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Demonstrators are descending upon the city of Charlotte, N.C., to protest the RNC. NBC News’ Amanda Golden reports on how residents in the area are reacting and what business owners are saying.» Subscribe to MSNBC:

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Protests Descend Upon Charlotte Ahead of RNC | MSNBC

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  1. Trump plans on giving his acceptance speech outdoors at the rose garden. I hope there are loud protest near by.

    1. Pomfromoz Trump was the first to close the border to China while the incompetent democrats wanted to keep it open. Trump saved millions of lives.
      🇺🇸MAGA🇺🇸

  2. This didnt happen to the democrats because people dont hate them. Republicans have become hated like Hitler for good reason

    1. People hate the democrats theyre just more mature and dont protests and cause violence to opposing opinions.

    2. S Kim I am not aware of any laws that allow people to discriminate based on race, gender, etc. Can you explain what laws need to change?

    3. such crap bob, little spoiled kids acting out, you hate people because they have a different view than you that is sad only morons think like that

    1. @Matt You can spout all you want, he’s the best man for the job…..if there was someone better, I would vote for that person. There is not……

    2. @Michaels amazing videos you can turn off the media, you can’t turn off Trump. His BS is just too much, it’s exhausting.

  3. If we want to get rid of him we have to ALL VOTE!! VOTE as EARLY as you possibly can!! Whether it is in person or mail-in. If you are mailing in, try to see if you can drop your ballot off at a box or other designated location! We need to vote in overwhelming numbers!!

    1. Kyle Bolton Two days ago there was NO HATE in Charlotte, NOW THERE IS!!!!! And who are these HATERS??? NOT TRUMP SUPPORTERS!!!!! It is the ‘loving and tolerant ones’!! Same as in Chicago, Portland, Minneapolis, Detroit, New York, Seattle,………..

    2. For a free and in depth insight into COVID 19. Watch Dr John Campbell on youtube. Where, since late January, Dr Campbell has been analysing COVID 19, and presenting explanatory videos, several times a day, everyday.

    3. S I don’t agree with them protesting the Rnc. replubicans did not protest the DNC, this isn’t a right move

  4. Man the RNC gonna be so good! For starters I liked Michelle Obama’s speech so it should be even better the second time around when Melania copies it. And Trump! Can you imagine how many glasses of water he’ll drink and stairs he’ll climb? The crowd’ll go wild!

    1. Joe Carvajal Two days ago there was NO HATE in Charlotte, NOW THERE IS!!!!! And who are these HATERS??? NOT TRUMP SUPPORTERS!!!!! It is the ‘loving and tolerant ones’!! Same as in Chicago, Portland, Minneapolis, Detroit, New York, Seattle,………..

    2. I know. Watching this year’s RNC is sure to be 1 part Klan rally, 1 part Qanon conspiracy theory lulzfest, 1 part Coronapalooza as GOPs don’t wear masks and don’t social distance. Wonder which prominent Republican will drop dead from this one a month from now.

  5. Every friend or family member who has died of corona virus should be protesting. I thought it was a hoax that was going to disappear.

    1. @S yeah, sure. protesters who protest against a hateful, sadistic, traitorous president and GOP, THEY are the hateful ones? LMFAO. Of course, and our soldiers fighting against Nazis were hateful too, right? Trump is a con artist and his Cult45 are his marks. It’s so pathetic.

    2. For a free and in depth insight into COVID 19. Watch Dr John Campbell on youtube. Where, since late January, Dr Campbell has been analysing COVID 19, and presenting explanatory videos, several times a day, everyday.

    3. @Bandit Rider Thanks. I have a healthcare background so this whole pandemic has been interesting to witness but in no way scary. Well, that isn’t totally true. The scary part is the reprehensible federal response along with the conspiracy theories and astounding reactions by right wing fools.

    4. Biden : I am The Light , The Kind President
      Also Biden : I will make sure Americans have zero Universal Healthcare . And Increase Police Funding . BLM Protests inspired me .!
      VOTE FOR ME BIDEN 2020 Because Ummm..
      ..Because Trump Bad .

    5. @Hana Ayo Alemayehu Yeah, I agree. Trump is far worse than “Bad”. So, I will be voting for Biden. At least there will be an America for four more years.

  6. I don’t remember hearing about protesters at the DNC convention. Maybe the incumbent Republicans aren’t meeting the needs of the people?

