CARBONDALE — Rep. Mike Bost's campaign has confirmed in an email Sunday that President Donald Trump will visit Jackson County on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Bost
Trump’s visit is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Saturday in Southern Illinois Airport Hangar No. 6. The email says the event is a campaign rally. Bost will also attend.
More information about the rally, including information for how to register to attend, is at this link.
Kelly
Republican Rep. Mike Bost is in a tight re-election race against Democrat Brendan Kelly for Illinois' 12th Congressional District seat.
In the email from his campaign, Bost said he is "honored to have the president visit Southern Illinois."
U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a civil rights activist who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and in the 1960s worked to desegregate businesses in Cairo, spoke this past Tuesday in East St. Louis at a campaign event for Kelly.
Murphysboro Mayor Will Stephens noted this will be the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to the region since Bill Clinton spoke at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1995.
"This rare occasion provides an opportunity to highlight the issues facing our region to the president," Stephens said. "I'd encourage President Trump during his visit to learn more about our need for an expanded Illinois Route 127 between Murphysboro and St. Louis and for increased federal funding for rural universities like SIU Carbondale."
Carbondale Mayor Mike Henry said as far as he knows, the city will be providing logistical mutual aid the day of Trump's rally. Southern Illinois Airport has a Murphysboro address and is located between the two towns in Jackson County.
In an email leaked to The Southern late last week, Carbondale City Manager Gary Williams told elected officials on Thursday of a potential Oct. 27 visit by the president. But few details were then known.
Saturday, Oct. 27, is also the day the city had planned its first Halloween festival since raucous parties decades ago had turned destructive. The City Council had earlier voted to allow open containers of alcohol in the festival area downtown.
"Obviously it will help us a lot with traffic flow and public safety issues in the city," Henry said of the airport as host for Saturday's rally.
When reached Sunday for comment on Trump's visit, Williams declined to speak on the matter.
The Thursday email about Trump's initial plans for a Carbondale visit sparked outcry from some on the city council. Councilman Adam Loos drafted a four-page resolution declaring Trump unwelcome. However, he later rescinded his request to have it placed on Tuesday’s City Council agenda because some council members withdrew support for the resolution.
It wouldn’t have mattered, because after deep consideration and notification that there would be considerable civil disobedience from people supporting and opposing the president's visit, Mayor Mike Henry canceled Tuesday's council meeting, electing to reschedule it after Trump's visit.
Henry said there was not a threat of violence, but those from the community action group, The Flyover Social Center, disagreed. The group, which is vocally opposed to Trump's visit and politics, received a business card for white supremacist group, Patriot Front, on Saturday. They took this as a subtle threat of violence against their group.
“The Flyover Social Center, our community space dedicated to freedom, dignity, and equality in southern Illinois, has received a business card from Patriot Front, a fascist group that seeks to intimidate and terrorize women, people of color, immigrants and leftists,” the group posted on Facebook Saturday.
"They and other fascist street groups mobilize in defense of Trump, laying a groundwork of intimidation to pave the way for his authoritarian rule," the post continues.
Patriot Front’s website espouses a militant view that America, by right of lineage, belongs to white people of European descent.
Though subtle, The Flyover, which participates regularly in local community action and has posted on social media about protests planned around the president's visit, sees the placement of the business card in their mailbox a warning.
This story has been updated to reflect an updated time for the rally and to clarify that Southern Illinois Airport is in Jackson County, not Carbondale.
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To dfrf78,
I acknowledge that you were not as extreme as many on the right and that it was possible to have a productive conversation with you. I am confused by how you are using the word “support”. One cannot support and oppose a politician at the same time. You opposed Obama, as is your right. One can oppose someone and still respect them, and you were respectful toward Obama.
Obviously something has changed in our political culture. We are not in a normal period. Trump is not just another president whose policies I oppose. He is a threat our system of government. Many prominent conservatives have said this. Trump has been crystal clear that he wants dictatorial power. He said he admired that people in North Korean “sit up and pay attention” when Kim Jong-un tells them to. They do this because to be non-obsequious is deadly. I do not think Trump will be able to do this here, but that is his stated goal.
