Protesters Urged To Turn Out For Obama's Lakehurst, N.J., Visit

Members of the group the Coalition to Impeach Obama NOW! were being urged to hold a protest near Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst today for the arrival of President Barack Obama, a group spokeman said in an email to Patch.

Protesters were urged to arrive at the McGuire entrance to the base, at the intersection of Route 680 and Wrightstown-Cookstown Road, starting about 8:30 this morning.

The timing of the arrival of the president, who is scheduled to deliver remarks expressing his gratitude for the service and sacrifice of troops and their families in the war in Afghanistan, was not announced, but according to the White House he will be speaking to the troops about 2:45 p.m.

The president’s remarks will be streamed live at www.whitehouse.gov/live.

The visit is intended to recognize the end of combat operations in Afghanistan 13 years after they began. Gov. Chris Christie and Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez will be attending the speech, according to nj.com.

The arrival and departure of Air Force One are open to pre-credentialed media, but closed to the public. The president’s remarks at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst are open to pre-credentialed media, but closed to the public, according to the White House.

Roger Ogden of the Coalition to Impeach Obama NOW said the protest and call for impeachment are in response to the president’s amnesty declaration for undocumented immigrants.