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From: Debbie Kniaht-Marshall <br />To: 2Mavor <br />Subject: [External] No to the America First Rally at Riverside Convention Center <br />Date: Friday, July 16, 2021 11:35:43 AM <br />Dear Mayor Lock Dawson, <br />I am a life-long Riverside resident, parent and teacher with the Riverside Unified <br />School District. I love my city, but I am very upset that the city government is <br />allowing the America First Rally at the Riverside Convention Center. Why is our city <br />allowing two members of congress, neither of whom are from our area, let alone our <br />state, to spew lies about the election, anti -vaccination misinformation and hate on <br />the poor and people of color? Are you ready to do national news interviews about <br />supporting the racism and white -nationalist propaganda that Taylor Greene and <br />Gaetz spread? Frankly, I don't want another time where Riverside has its name <br />spread through the mud, being known as a racist city. Have you forgotten the <br />national news coverage about naming Martin Luther King High School in the 1990s? <br />Not to mention the 2020 King High School party where a Trump flag, confederate <br />flag and swastika hung on the wall which also made the national news. I love <br />Riverside and am proud to live here. I am not proud of this. Riverside should have <br />taken the same stance that Laguna Niguel did and told them to stay away. I am very <br />disappointed. Do better Riverside. <br />Sincerely, <br />Deborah Knight -Marshall <br />