Protesters Turn Up The Heat At 'Love Trumps Hate' Rally At Fairfield's SHU

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Supporters of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and local Democratic leaders rallied outside the Sacred Heart University campus in Fairfield late Saturday afternoon before a campaign appearance by Republican candidate Donald Trump.

This protester just got off the golf course and headed to the Love Trumps Hate rally on Saturday afternoon at Sacred Heart University. That's a golf club holding up his sign. The protest was held before the start of a Donald Trump campaign rally.
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There was a "Trump Loves Hate" rally outside the Sacred Heart University campus on Saturday night.
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Anti-trump protestors gather outside the Sacred Heart University campus
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Tara Cook Littman, a Fairfield GMO activist and a former candidate for Connecticut's General Assembly, is one of the organizers.
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Trumbull's Fred Garrity, who is running for State Representative for this district, which includes parts of Trumbull and Fairfield. He is currently on Trumbull’s Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Justine Ferrara, who will be a junior at Fairfield University. "I don't want to be afraid to be a woman in this country," she said.
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Edward, a science teacher in Norwalk. "Trump opposes science. He doesn't know climate warming."
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Tom Kelly of Fairfield, Chair of the Trumbull Democratic Town Committee. "I gave up tickets to the Go Gos for this. (It is) important not to elect Trump," he said.
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by Roy Fuchs

08/15/2016 4:00 a.m.

The event was dubbed the "Love Trumps Hate" rally. It drew dozens of participants despite the steamy temperatures. It was organized by Fairfield Democrats in a day after the Trump rally was announced.

State Rep. William Tong, who represents Stamford and Darien, was one of the Democratic leaders who spoke at the rally.

Addressing the crowd, Tong said, "A 5-year-old boy called Trump a bad man because he wants to keep people out. We understand Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit ... Donald Trump represents a threat to our national security and our way of life."

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