'March Against Discrimination' in Philly Thursday takes aim at Trump
Hundreds of people are expected to take to the streets of Philadelphia on Thursday to protest against several of President Donald Trump's executive orders they call discriminatory.
The March Against Discrimination starts at 6 p.m. outside the Fox 29 station in Old City, and will move down Market Street to City Hall.
The march was organized on Facebook, with the location chosen as "the local affiliate of Trump's favorite television station," the event page states. The protest is hosted by the Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club in conjunction with several civil rights groups, including Equality PA, the Pennsylvania chapter of Black Lives Matter, Jewish Voice for Peace and Black Gay Pride. State Rep. Brian Sims is also listed as a cosponsor of the event.
The demonstrators will rally against Trump's executive orders that seek to penalize sanctuary cities, along with his efforts to build a wall along the United States-Mexico border, and actions to bar travelers and refugees from Muslim-majority nations from entering the country,
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