Saturday, March 26, 2016

The Cross-Color Coalition Fighting to Stop Donald Trump


The protest movement against Donald Trump has evolved from a mostly localized phenomenon to a nationally orchestrated effort that has drawn a diverse alliance of players who've found a common foe in the front-runner.

Over the last several months, as Trump's popularity among Republican primary voters has grown, the massive rallies he's held across the country have become targets for protests and disruption. At first, those disruptions included one or two people heckling him, denouncing his often incendiary and exclusionary messages aimed at immigrants, women and racial or religious minorities. 

But as the size of Trump's rallies has swelled, so have the number of protesters infiltrating and disrupting them. In recent weeks the events have devolved into stuttered spectacle, with a red-faced Trump unable to get through a speech without some form of protestation, often coupled with an angry or violent response from his supporters. 

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Source: NBC News 

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