    1. @Rodney Fong You have been tagged as a source of misinformation, and considered to be a threat, to citizens of the United States of America. You have stated that protesters in Charlotte are haters, and not Trump supporters, which is not necessarily true. Please verify your statements, by officials that are engaged with the protesters in Charlotte, before making future declarations.
      The protestors in Charlotte are clueless, as you are, of the accomplishments this administration has made in less than 4 years. (and, Trump still had time to play several rounds of golf)
      https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/rnc-2020/article245182300.html
      https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/rnc/rnc-protest-charlotte-north-carolina/275-bf26a94a-254a-4e25-8f7f-5464eb151ac4
      https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article245165935.html
      The funniest of all: https://www.wbtv.com/2020/08/08/funeral-friday-protest-charlotte-demands-release-inmates-amid-covid-/
      Don’t you want to know why Trump will be re-elected?
      Accomplishments this administration has made in less than 4 years.
      I always challenge people who feel the need to disagree with this administrations accomplishments (links posted) to let me know if they find ANYTHING wrong…
      Facts the leftist media are too afraid to report on and dems are too afraid to read:
      https://www.promiseskept.com/timeline/
      Answer me this: Do you really want the Dems to run the country the way they run New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Minnesota,Seattle, Portland, etc.?
      If Trump, his administration, and his voters are racist, incite riots, hatemongers, and evil like the leftist media tells us then why aren’t his voters the ones killing cops, destroying property, looting stores, rioting, killing innocent bystanders, defunding our police, etc?

    2. @Holiday Darth A push poll is an interactive marketing technique, most commonly employed during political campaigning, in which an individual or organization attempts to MANIPULATE or ALTER prospective voters’ views under the guise of conducting an opinion poll.

    3. @S _gasp_ How dare they protest against a racist, borderline dictatorial and unequivocally inept administration! The gall!

  7. 80 percent of the economy is consumer spending THATS YOU vote for a living wage improve you life and 🇺🇸 economy BIDEN HARRIS

    1. For a free and in depth insight into COVID 19. Watch Dr John Campbell on youtube. Where, since late January, Dr Campbell has been analysing COVID 19, and presenting explanatory videos, several times a day, everyday.

  8. I heard Steve Bannon and Stormy Daniels will team up at the RNC convention to perform a duet of Kenny Rogers’ song, “You Decorated My Life,” in a tribute to President Orange Sh!tgibbon.

    1. Nan Matau Two days ago there was NO HATE in Charlotte, NOW THERE IS!!!!! And who are these HATERS??? NOT TRUMP SUPPORTERS!!!!! It is the ‘loving and tolerant ones’!! Same as in Chicago, Portland, Minneapolis, Detroit, New York, Seattle,………..

    2. For a free and in depth insight into COVID 19. Watch Dr John Campbell on youtube. Where, since late January, Dr Campbell has been analysing COVID 19, and presenting explanatory videos, several times a day, everyday.

    3. @S Amazing how the sound of the word “Trump” incites hate from everywhere. No wonder his niece and his sister are fed up with it, they will probably change their names.

  9. For God’s sake, have his sister and niece at the protests, as guests of the BLM contingent. That will put him away.

    1. @S “Two days ago there was NO HATE in Charlotte”
      Yeah it was a magical bubble where there’s no racism in…North Carolina. But despite that, Trump thought he should have his convention there. Makes sense!

    2. @Walt Schmidt …his aporoval rating is 36%. No president with an approval rating under 40% has ever been re-elected. He is behind nationally and in the swing states, but you boldly state he is getting re-elected. Lolrof.

    3. @S …Trump Supporters don’t care about black lives. And now we know they don’t care about military lives either.

      I don’t think they care much about anything enough to protest.

  10. This isn’t what America will look like if Biden wins. This is what America looks like NOW under trump.

    1. For a free and in depth understanding of COVID 19. Follow Dr John Campbell on youtube. Where, since late January, Dr Campbell has been analysing COVID 19, and presenting explanatory videos, several times a day, everyday.

    2. @Rikki R How can you say you are worried Trump will not accept the result of the election if he loses when Democrats have never accepted the 2016 election.

    3. Nope we’ll all be restricted to our homes , then they come and take our guns , then your savings and what else they want . And after a month of biden and cuntmala you’ll wish TRUMP was back in office .

