Leslie Corp from Wolf Creek said she came out to "show my support for the shooting and my disgust for Obama." She believes the president turned the shooting into a political point. "He does not care about us," she said.
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Protestors await the arrival of President Barack Obama.
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George Starr of Winston joined protesters who objected to President Barack Obama's visit to Roseburg, following a community college shooting there. "I'm not protesting the man. I'm protesting his ideologies," Starr said.
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Mike and Tiffany Mires, St. Helens Oregon, "We're here to support the victims. They shouldn't be made as pawns because this happened to them and they're Christians."
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Rosalynn Cundick from Glide says she's here "to protest gun control and Obama." She said the president should focus on trouble in his neck of the woods, like Chicago — not Roseburg.
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"I'm here to show the president we will not stand for him and the government trying to take away the second amendment, or alter it to where it infringes on law abiding citizens," said Sweethome resident Mike Johnson, who joined protesters Oct. 9, 2015, in Roseburg.
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The front line of signs at the protest.
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Maxine Hansen from Roseburg didn't vote for President Obama. But she's here to hopefully catch a glimpse of him. "No, I don't protest him. I think we should respect our president regardless."
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Dave from north of Vancouver, Washington didn't want to give his last name. "I heard this guy is coming to down to the airport. I thought I would come down and say hi and then goodbye."
About 150 protesters gathered outside Roseburg Airport where President Obama is expected to land this afternoon. He'll be meeting with victim's families from last week's shooting at Umpqua Community College, which left 10 dead and another nine wounded.
John Palmer from Klamath Falls, was outside the Roseburg Airport Friday protesting Obama's visit.
"I respect the man's title and his office," he said. "Most people believe that he is politicizing this and using this as a platform for gun control and I don't think it's genuine. I don't think he really cares about the families and the loss and the tragedy. I think he cares more about pushing his agenda."
Obama is making the stop ahead of a meeting with Democrats in Seattle as well as a fundraiser in San Francisco.
Mike Mires drove down from St. Helens, Oregon to protest the President's visit.
"I don't think that he should've stopped," Mires said. "It's kind of like a quick stop on his way to raise money for his party and for his agenda, and he's just — like I say — he's using the victims and their families as pawns."
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