Trump said he could shoot someone and not lose voters. He knows what many of us know and what you cannot seem to see. His core supporters constitute a personality cult. Some have even deified him (“Trump for God”). He can do no wrong in their eyes. They like that he lies. The danger is real. Trump promotes hatred and hate crimes are increasing. Political violence is encouraged. He praised a congressman for hitting a reporter. Nuts on both the right and left are responding. A few on the left have taken the bait (e.g., Maxine Waters) but the central force is Trump.
He is not doing this to help the working class or even the white working class. The racism, the wall, his pretend conversion to “Christianity”, and even the trade wars are all distractions. The main goal is keep power and wealth in the hands of a small elite class. Traditional conservative politicians (Ryan, Romney, the Koch brothers) have the same goal, but were willing to be gentlemen and play by the rules and concede ground when they lose. Trump represents that faction of the elite that would pull out all the stops and end democracy as we know it to keep the society's surplus wealth in their hands. They are willing to oversee the physical destruction of Earth's ecosystems through pollution and climate change in the defense of inherited wealth. (W. was merely a small time war monger.)
At what point does naiveté become complicity?
Two very different takes on illegal immigration.
M.I.A. - Borders (she was a refugee)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Nw7HbaeWY
The Caravan Is a Challenge to the Integrity of U.S. Borders
If Trump’s opponents stand opposed to policing America’s boundaries, they will not help immigrants—they will only lose votes.
David Frum
Staff writer at The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/caravan-challenges-integrity-us-borders/573691/
Yahoo U.S. President Donald Trump for God we will give you the biggest Jesus yell at Southern Illinois Airport! Yahoo welcome U.S. President Donald Trump the greatest President in helping the Christians turn the United States back in the right direction for the God of Israel and Jesus the Savior and Messiah! There will be 30,000 Trump Deplorables to meet and greet you! A miracle of God for U.S. President Trump coming to help Congressman Mike Bost and see his hard-core Trump supporters who know he is putting America first! Praise the Lord and pass the spiritual ammo for U.S. President Trump for God will change Southern Illinois for the better! All the people should have respect for the President Trump and the office for he will bring blessings with him to bless Southern Illinois and S.I.U.! One small step for U.S. President Donald Trump but one giant step for the God of Israel in Jesus namesake! Remember Jesus is returning soon and history is being created by U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to the Southern Illinois Airport!
Definition of nationalism. 1 : loyalty and devotion to a nation; especially : a sense of national consciousness (see consciousness 1c) exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups.
Sign me up!
MMIke, we have no idea how many of these border crashers have psychotic disorders, are criminals or are terrorist plants. If you consider that anywhere from 7% to 15% are troublemakers (figures I believe account for the low to high end estimates of criminals in a given society) the numbers are troubling. I have heard estimates the caravan has swelled to nearly 13,000 but most reports are in the 7,200 range which is what the United Nations now estimates. So anywhere from 504 to 1,080 are likely criminals. The numbers may well be higher given the social and economic conditions that many are likely from, a fact that a number of criminal justices statisticians believe drives youths to commit crimes. We know the caravan is bulging with young men. We know from intelligence reports that terrorist organizations will often infiltrate groups seeking asylum but I don’t recall seeing any published reports that this particular group is specifically being target; nonetheless, we would be foolish to assume they are not, given the group’s sheer numbers make concealment possible. The POTUS claims that MS-13 gang criminals and “unknown Middle Easterners” are mixed in among the refugees. As I said I have not seen reports substantiating this but the President is privy to information the rest of us are not.
We know the caravan has already smashed a border fence and flooded into Mexico despite the presence of riot police. So we know the group in its aggregate is capable of destroying state supported property to achieve its goal. Some reports I have seen also indicate Mexican police were battered and injured in the group’s successful efforts to storm the Mexican border. If true, the group in its aggregate has resorted to violence to achieve its goal. So the question I have is the caravan behaving more mob-like or more like pacifist asylum seekers. It would seem that when met with resistance from a country that stands in its way, they behave mob-like and commit criminal acts. One therefore must assume that the U.S. may well be headed for what our neighbors to the South just experienced. So yes, we better be prepared.
A much smaller caravan earlier this year started with 1,200 members and finished with 200 illegals arriving at the California border. Not sure that will be repeated in this instance. This situation appears to have an eerie driving force of confrontation surrounding it and the numbers have actually increased as opposed to falling-off.