    4. @Vicki D well I don’t see the demtards helping u or are they snowflake , or are you one of those blm white girl acting stupid in the street

  11. “I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to go play golf.” –Donald J. Trump, August, 2016

    In the same number of days in office trump played 248 days to Obama’s 98. Obama also played mostly on local military courses, while trump insists on playing on his own courses in Florida and New Jersey. After just 2+ years, trump had already cost taxpayers over $74 million more than Obama for travel and security.

    And this comes on top of trump’s phony tax cut that benefitted the corporations and the wealthy and left the middle class high and dry. No wonder he won’t release his taxes.

    Trump’s current golf bill paid by the American taxpayers

    AF1 flights to Mar-a-Lago: $59,110,000
    AF1 flights to Bedminster: $23,515,500
    Costs to Bedminster, Palm Beach*: $22,860,158
    Cost to guard coast off Mar-a-Lago: $29,972,000
    Luxury car rental in Turnberry, Scotland: $1,260,139
    Cost of stay at Trump Turnberry, Scotland: $68,800
    Total cost of staying in Doonbeg, Ireland: $3,600,000
    Total Cost (to Taxpayers): $140,386,597 and counting

    1. @S That’s because the “Trump Supporters” have perpetuated hate for the last 8yrs; sorry but you don’t get a past buddy.

    2. Biden : I am The Light , The Kind President
      Also Biden : I will make sure Americans have zero Universal Healthcare . And Increase Police Funding . BLM Protests inspired me .!
      VOTE FOR ME BIDEN 2020 Because Ummm..
      ..Because Trump Bad .

    3. @Hana Ayo Alemayehu Doesn’t sound like you even have a clue, but that’s about typical. Go get some education.

    4. @4991544 Say What ? Context , subject ? Do make an effort to be clear .A what education ? English dear ..

  12. Charlotte would do well to send Wussolini and his traveling medicine show of kooks, cranks and crackpots packing.

    1. Biden : I am The Light , The Kind President
      Also Biden : I will make sure Americans have zero Universal Healthcare . And Increase Police Funding BLM inspired me .
      VOTE FOR ME BIDEN 2020 Because Ummm..
      ..Because Trump Bad .

    2. @Hana Ayo Alemayehu Wussolini: “I’m the chosen one! You could maybe inject some disenfectant. It will go away in April (2020) like a miracle. It’s a hoax! It’s like one person coming in from China. Mexico will pay for the wall. Q likes me.”

    1. For a free and in depth understanding of COVID 19. Follow Dr John Campbell on youtube. Where, since late January, Dr Campbell has been analysing COVID 19, and presenting explanatory videos, several times a day, everyday.

  13. Republicans have alot of nerve letting our IMPEACHED president try this again. Glad for the protest! Impeachy withdraw!

  14. I remember when he had a bicycle race named after himself called the “Tour d’ Trump.” That’s when I first thought wow this dude is really in love with himself.

    1. Biden : I am The Light , The Kind President
      Also Biden : I will make sure Americans have zero Universal Healthcare . And Increase Police Funding . BLM Protests inspired me .!
      VOTE FOR ME BIDEN 2020 Because Ummm..
      ..Because Trump Bad .

    1. @Ex republican “If she was brighter she could have made a real difference as a liberal”. Can you clarify why you would think that way? Also it is very ignorant to say she sold out her race, as if her skin colour determines how she should vote. POC shouldn’t be shamed in voting for Liberals, they haven’t done anything for us. The only thing the Dems do to garner our votes is do their best to convince us that all Republicans are racist, they have no intention on helping our communities. To be honest, Dems worst nightmare would be for POC to figure out that Republicans aren’t actually racist, they are just normal people living their lives just like we do.

    2. @Em D Republicans only have 1 race in mind, the white race, all of the others are considered sub human to them. the same as the nazi’s did in the 30″s.

    3. Lonely 1 I guess POC should just ignore their actual life experiences growing up with Republicans, and believe whatever Liberals tell them to believe. Give it rest, POC can decide for themselves, based on their own experiences.

    4. @Em D Yes, the police that victimize them are mostly republican, the ones that call them rapists and drug dealers are republican, yes they should use all the racist atrocities committed by republicans on minorities as their basis for voting patriotic democrat and not treasonous republican racist party.

  15. imagine standing up and renominating this grossly incompetent and evil failure of a leader. What does that say about a person. Vote them all out.

    1. I would still like to know if an impeached president can actually LEGALLY run for office again ????? why is no one asking about this?

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