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Members of the Allen County Democratic Party gathered Friday evening in front of the Allen County Courthouse as part of the 50-50-1 Movement’s “Defend the Constitution” national protest. According to Allen County Democratic Party Chair Rochelle Twining, the purpose of the protest is to honor veterans and the U.S. Constitution they fought to protect.

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“Our public schools are secular, and we have to protect that — not just for anyone else of different faiths, or no faith, or whatever it may be, but to protect people of faith, too,” Gaines said. “This is their choice, outside of a government institution, to raise their children in a particular faith. But when other children are exposed to it during the school day, when it’s disrupting instruction and, by extension, using taxpayer funds — that’s when it becomes a problem.”

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 Jeff Sites Allen County Democratic Executive Committee Chair, “Well, we just have to go out and talk. We invite people to our meetings all the time. That way we can converse with them. We’re going to do social media obviously, e-mail marketing that we can reach out to the democratic voters here in Allen County.”

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As President Trump and Democrats continue to dig in deeper over 5.7 billion dollars in funding for more sections of a border wall, one Ohio senator is working with others to find a solution. Senator Rob Portman has joined a bipartisan group of U.S. senators to examine a solution to end the deadlock between President Trump and Democratic party leaders.