mobanmarketAs President Donald Trump arrived in California on Tuesday for the first time since taking office to examine border wall “prototypes” and attend a $35,000-per-person fundraiser, protests organized throughout the state delivered a clear message: “Trump is not welcome here.”
“I don’t stand with the border wall and what it represents, which is hatred and bigotry.”
“For me, this is a human rights issue. It doesn’t matter if I’m from Mexico or not, or Central America or not,” one demonstrator told KPBS‘s Jean Guerrero at a protest site in San Diego, referring to Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. “I don’t stand with the border wall and what it represents, which is hatred and bigotry.”
Organized by numerous California-based groups including Women’s March San Diego and Indivisible Los Angeles, the protests are expected to continue into the evening.
The largest demonstration—titled “Trump Out of Los Angeles”—is set to begin in the late afternoon. According to the event’s Facebook page, 250 people have said they are attending and over a thousand have expressed interest.
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