Giannatti tells Gawker that anti-Trump protesters weren’t allowed to approach the San Diego Convention Center, where Trump held his rally, but that afterwards, supporters were allowed to harass the protesters without getting stopped by police.
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He explained, “We saw in San Jose these protesters starting to pelt stuff on Trump supporters”. One officer suffered minor injuries after a dozen or more people were punched and vehicle windows were broken Thursday night.
Pointing at the man, Trump said, “Oh, look at my African-American over here!”
But Friday afternoon’s rally was peaceful as supporters from Redding and neighboring towns gathered as early as 8 a.m. local time (1500 GMT) to catch a glimpse of the candidate, many wearing hats emblazoned with Trump’s signature slogan: “Make America Great Again”.
Cheadle was much more critical of government in February, when he appeared at a rally honoring OR militant LaVoy Finicum, who was part of the group led by Ammon Bundy that seized the Malheur National Wildlife Reserve in Oregon.
Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said in an emailed statement that the campaign was “looking into” the incident.
The applause grew strong and there was even a “build the wall” chant when he talked about the need for strong borders to stop drug trafficking and his push to get Mexico to pay for the wall. Kayleigh McEnany, a CNN commentator who has defended nearly all of his incendiary statements, said “he shouldn’t have made that comment, that’s for sure”.
Although Clinton leads Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the delegate count, Sanders argues that he still has a path to the Democratic presidential nomination.
After the president, who praised embattled DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, wrapped up his speech, reporters overheard him say, “I’m out of practice, I haven’t campaigned in a while”, he said, when asking for some tea to keep him hydrated.
“The overwhelming majority of people felt offense, which kind of startled me”.
On Friday, Donald Trump tried to prove he doesn’t have a problem with race.
Next up on Trump’s campaign of gaffes that are not gaffes because he’s Donald Trump: Muslims. “I respect him for that”.
“I understand how reprehensible and disgraceful Donald Trump’s positions are”, he continued.
“We’ve got a lot of people here out of work”, said Joyce Tausch, a 78-year-old retiree who lives in Redding.
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Obama said Republicans have “no coherent economic theory”.
