UA College Democrats plan to protest Trump’s Tuscaloosa visit

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Last week, it was announced that former President Donald Trump would be attending Saturday’s highly-anticipated college football matchup between the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide and the University of Georgia’s Bulldogs at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. This will be Trump’s second visit to Bryant-Denny after he attended a matchup between UA and LSU in 2019. It is also expected that U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville will be attending.

Following the announcement of Trump’s visit, UA College Democrats — the largest political organization at the University, which is officially chartered through College Democrats of America and the Alabama College Democrats State Federation — sent out a press release Tuesday night, announcing their plans to use Saturday’s festivities as an opportunity to protest the former president.

The press release is titled “Donald Trump is not Welcome Here.”

“UA College Democrats, in conjunction with Bama Students for Harris-Walz and other liberal and progressive leaders from across Tuscaloosa, will be on site at the Quad for College Gameday for the highly-anticipated football game between the #2 Georgia Bulldogs and the #4 Alabama Crimson Tide,” it reads.

“It will serve as a forum for UA students and the Tuscaloosa community to express our vocal distaste for former President Donald Trump, his dangerous rhetoric and promises, and his decision to try to turn this pivotal matchup into a glorified campaign rally,” it continues.

UACD then describes their attempts to organize a formal rally in opposition to Trump “and his radical Project 2025 agenda” ahead of the game. However, “for reasons both understandable and downright inexcusable, the Office of Student Life wanted to move us to a construction site where, due to the guaranteed presence of MAGA forces, our members’ safety and security would have been placed under direct threat.”

Instead of holding a rally, UACD is now planning to host a tailgate in conjunction with other student organizations, including Bama Students for Harris-Walz and UA’s Planned Parenthood Generation Action, where they will have “food, drinks, and various forms of merchandise available for tailgaters who oppose Donald Trump’s presence on our campus.”

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. According to the press release, “UACD will also be chalking campus and posting anti-Trump flyers and rally posters across campus this week.”

It continues: “Despite the fact that the silent majority on this campus and across this nation has been pushed around by MAGA forces and their sympathizers, the fact of the matter is that Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans have lost every contested election on campus since 2017.”

“We will ensure that their streak of failure continues in November,” it reads in closing.

Saturday’s events are certain to be highly publicized, with ESPN’s College Gameday covering the matchup live from UA’s campus in addition to the media attention that is already being drawn by the former president’s planned visit.

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