Major Trump protest groups rallying outside Phoenix Convention Center
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Source: azcentral.com
Anne Ryman, The Republic azcentral.com Published 4:34 p.m. MT Aug. 22, 2017 Updated 6:03 p.m. MT Aug. 22, 2017
(Photo: Michael Chow/The Republic)
A huge crowd of protesters converged near the Phoenix Convention Center as President Donald Trump prepares to speak there Tuesday night.
At least a dozen groups organized marches and/or protests in downtown, and as they arrived they joined together across the street from the convention center entrance.
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A group of pro-Trump bikers also traveled to the area to help ensure the president's supporters were able to attend the rally, they said.
Hundreds of people met at Civic Space Park near Arizona State University's downtown campus before walking to a protest at the Herberger Theater Center near the Trump rally venue.
Some wore Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter T-shirts. Another group self-identified as the "John Brown Group" and carried AR-15-style guns.
Many organizations like Puente, the One Arizona coalition, Mi Familia Vota, and Progressive Democrats of America were present.
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They chanted anti-Trump and anti-fascism slogans as they gathered in front of the theater.
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Protests expected at Trump's Phoenix rally, senators will not attend
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKCN1B211U?utm_sourceapplenews
August 22, 2017 / 5:17 AM / an hour ago
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Marines during a stop at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Yuma, Arizona, U.S., August 22, 2017.Joshua Roberts
YUMA, Ariz. (Reuters) - Arizona's two U.S. senators, who have both clashed with President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, were expected to skip his campaign rally on Tuesday night in Phoenix, where large protests are planned.
In his first such event since causing an uproar last week with remarks about a white nationalist demonstration in Virginia, Trump was expected to make remarks at the rally but not use the event to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, a Democrat, had asked Trump to postpone Tuesday's event scheduled for 7 p.m. MST (0200 GMT on Wednesday).
Neither John McCain nor Jeff Flake, the state's senators, was expected to attend, said a source familiar with the Flake campaign and published reports, underscoring Trump's fractious relationship with some in his own party.
Republican Governor Doug Ducey told the Arizona Republic on Monday that he would welcome Trump on the tarmac when he arrived but would not attend the Phoenix rally. .............................
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