“Hey, hey, let’s be clear, no racists are welcome here!” a crowd chanted across the street from the Langham Hotel in Boston’s Financial District this morning to protest Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who reportedly was visiting the building for a campaign fundraiser today.
About 100 people gathered to oppose Trump, shouting, “Keep your wall, keep your hate, U.S.A. is already great!” and “Donald Trump is a fraud! He sends his jobs abroad!”
“How dare he say he wants to make American great again,” Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley said, “when he wants to vilify the people who built it.” At protest of Donald Trump at Langham Hotel in Boston, June 29, 2016. (Greg Cook)
They held signs and wore clothing indicating they represented Local 888 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Massachusetts Sierra Club, teachers, Black Lives Matter and socialists. They were joined by Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and Congressman Michael Capuano of Massachusetts, who both spoke.
A similar anti-Trump protest was held when the candidate was scheduled to hold a Boston fundraiser on June 13, but turned out much smaller in size after Trump reportedly canceled that day’s Boston event.
“This is our country,” Congressman Michael Capuano of Massachusetts said, “and there is no way we’re going to let him take it in the direction he wants to go.” At protest of Donald Trump at Langham Hotel in Boston, June 29, 2016. (Greg Cook)About 100 people gathered to protest Donald Trump outside Langham Hotel in Boston’s Financial District. (Greg Cook)“Gay, straight, black, white, we all deserve equal rights!” protesters chant. (Greg Cook)Trump protesters. (Greg Cook)Trump protesters. (Greg Cook)Congressman Michael Capuana (left) of Massachusetts and Boston City Councilor Ayanna Presley both spoke at the anti-Trump protest. (Greg Cook)“There’s no way Trump can be racist because he’s from New York,” said a man in a white Trump hat who said he was “an immigrant myself.” He went on, “I think he’s a man who tells it like it is and people don’t like it sometimes.” (Greg Cook)Trump protesters. (Greg Cook)Congressman Michael Capuana (left) of Massachusetts and Boston City Councilor Ayanna Presley joined the anti-Trump protest. (Greg Cook)
