Trump's visit to Baltimore to be met with protests
President Trump's visit to Baltimore on Thursday is expected to be met with protests after he blasted its majority-black congressional district as a "rat and rodent infested mess" where "no human being would want to live" earlier this year.
A coalition of local groups is planning to hold a protest, titled "Trump out of Baltimore," according to a Facebook page for the demonstration. The groups include ICE Out of Baltimore, Peoples Power Assembly, Youth Against War & Racism, and one referred to as the Baltimore Welcoming Committee.
An organizer behind the planned demonstration, Miranda Bachman, said in a press statement that the "people of Baltimore, especially young people, are deeply opposed to Trump's policies of racism and division, whether it's his attacks on migrants or refugees or his not so veiled racist attacks on Black and Brown people."
Sharon Black, another organizer who is involved with the Peoples Power Assembly, said that the president's policies are "anti-people, anti-worker and absolutely pro banks and big business; he is ramping up hate to divide people to weaken any movement to oppose the rich getting richer, while the poor are getting poorer."
"Trump's base of supporters includes not only big oil, bankers and business interests; it also includes neo-Nazis and white supremacists. We need unity and solidarity which is one of the major reasons we are protesting," she added.
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