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CHICAGO (WLS) — Protesters blocked downtown Chicago streets Wednesday evening, as President Joe Biden came to the city for another campaign fundraiser.
Protesters gathered near Monroe and State streets in the Loop about 5 p.m., protesting the president’s visit.
He is at a fundraiser nearby at the Palmer House Hilton. It’s his second in Chicago in the past month.
At 6 p.m. there was a line of police, blocking protesters from the entrance.
The pro-Palestinian demonstrators are critical of the president’s support of Israel, in particular, at this moment, with an Israeli invasion of Rafah possibly imminent.
They stopped after marching through downtown, blocking traffic and spreading their message with loudspeakers. They first gathered for a rally near Michigan Avenue and Ida B. Wells Drive.
President Biden arrived in Chicago a little after 3:30 p.m., stepping off Air Force One at O’Hare.
From there, he took a helicopter to an area near Soldier …
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