As far as your other comments, dfrf78 more than sufficiently refuted them.
SheepDog, we have no idea how many of the people posting here have psychotic disorders, are criminals or are terrorist plants.
I think we should work with Mexico to minimize this sort of problem. Maybe we could send immigration staff down there. They could interview people. If someone has a legit asylum case, give them a bus ticket to here. If not, send them home. I am only against demonizing them for political gain. We should not let them all in, but we need to treat them humanly.
As for the growing size of the caravan, it is not that new people coming out of nowhere. They were already making their way here. They join the caravan for safety. Many would-be migrants are victimized by criminals. Another reason to send staff down there if we can.
Mike Bost posed with fascist former sheriff David Clarke a few months back. Last night, Trump referred to himself as a "nationalist." Why not just call yourself a psychopath while you're at it, Trump?
MickeeD, your posts are becoming more irrelevant and add little to any intellectual discussion. I'm sorry for being so publicly blunt but I have no other way to communicate with you.
I have read here you are a college educator so I believe you can do better.
As I've told another poster several times, I am not a college educator. And you should be the last person accusing anyone of posting irrelevant or intellectually vacant posts.
MickeeD, my apology for thinking you were a college educator.
Racist, sexist....fascist-the latest "ist" word popular with the left. MickeeD is on the bandwagon.
Never supremacist.
Trump has called the people in the immigrant caravan violent criminals and terrorists. He is lying. He is using racism to scare people into voting for his allies in November. If he had your interests at heart, he would not need to lie to you. The goal is to cut the ACA, Medicare and Medicaid, and keep taxes on the wealthy elite low. The goal is to continue gutting regulations that protect consumers, workers and the environment. The few will profit, many will suffer. The wealthy can ride out a market crash. Their paper wealth to drop for a while and then pickup. Regular people get evicted, have their cars repossessed, cannot pay their college loans, or cannot get healthcare. That is why the wealthy tend to support reckless "free market" policies. Trump knows people will not buy this, so he peddles racism and xenophobia. If Trump wanted to reduce refugees he'd expand aid to Central America rather than cut it!
Even the "pro-life" movement is a distraction. You cannot ban abortion. Women can order RU486 over the internet. You can only ban medically supervised abortions. Trump never cared about abortion before he ran. He just uses it a wedge issue. If you want to reduce the abortion rate you'd make contraception as easy as possible to get and help lower income families.
As for the caravan, a few might qualify for asylum, but most should be sent home. But, this should be done humanly.
1. How do you know who is in this immigrant caravan?
2. Republican wanting to take away your Medicare and Social Security is an old songthe Democrats have been playing for decades. Most people are no longer fooled.
3. The expanding economy is reaching real people, even in Southern Illinois, where improvements usually arrive late. The only entity in our region that is contracting rather than growing is SIUC. Perhaps you should take a look at yourself instead of trashing the President?
4. Contraception is already readily and cheaply available to everyone. Government policies which encourage unwed pregnancy and fatherless homes need to be reexamined. It is your worldview that has produced this sad state in our nation. Again, how about some introspection on your part?
1. Trump claimed he knows. He is lying. The person making the claim is the one who needs evidence. There are no examples of terrorists sneaking in across the Southern boarder.
2. They do want to repeal the ACA. Do you deny that? They are chipping away at Medicaid. The GOP has long said it was against these programs. It has been the Dems have blocked the GOP from gutting them. I did not mention S.S.
3. The Obama recovery continues. However, wage growth has not. The gutting of regulations creates greater instability. Talk to any investment adviser, the trade off for rapid growth is higher risk. The same is true for the national economy. But the risks are distributed unevenly. Likewise the risks from work place dangers, pollution and climate change are not evenly distributed. Trump represents that faction of the rich that have no more concern with the lives of ordinary people than tobacco company executives.
4. Now. If the GOP and Trump succeed in repealing the ACA this will change. You are using something Obama got for us as an argument for the people want to take it away.
5. You are supporting a racist president. Introspect that. Trump lies to America every day. Introspect that. Trump praises dictators. Introspect that. Trump has spent his whole live in the pursuit of money, sex and now power. He never showed any interest in religion. Now we says he was won over by one of the leaders of the "Property Gospel," which is a complete inversion of Christian values. Introspect that.
Property Gospel?
