San Antonians plan to 'Dump Trump' with a protest during the Republican candidate’s visit

When news broke that Donald Trump is planning a fundraising visit to San Antonio on June 17, people had plenty to say about it on social media.



Here are the funniest reactions to the announcement. When news broke that Donald Trump is planning a fundraising visit to San Antonio on June 17, people had plenty to say about it on social media.



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Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, plans to visit San Antonio on June 17, smack dab in the middle of the Democratic Convention at the Alamodome. And on the same day, some 1,100 people will be protesting the reality star's visit.

Maestranza, a local community outreach and activist group, organized an event titled "Dump Trump San Antonio!" on Facebook, set for next Friday at 2 p.m.

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Denise Hernandez, the founder of Maestranza, said the location of the protest will be decided this Thursday, adding they might not be right next to Trump's fundraiser, because of the violence that has erupted across the country at the candidate's events.

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But Hernandez doesn't foresee violence being a huge problem.

"San Antonio is largely a friendly city," Hernandez said. "But, of course, there's always people who want to wild out."

The Donald Trump campaign did not immediately respond for comment.

The plan for the protest includes music, signs and maybe, if they're lucky to find them, Trump pinatas. Organizers of the protest are hoping to keep things "peaceful," Hernandez said. There will also be "different cultural music," maybe even some Selena, to show that people who are against Trump and his "hate rhetoric" come from all different walks of life, she said.

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Hernandez finds it pretty comical that Trump would visit San Antonio after making, now infamous, comments about Mexican immigrants.

Last year, when he announced his candidacy for president on June 16, Trump said," When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume are good people."

In a year when Trump said women should be punished for having an abortion and there should be a database of Muslim Americans, his statements on Mexican Americans are almost forgettable. But not for those who are headed to next week's protest.

"This is a Tejano town and that's what's so funny about it," Hernandez said. "This is a traditionally Mexican town. We've been here and we're going to be here."

After Trump's visit was announced Monday, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20) tweeted the Republican candidate would be visiting a city that is 60 percent Mexican-American, calling San Antonio the "last place he'd fit in."

Hernandez said it was no coincidence that Trump would be visiting the same time the Democratic Convention was taking place.

Bexar County Democratic Party Chairman Manuel Medina told the San Antonio Express-News Monday that the timing of Trump's visit is "a provocation-- exactly what you'd expect from Donald Trump."

kbradshaw@express-news.net

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