Tempers flare in Anaheim, California, as city council mulls anti-Trump resolution
Witnesses say obscenities were flying and two young girls were hit by pepper spray during a raucous protest outside of the Anaheim, California, city hall on Tuesday.
As the city council considered a resolution condemning Donald Trump's "divisive rhetoric," supporters and opponents of Trump gathered outside the chamber, screaming at each other, the Los Angeles Times reports. At one point, two young girls and a woman were hit by pepper spray, but no arrests were immediately made. "I just think they're so out of control," said Linda Reedy, a member of the pro-Trump group We the People Rising. "I'm so sick of the anger in this country."
Councilwoman Kris Murray, a Republican, said she proposed the resolution at the last council meeting because "tens of thousands of Anaheim residents" have been "the target of Mr. Trump's campaign trail attacks," and his language and rhetoric "go against the grain of the city of Anaheim's core values as a city of kindness." Despite pushback by other council members and pro-Trump supporters who say it's not appropriate for a city to take such a stance, Murray said Anaheim's city attorney has reviewed the resolution and it is "fully authorized by state law."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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