Posted on 05/28/2016 7:29:51 AM PDT by mandaladon
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Donald Trump brought his message of walls and deportations to the doorstep of America’s busiest border crossing on Friday as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee greeted supporters in San Diego, amid one of the largest counter-protests organized against him.
The scene inside the San Diego Convention Center during Trump's speech was relatively placid, while outside demonstrators opposed to his controversy-ridden White House bid marched and chanted, carrying signs criticizing his rhetoric against illegal immigration.
Waving U.S. and Mexican flags, more than 1,000 people turned out for anti-trump rallies in San Diego, a city on the U.S.-Mexico border whose San Ysidro port of entry sees nearly 300,000 people a day cross legally between the countries.
San Diego is considered a binational city by many who live and work on opposite sides of the border, and about a third of the city's population is Latino.
During Trump's speech on Friday, some protesters outside the convention center scaled a barrier and lobbed water bottles at police. One man was pulled off the wall and arrested as others were surrounded by fellow protesters and backed away from the confrontation.
After the convention center emptied, clusters of Trump supporters and anti-Trump demonstrators began to mix in the streets, many exchanging shouted epithets and some throwing water bottles at one another.
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But more than 10,000 supporters. They never mention how many supporters are at the rallies. Hateful dishonest media slime.
When is the press going to get the vapors over the democrat thug violence?
NEVER as long as it’s their THUGS doing the violence.
When is Hillary going to be called on to condemn the thugs who are attempting to shut down Traditional American’s free speech... Just because they hate traditional Americans?
When will Sanders condemn the violence of democrat thugs?
NEVER. Never as long as the butt kissers at the New York Times, LA Times, and Washington Post pretend it doesn’t matter as long as the thugs are democrat.
Chris Matthews have you turned your back on working Americans?
Eff the liberals and their butt-kissers in the MSM and their double standards, and their blinders ‘on’ - - but only for one side. Eff ‘em to hell.
That’s including the media. They were protesting Trump also.
ROTFLMAO. Until now, I’ve never thought of it quite that way.
Thank you for letting us know the number INSIDE the rally. (Read the story, could not find that number.)
LOL!
Seems like they were there in equal numbers.
I wonder how many protesters would be there if they weren’t getting paid.
I’m guessing not many. These “protests” are feigned outrage in exchange for a few dollars.
The people who support trump would eagerly get up at 4 am to see him.
Yes
professional protestors paid for by commies and soros
In twenty years California has become almost unlivable in many places. Let’s see what the vote there is this time.
Trump has as many protesters at his rallies as Cruz had supporters.
And not often is it mentioned that the San Diego Police did an outstanding job of handling it.
I watched some of this on the news last night, they announced in advance they would have a zero tolerance policy toward violence, very good move, and when it started to look ugly, police in full riot gear lined up and advanced, slowly, and the protesters didn’t seem to want to step into that fray, they backed off.
From news reports this morning, 35 arrested, no police injuries.
The San Diego police deserve credit for handling this very well. I hope the Cleveland Police get a hint...They will have a real problem on their hands if they don’t handle it the same way. The main idea is to announce ahead of time a zero tolerance policy toward violence. Let them know you will not stand by and watch. Then get police out there in numbers, in full riot gear, and watch the videos from last night to see how they should act. It was very well done. Without sound they LOOKED very menacing. Their forward progress was slow and determined, but they gave the impression they intended to give no ground. That is a very big part of it too. Make sure you look like you mean business. I hope Cleveland gets the message.
Ground Zero.
I guess mother Mexico wouldn’t put up with the behavior of her own miscreants within its borders. Here in Estados Unitos they can be the fools they are with impunity. Its time we unleash the dogs and water cannons on these filth.
Eisenhower deported a whole slog of illegal misfits out of the country, and it was not an entirely messy thing.
Now, with a lot of these wetbacks, yes, i said wetbacks, it just might come to guns.
Imagine American troops back home from overseas, where all they could do was read and shake their heads about this ‘stuff’, now on the border facing those that have made the ‘stuff’.
Time to cowboy up!
“San Diego is considered a binational city by many who live and work on opposite sides of the border, and about a third of the city’s population is Latino.”
Leave it to the propaganda press to compare apples and oranges. What percent of the city’s population is illegal immigrants?
I could care less how many illegals protested Trump. This California girl is going to vote for him in the primary and in the general election.
“I hope the Cleveland Police get a hint...”
Thanks for raising this issue. I can almost guarantee that the Cleveland/Ohio police will ensure that there will be a totally different outcome simply because their approach will be different than the SDPD. Better? Worse? I don’t know, but it won’t be the same.
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