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The Republican Presidential candidates meet opposition at USF debate listen

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Tags: GOP, USF Tampa, Students for a Democratic Society, Occupy Tampa, PUSH, Student Labor Action Project, Awake Pinellas, Fight Back Florida, Barack Obama, protests, SDS, Florida primary election, 2012 Election

The Republican Presidential debate at the University of South Florida was crucial for those four candidates, but many groups oppose their agenda. Hundreds flooded the campus to fight back against the positions of candidates on immigration, LGBT issues and tuition hikes.

Outside USF’s administration building more than 200 people held up signs. Some shouted speeches through bullhorns before marching to the site of the debate. The groups were greeted and riled up by Dus...