Cheers in Nashville, Jeers waiting for President in Atlanta

NASHVILLE (AP)

4:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump is hailing the Republican tax overhaul law during a pitch to rural America at a meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Trump notes in Nashville, Tennessee, that he’s the first president to address the group in a quarter-century.

He says tax cuts and the doubling of the threshold for the estate tax will help farmers.

Trump says “most family farms will be spared” now from the “deeply unfair estate tax,” adding that the GOP law will help farmers “keep your farms in the family.”

The president is also generating applause with his calls for the American flag and the national anthem to be “respected.” Trump was traveling to Atlanta later Monday for the College Football Playoff National Championship.

The Latest: Groups plan to protest Trump’s presence at game

ATLANTA (AP) – The Latest on demonstrations planned to protest the president’s visit to Atlanta for the College Football Playoff title game (all times local):

4:15 p.m.

Fans mulled around in a cold drizzle outside the stadium in downtown Atlanta before Monday night’s College Football Playoff title game, but there were no anti-Trump protesters in sight.

At least two groups had protests planned for later in the day, closer to the time of President Donald Trump’s arrival at the stadium for the game between the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia.

The NAACP Atlanta branch urged people to wear white and wave white towels when the president enters or is mentioned. The white is meant to mock the “snowflake” label Trump’s supporters use to describe those who oppose the president.

The NAACP also planned a “Twitter storm” to begin at 6 p.m. and continue through the game to highlight what they say are lies told by the president.

Another group, Refuse Fascism ATL, said it was planning a demonstration outside CNN’s world headquarters near Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The group plans to “take a knee” there at 6:30 p.m.

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NAACP encourages fans to wave anti-Trump towels at College Football Playoff title game https://t.co/kkiLrk23fg via @usatoday #AllTrumpsLies #AllTrumpsLiesATL

— NAACP Atlanta (@NAACPAtlanta) January 8, 2018