Latino activists in Sioux City are gathering signatures to protest Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s upcoming appearance at a local school. Trump is scheduled to rally supporters at Sioux City West High School Tuesday evening after school hours. A former student at West, Francisco Valadez, launched the petition drive. He calls Trump a “bully” for his attitudes about immigrants and says he doesn’t belong in Iowa schools. But the Sioux City Schools Superintendent Paul Gausman says the district followed school board policy in agreeing to rent West High to the Trump campaign…..
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Gausman says the board policy views school buildings as community facilities, and they have been used in the past by the John Kerry, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin campaigns….
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In his petition, Valadez voices concern for the safety of Latinos in Sioux City, pointing to confrontations outside Trump events in Ames and Dubuque. Gausman says the event will go ahead as scheduled Tuesday evening.