Posted on 10/23/2019 7:44:35 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
PITTSBURGH - President Donald Trump will be in Pittsburgh Wednesday to speak at the Shale Insight Conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Ahead of his afternoon arrival, protesters took to downtown streets, prompting police in riot gear to make arrests.
UPDATE (10:25 a.m. Wednesday): Bend the Arc: Jewish Action said allies are protesting President Trump's visit within days of the commemoration of one year since the Tree of Life synagogue shooting.
"We're here to tell Trump: #OurSolidarityWill protect each other and defeat your white nationalism," a post on the groups Facebook page said.
UPDATE (10:15 a.m. Wednesday): The final protester who was sitting in the middle of a downtown Pittsburgh street has been taken into custody, bringing the total number of arrests to 13.
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Trump is no stranger to western Pennsylvania or to the Shale Insight Conference.
The conference is where then-candidate Trump spoke in April 2016, leading to protests, violence and arrests. It's also where he will return Wednesday, with his administration saying his keynote address will focus on successes with American energy.
During the conference, Trump is expected to address the promises he has kept as far as the energy front goes. He will also talk about how many jobs he says have been created in the oil and gas industry.
Especially with it being open to the public, the speech is expected to bring protesters and supporters.
Pittsburgh Public Safety confirmed several groups have reached out saying they plan to protest.
There was a small protest downtown Tuesday evening. Organizers said it was planned before they knew Trump would be in town, and it was in response to the shale gas industry conference.
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Democrat Fascist Party in action. Notice there is only one political group currently using violence to try and disrupt other people political gathering?
Utterly despicable that a Jewish group of all people are engaging in these sort of Fascist tactics.
“Cause and effect”, how do it work?
They can protest shale gas in the morning and high fuel prices in the afternoon, “advocate” for $15 minimum wage, and switch midstream for open borders illegal alien “immigration”.
Buncha nutbars, useful tools.
President Trump is soooo popular....
How popular is he?
..even the protestors are showing up a day ahead of his rallies!
(/bada bing)
::Utterly despicable that a Jewish group of all people are engaging in these sort of Fascist tactics.::
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For sure.
A Bobcat scooper bucket could have cleared that mess faster than it took the cops.
Crack some heads!
Live in Pittsburgh area. Weather sunny cool 57 degrees.
Are these the "rent a mob" types? President Trump supports ALL Americans.
There are many Pittsburgh area people with common sense who support our President's policies. Many of them have benefitted from the economic upturn taking place now.
The fake protestors should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law if they fail to follow the law.
Who do they think that they are representing? Communists? Democrats? Marxists?
#OurSolidarityWill protect each other and defeat your white nationalism
Or not.
Fort Duquesne Boulevard was closed this morning. Somebody had left a fake bomb under the Andy Warhol Bridge.
These people are scum.
I must have missed the part where the President shot up a synagogue.
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