Lively protesters demand $15 minimum wage outside Fox News' GOP debate

A large, boisterous group of peaceful protesters has encircled the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, where Thursday night's GOP Debate on Fox News was to be held.

The protest, originally planned by groups led by Fight for 15, an organization calling for a hike in the United States' minimum wage to $15, also included protesters drawing attention to the ongoing water crisis in Flint. 

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The protest, which had begun earlier in the evening and had wound through the streets of Detroit, had reached the Fox Theater by 7 p.m. local time, a few hours ahead of the debate.

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At the Fox, protesters chanted, sang, and beat drums in a light snow as the debates' attendees arrived. 

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The Detroit Free Press reports that the groups will again gather to protest ahead of Sunday night's Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan. 

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According to CNN's Dylan Byers, there was little, if any, interaction between the protesters and the crowd arriving to attend the debate. 

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