1. How do you know the President is lying? What evidence can you offer?
2. The ACA has done severe damage to the middle class in our country. The intentions of the law are good. But it doesn't work. An Economics 101 class can figure out why. People who understand business and finance were shut out of the process when the law was being written. "Elections have consequence," President Obama said. Regarding Medicare/Medicaid/SS, the Republicans have sought to put the programs on a sustainable basis. In response leading Democrats play politics and accuse them of wanting to "Take away your Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security." The late Paul Simon was an exception. In regard to SS he warned everyone-the longer we wait, the harder the fix will be. He was right.
3. "Obama recovery continues..." Thanks, MMike, I needed a good laugh today.
4. ACA is here to stay. With time it will get fixed. The tough part is getting everyone on board. Millennials are hard and fast against paying in-young people always have been. When you're 25 you're invincible. Health insurance is an unnecessary expense. But the young folks pay their Social Security. My point: If we are going to provide insurance for everyone with no limitations for pre-existing conditions, then we need a large pool of healthy people paying in and filing few claims. If the young ones complain that they are paying for the older generations' medical bills, the answer is: "Someday you will get old too, if you're lucky." Again, Economics/Business 101. Had Obama possessed the wisdom to be the President of everyone, likely sound legislation could have been passed. But he didn't-and so the sausage-grinding will continue. Also, President Trump is largely the result of President Obama's arrogance (along with Pelosi's and Reed's).
5. I support President Trump in the same way I supported President Obama. I often disagree with him, but he is MY President because he was elected-fair and square. That's the way any patriotic American would feel. It is also what the Scripture teaches me to do. Trump lies? Sure he does. So did Obama ("You like your doctor...). Regarding dictators: You don't make peace with your friends. Trump spent his whole life and pursuit of money, sex, and power? Have you taken a good look at the Clintons? I'm not sure why you bring up religion. We weren't electing a pastor or a pope, we were electing a President. Did you mean "prosperity Gospel?" I've never heard of "Property Gospel." Why do you even mention religion?
6. I notice you left disrespecting women off of you list of Trump's faults. That was wise. A Clinton supporter will get blasted out the water if he/she uses that argument.
Yes, the Prosperity Gospel. If you were a Christian you would be aghast that our president is using such a blasphemous creed. It is up there with the divine right of kings doctrine.
Trump has admitted he had no evidence that violent people were in the caravan. Try to keep up. Trump lies more than any president I can remember and that includes Nixon.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/24/politics/donald-trump-lies-mistruth-scaramucci/index.html
You have no idea what you are talking about on the ACA. Millions of Americans have health insurance who did not before. It was paid for a tax on high income capital gains. The insurance companies were involved in the writing. The GOP did try to repeal it. You are simply uniformed.
Yes, Trump's treatment of women is abysmal. The same is true from Bill Clinton. With Clinton it was a moral blind spot that was not consistent with his basic beliefs. I still think he should have resigned. Trump's disrespect for women is a natural corollary of his contempt for everyone who is not Trump.
To anyone reading this: Obviously dfrf78 is not capable for seeing through Trump's lies, or his sexism or racism. I know that. But, this is why you have to go and vote.
PS, I do not buy your claim that you supported Obama and that your support for Trump is in the same vein. I simply do not recall you supporting Obama in anyway. You were not as extreme as some, but you clearly were in the opposition - as is your right. Of course I agree that Trump is our lawful president. That has nothing to do with supporting someone. And, even though I supported Obama I, and the mainstream fact-checkers, criticized him when he was not honest. I have never seen you criticize anything Trump has done. The Bible does not say it is OK to criticize Democratic presidents but thou shall not criticize a Republican president.
MMike: I abhor the Prosperity Gospel. You know, attacking my faith says more about you that your attempt to say something about me. It also says something about SIUC. On ACA, you are insulated from reality because you are a state employee. Those of us living in the real world have seen a dramatic increase in our healthcare costs because of Obamacare. On women, you mention Bill Clinton, but not Hillary. You supported Hillary for President in spite of the fact that she attacked and sought to discredit her husband's victims, all while claiming to be a champion of women. Sheer hypocrisy. Finally, I'm not a fan of Trump, but he's the President. I must say, he is providing our country with a good bit of success in spite of his idiosyncrasies.
