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Demonstrators gather in Tucson ahead of the President's appearance in Phoenix

Demonstrators gather in Tucson ahead of rally
Posted at 4:27 PM, Aug 22, 2017
and last updated 2017-08-22 22:21:12-04

A rally is scheduled to start on the sidewalk outside the Pima county administration building at 5:30 p.m.

Organizers say they want to show they're not happy with the President- especially his response to the Charlottesville violence. 

There also not happy with supervisor ally Miller. 

After the violence in Charlottesville Miller wrote on Facebook that she's sick and tired of being hit for being white and she's white and proud of it. 

The protesters want her to apologize and some even want her to resign.

That is why they're outside of the county buildings.

They hope this is a repeat of the rally held in Tucson last Sunday when a few thousand people marched from downtown to the UofA and back in response to the violence in Charlottesville.  

No marching here today but they hope to send a similar peaceful message that hate has no place in Tucson.