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Debate protest planned

Posted Sep 9, 2011 by William March

Updated Sep 9, 2011 at 10:31 AM

Members of Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Push Coalition, the Black Democratic Caucus and other liberal groups hold a protest outside the CNN/Tea Party Republican presidential candidates debate at the state fairgrounds in Tampa Monday.

“A broad coalition of concerned citizens, civil rights activists, labor unionists, elected officials and clergy are organizing a Rally of Conscience” on voting rights, student loan debt, “and providing authentic plans, like the President has done, for putting Americans back to work and rebuilding the nation’s economy,” said an announcement of the event from Rev. Charles McKenzie of St. Petersburg, an NAACP official who’s also state coordinator for Rainbow Push.

Jackson apparently won’t attend, but Rainbow Push national field director Tavis Grant will, McKenzie said.

The rally will start at 6 p.m. at the fairgrounds, he said.