MMike: Through the years of you and I commenting in this forum, if you don't recall the times I have spoken up when I agreed with President Obama, and when I called out those who were disrespectful to President Obama, then I must call into question your honesty.
He is a con man. Please use your heads. He is conning you.
I'm glad it's not at the Arena. We don't need SIU on the map for this kind of baloney. Should have been in Murpheysboro. Get the State Police involved early and establish a perimeter to keep groups apart. It's the outside groups that will cause the trouble. This close to Halloween, I wonder how many will show up wearing Trump masks and I wonder which side they will be on.
babyicedog: The SIUC Arena is too small a venue.
Yes, let us pray that it will be a dignified peaceful visit without any democrat "passionate progressives" like the deceased Bern supporter from Belleville.
You mean the demented Rachel Maddow fan, Occupy member assassin whose name I will not mention?
The militant Left will be on full view this coming Saturday. Look for willfully obtuse liberal jerks and the Never-Trump sissies to be screaming, name-calling and doing their best to incite trouble. Look for the combative sore loser crowd to cry “victim” if one of them gets punched in the face for invading a Trump supporter’s personal space by screaming profanities mere centimeters from his ear.
The mention of Trump’s name sends the Left into a rage-filled fit. The mention of a Trump visit creates a loss of bowel and bladder control. The confirmation of a Trump visit sets their heads spinning. When the POTUS finally lands Saturday in Southern Illinois, viewers should look for the Left to come completely unhinged. Look for safe-spaces to be filled to capacity, campus counselors’ offices to be overrun and people sitting on the floor rocking back and forth mumbling incoherently. Some will be banging their heads on walls. Others will channel their fever-pitch hate by screaming and yelling at Trump supporters. For the Left, Saturday will be an unpleasant recollection; a painful reminder of that day in November. For many others, it will be an opportunity to celebrate the successes of the past two years and the making of America great again.
This really all goes back to November 2016. The leftist mobs weren’t just disappointed that Hillary Clinton had not won. They were enraged that she lost. Yet they don’t blame Hillary or their poor choice of a candidate. They blame everyone else. Being a Republican or wearing a Trump MAGA hat can get you beaten, or worse. These leftist mobs want to forcibly control and suppress your ability as a citizen to support the candidate of YOUR choice. Don’t let them. Stand Your Ground.
If all the other Presidential visits are an indication the airport area won't hold all those that want to be there. It may be a good thing that the Dale is holding it's pagan celebration at the same time. It will draw away some of the "fodder" used by the radicals to swell their mobs. Read the Flyover Center webpage to get an idea of just how filled with hate they are. After you read it ask yourself if you have ANYTHING in common! There is a reason that Jackson county was the major vote center for the late great socialist hope from New York.
Was the business card from the vile Patriot Front in a stamped envelope delivered by the USPS? If not this is a violation of Federal Law and should be reported to Postal Officials for investigation.
What if it was stuck between the front door and a jamb?
Aaahhhh! The soothing sounds of liberals heads exploding over a presidential visit as thousands of migrants are marching toward our borders. How typical.
Are you implying that Trump has not been able to solve the immigration problem? Perhaps it is his fault: America is such a great place now that everyone wants to come here! ;^)
I don’t know how you feel Mike,but I think America IS a great place. If it weren’t for the liberals and sanctuary cities and crying for illegals rights,the president would solve the problem. Emmanuel made Chicago a sanctuary city and he can’t control the violence and murders now and yet he focuses on protecting illegals?
(1) Illegal immigrants are not a major factor in the rate violent crime. You seem to have forgotten that you are supposed to blame blacks for violent crime.
(2) A leader, whether a governor or president, has to be able to solve problems in the given political environment. Rauner had a fantasy that he could make Democrats do as he wished. Trump will not be able to force his plutocratic agenda on America without resistance.
(3) The flip side, those who want a fairer more just society have to accept the people as they are. A lot of Democrats have a hard time with that.
1) I reading comprehension. Nowhere did I say illegals were responsible for any violent crimes ,I was saying Emmanuel can’t handle a situation ( Chicago murders) because of his incompetence and yet he picks up the liberals vote getting banner of protecting illegals,much to my polnt is how you just defended them . They’re here ILLEGALLY Mike, get it. They’ve already broken our first law.
