Wed 9/21
One of the major-party presidential candidates is a poor fit for Cleveland Heights, a community he’s certain to lose by a huge margin. So when the pastors at a church in that community invited him to speak to allegedly make an appeal to black voters, several hundred residents of Cleveland Heights and surrounding communities gathered to tell him that his sexism, racism and general bigotry do not align with their beliefs.
For several hours on Wednesday morning, while the candidate spoke inside, those outside brandished signs and got hundreds of approving honks from passing cars including an emergency vehicle from nearby Lyndhurst (The driver of an ambulance from Community Care expressed an opposing viewpoint, shouting “Vote Trump! Make America great again!”)
After the event, a group of local black elected officials, including state representative Janine Boyd, state senator Sandra Williams, county council members Anthony Hairston and Shontel Brown, and Cleveland Heights mayor Cheryl Stephens (along with white state rep. Kent Smith) gathered to deliver a message: our community is diverse — black and white, Hispanic and Asian, Christian and Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist — and we like it that way.
View the PHOTOSTREAM here.
