Trump failed to receive more than 50 percent of the vote in the 24th District in the April Republican presidential primary – his worst performance in Upstate New York.
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When that man was arrested, more problems arose as protesters began to spray water and throw empty plastic bottles at police.
Having overcome a multimillion-dollar “Never Trump” campaign aimed at blocking him from the Republican nomination, he’s now benefiting from a wave of GOP donors, party leaders, voters and conservative groups that are uniting under a new banner: “Never Hillary”.
Protesters and supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump clash outside Trump’s event.
Trump is also scheduled to appear later in the day at a rally in San Diego, where police are also taking precautions to prevent the kind of violence that has occurred at previous protests against the Republican presidential candidate.
By late in the evening, authorities cleared the Gaslamp Quarter and herded several hundred people onto Harbor Drive as police in helicopters called for the protesters to disperse.
“I think he has touched a part of our electorate that doesn’t like where our country is”, Pollard said.
John Eastman, a law professor at the Orange-based Chapman University who backed Cruz, said he might not decide on supporting Trump until after the convention. At last report 35 arrests in the Gaslamps area of the city had been made.
Trump has pledged to build a wall along the USA border with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants.
Demonstrators should bring USA rather than Mexican flags to avoid sparking conflict, said Mejia, who fears protesters from outside Fresno will bring violence to his town.
As Trump spoke inside the San Diego Convention Center, more than 1,000 protesters demonstrated outside the venue.
Sanders’ campaign had been aggressively advocating for a debate with Trump after the idea was raised during an appearance by the NY billionaire on a talk show this week.
Sanders, a US senator from Vermont, expressed disappointment on Friday.
Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks said that such a debate is not formalized yet, but Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said that “a few discussions” have been carried out between the two camps. Trump still remains the presumptive nominee until delegates formally cast their ballots at the Republican convention.
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“However, I will not sit idly by and let Hillary Clinton become the next president”, he wrote in an email to fellow board members of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
