The president will be arriving in Roseburg today to meet privately with the families of those who were killed or injured in the shooting at Umpqua Community College that happened a little over a week ago. After a vocal outcry by the Roseburg community at large, the White House has been forced to backtrack on Obama’s initial “politicizing” of the shooting and made to make the visit a “private” one.

The people of Roseburg are waiting – and not with open arms.

President Obama travels to Roseburg today to meet with UCC victims and families. Protest planned for 11 am. #liveonktvl #uccshooting

— Jacqueline Garrity (@garrityjackie) October 9, 2015

But as soon as Obama is finished in Roseburg, he is headed north to Seattle to start a weekend trip.

Pres Obama leaves the WH this morning on a 4 day fundraising and holiday weekend golf trip to WA and CA. Stops in Roseburg, OR on way west.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 9, 2015

This trip west had been on the books as a fundraising one since mid-September, so Roseburg was just an add-on to Obama’s usual treatment of trips west, especially to Washington state, as a chance to hit up the Democrat ATM machine. It also explains why Obama is going to Roseburg, despite the local sentiment and planned protest against his visit. It would have looked incredibly bad to bypass Roseburg while he was already scheduled to be on the West Coast – and he HAD to make those fundraisers. After Seattle, the president is scheduled to fly to San Francisco, and then Los Angeles and San Diego for more DNC fundraisers. The golf is just his usual weekend activity, and he’ll get to use the California courses.

So, he will visit Roseburg, because he has to, and then head off to do his real work this weekend – golf. And he’ll raise money in between playing holes.