The Tampa Police Department (TPD) disrupted a brief scuffle between the protesters and TPUSA attendees, after they began counter-protesting and chanting "USA" to the swarm of protesters shouting about a myriad of issues. But the message was much broader this weekend as protesters held signs and chanted about a range of issues, from "Free Palestine" chants, rejecting the war in Gaza, to a "No ICE on campus" poster, speaking out against ICE raids targeting illegal immigrants. The protesters accused TPUSA of "turning our city into the staging ground for its largest youth indoctrination summit of the year … to spread an extremist agenda across schools, universities, and communities."
Author: Deirdre Heavey, Matt Leach
Published at: 2025-07-12 22:32:29
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