Activist Claude Taylor of Mad Dog PAC brought an inflatable rat resembling the president to the protest, along with โ€œbabyโ€ Trump balloons. Photo by J.M. Giordano.

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With Donald Trump and GOP members of Congress in town for the House Republican Conference on Thursday, about 150 anti-Trump protesters gathered at the corner of President Street and Eastern Avenue to โ€œwelcomeโ€ the president.

Trump came to Harbor East to speak at the first day of the Republican retreat at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Joining his protesters were a handful of the presidentโ€™s supporters, who met them at the opposite corners.