2.) I have no interest in defending Rauner,you are right. I You stated maybe Trump hasn’t solved the immigration problems,then go on to say his agendas will be met with resistance. Why ,oh why,can’t he get new immigration laws passed?
3) ?
Not2serious Oct 22, 2018 4:52am,
1. You connected being a sanctuary city with violent crime. If you have reconsidered this, good for you.
2. W tried. The far right blocked him. Obama focused of the ACA his first two years. He won that, but then the far right Tea Party emerged. Then the GOP took the House. Immigration reform became impossible. The outlines of a deal are clear: a path for legalization for long-term, otherwise lawful abiding, illegal immigrants, development aid for nearby poor countries, better boarder protection, e-verify, and a broader guest worker program. The left can be stupid at times, but it has been the far right that has blocked immigration reform. Perhaps racism is playing a role here.
3. E.g., if you call people deplorable they will not vote for you no matter how good your policy proposals are.
1) Again MMike,pay attention,I connected an incompetent democratic mayor with his policies (sanctuary cities) to show that he cannot handle the situations that arise in his own city while piling on more bad policy decisions ( sanctuary cities) You brought violence and race into the conversation. Typical left tactic,distraction to confuse the situation,much like using the term immigrant for both illegal and legal immigrants.
2. Obama should have focused on immigration instead of his disastrous Obamacare ( you can keep your doctor.....) He had both houses and made a bad choice. The president has done more in 18 months than Obama did in 8 years,and what is the left focus, resist,investigate and impeach.
3) The policies of Clinton were line my pockets ,use my position to line my pockets, use the feminists movement to line my pockets,do anything I can to line my pockets.Although I strongly disagree with the president ‘s name calling,it proves that if your policies are sound people will vote for you no matter what!
You know doubt have read the accounts of the terror minded individuals already identified in this mob headed for the free goodies of American Leftist ideology.
Maybe those people think America is better than the corruption and gang violence they are trying to escape. It just reinforces my opinion that America is a great country, a source of opportunity and a whole a lot better than a lot of other countries on this troubled planet.
Good let's direct them to Seattle, Portland and San Fran and the Beverly Hills area of LA. They would be welcome there and blend in.
Any sort of disruptive protest will just feed Trump's narrative. He loves to troll. If people feel compelled to protest, make it a silent vigil. Better yet, vote. Get your friends to vote.
A "disruptive protest" is exactly what the left is planning with this announcement. Money is changing hands, buses are being arranged and the call is out for bused in radicals to do as much destruction as possible. This is the organized anarchy, chaos and law breaking of "community organization" groups on the radical left.
This makes sense. The Daily Egyptian reported SIU may be receiving a BUILD grant. What better place than where the aviation and automotive technology departments are located.
With bost and Trump together they have an opportunity to do a remake of Dumb and Dumber. Bost looks and acts like the warden on Shawshank Redemption.
~U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a civil rights activist who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and in the 1960s worked to desegregate businesses in Cairo, spoke this past Tuesday in East St. Louis at a campaign event for Kelly.~
Very odd placement of the above paragraph in this Trump-related article. It really seemed out-of-place and awkwardly inserted to perhaps meet some equal opportunity standard imposed by The SI. A Bost picture must be accompanied by a Kelly picture or people will squawk.
You beat me to it, Sheepdog2020
"Virtue" signalling....symbolism over substance.
He is a con artist. You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can fool southern Illinoisans most of the time.
This is working out well. With the rally being held at the airport, Carbondale/SIUC can still have their drunken orgy downtown. BTW, I heard a local radio station listing area Halloween observances. When the Carbondale event was mentioned the announcer said, "That is Carbondale's pre-Halloween event held on the Strip. It is not a family-friendly event." Carbondale and SIUC sure know how to sell themselves to the community at large.
You don't know what your talking about! Get informed!
Some only have hate as an idea. That loses every time. Why not just at least listen to the President and be civil ? Are you listening little Dickey ?
Welcome to Southern Illinois, Mr. President.
What a lost opportunity for SIUC! Had it been the Arena the BOT could have presented him with an honorary doctorate just like another American University did for the late Reverend Dr. Ian Paisley.
At least Trump isn't speaking in Carbondale. That's somewhat of a relief. It would have been a major conflict with the Halloween festival otherwise.
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