Update 4:52 p.m.: Nope. Not yet. This video is all over social media now. “If you’re an African first go back to Africa,” shouts a camo- and Chief Wahoo-lovin’ Trump supporter at an African-American. Disgusting. Unacceptable.
Update, 2:56 p.m.: And with this one, we’re gonna call it a day.
Update, 2:23 p.m.: Trump is now speaking and so me protestors have been led out. “Get them out of here,” Trump said. Calls them Bernie people. We talked to a group who were led out — were college students who were “against hate speech.”
Update, 1:58 p.m.: You can watch the livestream courtesy of WEWS here.
Update, 1:21 p.m.: Trump’s plane has landed in Cleveland. Announcements instructing attendants to be peaceful and respectful of protestors was apparently met with boos.
The guy in the revolutionary war costume outside didn’t hear said announcement inside the walls of the I-X Center but someone should have told him. ***
Donald Trump is scheduled to appear for a rally in Cleveland this afternoon around 2 p.m. His Dayton rally this morning started 50 minutes behind schedule, so that may affect the start time for the rally at the I-X Center.
Hundreds are already in line though and so far the atmosphere, at least among his supporters, is “cheerful.”
A small group of protestors have lined the street.
Inside the parking lot area there’s plenty of people hawking Trump gear — pins, for example.
And some super classy t-shirts.
The doors have just recently opened and the crowds are slowly starting to file in. There are plenty of homemade signs and shirts with offensive content on them, but they won’t be allowed inside. Per TSA regulations, no signs with sticks or shirts with racist/sexist content will be permitted through the doors.
Right now, most of the attention from the media is out on the streets where pro-Trump supporters are engaging with the other side.
Take, for instance, this engagement.
Meanwhile, remember when both Rubio and Kasich said they’d support Trump if he ended up being the Republican nominee? After yesterday’s contentious rally in St. Louis and the chaos surrounding the canceled rally in Chicago yesterday evening, Rubio and Kasich have tempered their words today.
We’ll update as the afternoon progresses.
This article appears in Mar 9-15, 2016.
Worst coverage of this type of event I’ve ever read. Give it up, Scene, you aren’t legitimate for stories like this.
How many people were there? How many were kicked out?
if theyare against hate speech why aren’t they protesting the muslims and CAIR and other people
The criminal sellout of the nation by the two-party monopoly, multi-national corporations and Beltway lobbyists have shoved millions of citizens against a brick wall — and they are no longer willing to passively take one for the team…..they want to take back their country. A primer on the opening volley can be found in Norman Mailer’s “Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968”.
The Donald ducking into an easily sealed-off venue, straight from the airport runway, is one thing. The downtown RNC is another. Whole different ballgame. There will be a lot more beanballs thrown in July, when the pennant race is hot. Remember Ray Chapman?
Chicago was only the beginning. It won’t be like Saturday’s picnic…it will be more like Chicago…1968 Chicago…or worse.
Had to get in yet another cheap shot about Wahoo, didn’t you, Scene? For chrissakes, give it a rest until at least Opening Day, will ya? I hate Trump and I support and wear plenty of Wahoo merch…so which side am I on, guys? Which side am I on? Apples and oranges, anyone?
There were a few physical altercations, from what other sources have said. Apparently, you guys were off having a smoke or two and missed them. Not a word typed about any of them…
Trump claims 25 K there. Bullshit. Ch. 5 said 7,000…
Chuckles the Clown.
I was there. Not many people kicked out. They were Bernie supporters, lol. But the liberal groupthink toolbags hate truth. They just shout, “He’s racist!” Why? Because he’s against illegal immigration? How is that racist? He’s for legal immigration. But liberals hate laws they don’t agree with, and don’t think they should be enforced. He did have a black guy introduce him. Weird how Scene did not cover that part.
These “protesters” don’t even know what they are protesting. Talk about people who have no life, Scene…at least the rednecks are there for a reason. If those people are “opposed to hate speech,” why the fuck are they at a Trump rally? Makes no sense. There was no hate speech from the man. The only hate speech was being spewed by the “no hate speech” people. Funny how that works.
The leftist totalitarian line is getting tired really quick. It only fuels people who are sick of it and want someone different who’s not a groupthinker.
Allard reporting on those shirts like it is something Trump had something to do with, lol. It’s the same people selling “Fuck Pittsburgh” shirts at Browns games. They are mercenary entrepreneurs trying to make a buck.
Right? I mean it’s not like he’s supported by the KKK or David Duke or anything? I don’t see any racism going on. Not like his company has been sued twice by the Justice Department for discrimination. He has “a great relationship with the blacks” which is totally something someone should say. These pinko leftists want us to ” just get along with everyone” and “treat people with respect” like it’s just that easy.
This country has a proud history of sexism and racism. Our founding fathers were slave owners themselves by God! Trump just wants to take us back to this simple time or hate and fear. It’s takes effort to treat people with respect and not say ignorant things… we Trump supports don’t have that kind of energy. We’d rather resort to violence and name calling which is how you get things done.
This country has always been run by “politicians” and “people with experience” and we’re sick of that. Who needs experience and training? The leader of the free world should totally be a reality television star with a string of bankruptcies. He’s just like us and we sure as heck are qualified to run the nation.
Not sure if this is more embarrassing for the republican party or Americans as a whole…
Yeah, I’m more worried about now than the early 70s. Obama and Hill were both against gay marriage but they changed their minds (catered to totalitarian left for votes), so are they homophobic bigots? I don’t know who you are quoting but there is no quote like you offered.
Yea, we are sick of corrupt politicians. It’s refreshing to see someone standing up against the guard. It’s the only way to defeat corruption.
I don’t know if you are aware of this, but presidents have like people called advisors that pretty much tell them everything to do.
Democrats are exponentially more violent than Republicans. That’s probably your stupidest assertion.
Under President Obama, the United States is more divided than ever in my lifetime. The black communities and neighborhoods continue to decay. Cities run by democrats continue to decay. Obama has done nothing to help Black America, which is the most embarrassing thing having him as president for me, because I was actually hopeful that he would be inspirational and influential on Black America in a positive way.
And you are right. The Democratic party does have a long and proud history of racism. The Republicans do not.
Someone should have peed on that Revolutionary-costumed guy’s leg.