“I beat him 20 times”, Trump said to the delight of the crowd.
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Later, the sheriff, wearing civilian clothes, introduced Trump at the rally. On Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham said he would help Cruz’s fundraising efforts but stopped short of offering his endorsement to his senate colleague.
One Trump supporter yelled, “learn to speak English”. He took particular exception to a protester who donned a Ku Klux Klan-style hood.
“It’s easy for bullies like Sheriff Arpaio to pick on people who have no power, but if I’m elected president, the president of the United States does have the power”, Sanders said.
Anti-Donald Trump protesters blocked an Arizona highway and created a traffic nightmare in a bid to keep the GOP front-runner and his supporters from attending a Saturday rally in Fountain Hills. That event drew thousands to hear the men speak.
Three people were arrested, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office said.
Video from NBC’s Jacob Rascon showed one driver confronting protesters and screaming at them to get off the road.
“This is causing huge issues for us”, Enriquez told CNN, adding that authorities were in the process of towing the vehicles.
Donald Trump is bringing his get-tough message on illegal immigration to metro Phoenix, where voters have more than a decade of pent-up anger about the problem.
Trump’s rally was due to start at 11:00am local time and was delayed by the protests.
Trump eventually made his way to the podium at Forest Park and took an unusually short 30 minutes to address his supporters about building a wall bordering Mexico, renegotiating trade deals, and voting for him on Tuesday in Arizona’s presidential primary.
The protesters waved signs and played drums.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign has seized on the Trump-Arpaio parallel in a Spanish-language radio ad pitching Clinton as the best candidate to beat Trump. Further, he has been accused of a wide range of offenses, including, but not limited to: abuse of power, failure to investigate sex crimes, improper clearance of cases, unlawful enforcement of immigration laws, and misuse of funds.
Trump rallies have grown increasingly unruly as the months-long campaign has progressed. On Friday night, demonstrators clashed with police and supporters outside a Trump rally in Salt Lake City.
No arrests were made. He argued that his ability to clinch the Democratic nomination is hinged upon the fact that the West, which holds a number of primary contests in coming weeks, is “friendlier” to his campaign.
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Meanwhile in New York City, anti-fascist group Cosmopolitan AFA, launched the #CrushTrump protest in Columbus Circle, near Trump Tower. People are now seeing it. And you know what? 1070 and that allows police to try to determine the immigration status of anybody arrested or detained when officers have “reasonable suspicion” the person is in the US illegally.
