Posted on 08/22/2017 10:08:07 AM PDT by mandaladon
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - Large protests could greet President Donald Trump on Tuesday when he travels to Arizona for his first campaign rally since he caused an uproar with his remarks about a white nationalist demonstration in Virginia.
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, a Democrat, asked the Republican president to postpone Tuesday's event scheduled for 7 p.m. MST (0200 GMT on Wednesday) in light of his response to the street battles that broke out earlier this month at a protest against the removal of a Confederate statue in Charlottesville.
Trump was widely criticized for blaming both white nationalists and counter-protesters for the violence at the rally organized by neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
"America is hurting. And it is hurting largely because Trump has doused racial tensions with gasoline," Stanton wrote in the Washington Post. "With his planned visit to Phoenix on Tuesday, I fear the president may be looking to light a match."
Several anti-Trump demonstrations are planned for Phoenix, according to social media postings by local activists.
Some White House officials privately expressed concern on Monday about Trump's Phoenix rally, fearing he might revisit the Charlottesville issue in the heat of the moment while cheered on by thousands of supporters.
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You must have different country in mind.
Water-cannons will be sufficient.
I never expected Trump to make it to the inauguration and fear for his life everyday.
We have an excellent AG, the best, in fact, that I can recall in decades. Soros has plenty of buffers to keep the law at bay, you think he is an idiot?
What witness would survive to bring him down? You think he leaves a paper trail?
The essence of your post is correct - we are overrun by leeches. Most of the rest it is highly exaggerated.
No one is going to be allowed in the room carrying a gun -open carry or no open carry. Don’t expect to see our side armed unless they stay outside the venue.
Security is always a must at these turnouts but let’s be honest: they are preparing for war and if they aren’t then they aren’t doing their jobs.
I’m in line at the Convention Center. No sign of protesters. A vendor just came by with some “Suck it up Buttercup” T-shirts.
Trump’s rallies usually get a sizeable number of people.
Might not be a good time for antifa to do something stupid
Nice! Have fun, and keep your head on a swivel.
I am having fun but I'm quite committed to keeping my head on my neck.
Bikers for Trump will be in Phoenix to keep the peace. Antifa and BLM don’t want to mess with these REAL MEN.
“...Soros has plenty of buffers to keep the law at bay, you think he is an idiot?
What witness would survive to bring him down? You think he leaves a paper trail?...”
IF the POS is that good at it, perhaps it’s time for the best undercover hit team in the world to find a way to exterminate the rotten SOB.
Doesn’t he live in this country? And yes he is that good.
Our government doesn’t assassinate people or so they say. Sounds like a good Mafia contract though.
“...Our government doesn’t assassinate people or so they say....”
I’m pretty sure Seth Rich and Vince Foster, along with a host of others, would disagree with that.
That was likely a private vendetta.
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