DETROIT — Hundreds of people from various organizations protested ahead of Fox News’s Republican debate Thursday.
Outside of the Fox Theatre, protesters withstood the cold and snow hours before the four remaining Republican candidates squared off in the first GOP debate after Super Tuesday.
Most were protesting front-runner Donald Trump’s “racist rhetoric,” the Flint water crisis, or for raising the minimum wage to $15. Among the sponsors of protests were the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) — who apparently bused protesters to the venue — and the National Action Network, among others.
Protesters were also calling for the firing and imprisonment of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in light of the Flint water crisis.
“Hey, hey, ho, ho, the governor has got to go,” protesters chanted. Many signs read: “Flint Lives Matter.”
Trump wall in Detroit. (Photo courtesy of Derek Draplin/The Daily Caller)
Hundreds protest outside of the Fox Theatre ahead of Fox’s GOP Debate. (Photo courtesy of Derek Draplin/The Daily Caller)
Trump impersonators (Photo courtesy of Derek Draplin/The Daily Caller)
National Action Network protester (Photo courtesy of Derek Draplin/The Daily Caller)
One sign held by a National Action Network protester from Detroit who wished to remain anonymous, read: “Where the Republicans deny black, Latino & Arab kids fresh drinking water, education, & the police murder them. This is the real Michigan. The birthplace of hate.”
“I’m tired of this mess,” the protester told The Daily Caller, adding Snyder should resign and be thrown in prison.
Michigan Emergency Network Committee Against War & Injustice sign . (Photo courtesy of Derek Draplin/The Daily Caller)
SEIU protester (Photo courtesy of Derek Draplin/The Daily Caller)
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#Break: HUGE protest outside Fox Theater where GOP Debate is taking place… pic.twitter.com/jBt9B7B9nT
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) March 4, 2016
“Don’t give us $15, we shut shit down!” pic.twitter.com/QiBPi0iYFw
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) March 4, 2016
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