Protests precede President Trump’s rally in Sioux City

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – Multiple protests in Sioux City took place in the hours leading up to President Trump’s rally.

Protest outside the airport

In the afternoon leading up to President Trump’s rally at the Sioux Gateway airport, protesters gathered near the parking area of the rally.

Protest organizer Garie Lewis says that people from across Iowa and some from Nebraska were at the protest.

He says that once he found out the President was coming, he started organizing the protest through social media and word of mouth.

Lewis says that he feels these protests are important for everyone to show the President that things in this country are not okay.

“People are losing their Medicaid; people are losing their EBT.” Lewis said. “Things are just going downhill really fast, so it’s really important that people like us stand up and say, what a minute, things aren’t good.”

One protestor, Melanie Knight, says that she feels Trump supporters don’t know what is going on with this administration.

“They’ve made cuts to Medicaid, cuts to USAID, cuts to our rural health care and our rural schools.” Knight said. “Those are all things that are important to me and cuts to our veterans services which is especially important to me. My dad was a vet. My brother is a vet, and I know how important it is to take care of our veterans.”

Local democratic leaders protest in downtown Sioux City

Ahead of President Trump’s rally at Sioux Gateway, local Iowa democratic leaders came together to discuss high gas and diesel prices in Iowa.

Democratic State Representative JD Scholten, Democratic candidate for Woodbury County Supervisor Jody House, and community leaders gathered to discuss high gas prices and to protest Ashley Hinson’s support of President Donald Trump.

They spoke about Hinson’s recent votes and expressed support for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek.

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