No love for Trump during citizenship ceremony in Oakland

It was quite an emotional scene earlier this month at Oakland’s Paramount Theater, where several hundred immigrants from 80 nations and their families gathered to take their oaths as naturalized American citizens.

“People were ecstatic and cheerful and full of respect,” many proudly waving the small American flags that had been passed out ahead of the ceremony, said Liliana Cardile, a new citizen from Italy.

Then came a videotaped welcoming message from President Trump.

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“The moment his big, orange face appeared, people started booing right away,” Cardile said.

When Trump said, “We share one American heart and one American destiny,” a voice in the audience shouted: “But you don’t even have a heart” — prompting the entire room to break out in laughter, cheers and clapping.

Welcome to America.

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