Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan came to Fresno this weekend, as part of his West coast fundraising tour. The Wisconsin congressman briefly spoke at a fundraising dinner (tickets: $1,000 to $25,000) and didn’t say much that was newsworthy. Probably the most interesting part of the event was the protest rally organized by a dozen central California organizations and the counter protest rally, organized by the Fresno State College Republicans. Here are some of the photos I filed:
Pablo Reyes Morales (on right) and Fidel Quispe, both college students, protest outside a Paul Ryan fundraiser dinner at the Fresno, Calif. Convention Center on Saturday, September 8, 2012. Photo By GOSIA WOZNIACKA, AP.
Groups ranging from the Fresno County Democratic Party to the NAACP to National Pursuit of DREAM protest outside a Paul Ryan fundraiser dinner. Photo By GOSIA WOZNIACKA, AP.
Helen Calderon, a retiree, protests at an anti-Paul Ryan rally outside the Fresno, Calif. Convention Center, where Ryan spoke at a fundraiser dinner on Saturday, September 8, 2012. Photo by GOSIA WOZNIACKA, AP
Fresno State College Republicans face off Paul Ryan opponents at a rally outside the Fresno, Calif. convention center where Ryan spoke at a fundraiser dinner on Saturday, September 8, 2012. Photo by Gosia Wozniacka, AP.
Fresno State College Republicans face off Paul Ryan opponents. Photo by Gosia Wozniacka, AP.
People protest outside a Paul Ryan fundraiser dinner in Fresno. Photo By GOSIA WOZNIACKA, AP.