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Cleveland librarian Jonathan Harris "wants to make America read again" by handing out books to protestors and Republican National Convention attendees from "a crate on the back of his bike filled with books and a very literal reading of the city's guidelines," Bustle reported.
"Cleveland said you're allowed to hand out literature, so why not come down and hand out some books," Harris said, adding: "Mostly we're just here going, 'Hey, literacy is awesome.' Read a book while you're bored. It'll be something that'll be easier on your phone battery than catching a Pokemon."
Harris told Buzzfeed: "It started with seeing a post about the Strand selling the Make America Read Again hat, but the going downtown and handing out books part was something that only got planned in the last week or two.... I've handed out books to a pretty varied crowd, from SDS, to a delegate from Texas, and to a few RTA employees taking a lunch break. Nobody, even here, is going to make a point of hating reading or libraries."