront hotel and tower for a political fundraiser where he was met with protesters.
For the president’s opponents in Chicago, the building at 401 N. Wabash has come to symbolize the administration and has been a center of protests on a variety of issues – from immigration to climate change to gun violence.........................
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A republican official said the luncheon has raised $4 million for “Trump Victory,” ...........................................
The president didn’t come in contact with protesters,..........................
“The main reason that we are coming out today is because Trump likes to paint a picture of our city as some other place. He loves to paint it as a third world country. It’s not a country it’s part of the U.S. It’s part of what we all support and know and love as the true values of the nation,” said Marj Halperin a board member with Indivisible Chicago.
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The police department said they could have up to 1,800 additional officers on the streets for the president’s visit.........................................
Read more: https://wgntv.com/2019/10/28/protestors-gather-at-trump-tower/
Good forChicago!
People came out to protest even a dark, cold dreary day.
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