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July 20, 2016

"Ban Guns, Not Balls!": RNC Protest Takes Aim at Ohio Open-Carry Law
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Protests continue in Cleveland outside the RNC. On Tuesday, two
activists scaled a 60-foot flagpole near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and unveiled a massive flag calling on Republicans not to "Trump" local
communities. The flag also read "Ban Fracking, Stop Climate Injustice,
and Tear Down the Wall." In another protest Tuesday, the antiwar group
Code Pink delivered 500 tennis balls to the front steps of the
Republican National Convention, protesting the fact that you can carry
semiautomatic weapons-but not tennis balls-in the area around the event.
We'll have more on the protests later in the broadcast.
Topics:RNC 20162016 Election Donald Trump

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