A Handful Of Protesters March Outside Stadium As Trump Attends Army-Navy Game
"Go get a job!"
Residents of Baltimore, whose city council this week passed a resolution condemning President-elect Donald Trump’s talk during the presidential campaign, turned out in small numbers Saturday to protest Trump’s appearance at the Army-Navy football game.
“We knew we need to not back down from Trump,” said Ro, one of the leaders of the march. usat.ly/2hfY9or
“No Trump, No KKK, No fascist U.S.A,” they chanted, adding, “We reject the president-elect.”
Kun Sun Sweeley of Waverly, one of about 100 people marching outside M&T Bank Stadium, said the goal of the protest was to show Trump that he had no support in cities like Baltimore.
“I am fully against Donald Trump and his racist and bigoted rhetoric,” Sweeney said.
Protest organizer Charlie Kerr said the action was necessary to “normalize” Trump.
“We thought it was important to show there are people who oppose him and don’t want him in our town,” Kerr said.
Reaction to the protest was muted. Some passersby called out “Go get a job,” or “Make America Great Again,” but there were no violent confrontations.
Joseph Jones, who sported a Navy hat, gave protesters his opinion.
“You’re lucky you live in a country where people are willing to fight for your right to whine,” he said.
Trump had tweeted that he would be attending “to show support for our Armed Forces.”
Although former President George W. Bush attended three games in his eight years in office, President Barack Obama attended only once, in 2011.
Trump had indicated that he was going to abide by the presidential tradition of sitting on the Navy side of the field for one half of the traditional game and the Army side for the other.
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