Posted on 04/29/2016 6:43:15 AM PDT by StCloudMoose
Raucous crowds of protesters took to the streets late Thursday in California as Donald Trump brought his Republican presidential campaign to conservative Orange County after sweeping the Northeast GOP primaries.
Dozens of protesters were mostly peaceful as Trump gave his speech inside the Pacific Amphitheater. After the event, however, the demonstration grew rowdy and spilled into the streets.
At least four people were arrested and one Trump supporter had his face bloodied in a scuffle as he tried to drive out of the arena. One man jumped on a police car, leaving its front and rear windows smashed and the top dented in and other protests sprayed graffiti on a police car and the venue's marquee.
Dozens of cars -- including those of Trump supporters trying to leave -- were stuck in the street as several hundred demonstrators blocked the road, waved Mexican flags and posed for selfies.
Police in riot gear and on horseback pushed the crowd back and away from the venue. There were no major injuries and police did not use any force.The crowd began dispersing about three hours after the speech ended.
Earlier in the evening, a half-dozen anti-Trump protesters taunted those waiting to get into the venue. Trump supporters surrounded one man who waved a Mexican flag and shouted "Build that wall! Build that wall!" -- a reference to Trump's call to create a barrier between the United States and Mexico to stop illegal border crossings.
At one point, seven women wearing no shirts and Bernie Sanders stickers over their breasts entered the square outside the amphitheater. They said they were protesting Trump's lack of engagement on issues of gender equality and women's rights.
"I feel like he wants to make America great again, but certainly not for women, for the LBGTQ community or for the lower class," said one of the women, Tiernan Hebron. "He has, like, done nothing to help with gender equality or women's rights or reproductive rights or anything."
Trump has drawn large crowds across the country as he has campaigned for the White House and some of his events have been marred by incidents both inside and outside these venues.
One More Thing....
Go Trump.
BTTT
Just like Democratic Dum-ass union agitators these illegals just don’t get it and only solidify the hard working PO’d Americans on sending them back to where they came from.
Good for them,couldn’t say it better id I tried
Where are the Hell’s Angels for Trump, I thought they were going to do their part to quell these riots.
People like that are the reason I mastered long range rifle shooting.
See, those dang Trump supporters always causing trouble and fomenting viole.............. oh wait. What? Free speech for me but not for thee. Now I see.
And they say it’s no invasion. There are large swaths of Southern California where the allegiance is to Mexico, not America. And that’s just fine with the Democrats, who have similar allegiances and such soaring ideals of a world without borders. Their stupidity will the death of us all.
“Refugees” flying the flag of the sewer that they supposed fled from. It’s one ****ed up world out there. BTW: Obama is a liar. These are not “refuges”, they are invaders. Wake up America!!!
Keep protesting and waving those Mexican flags! The more people that see you the better! Oh, and enjoy America while you can because we are going to kick your a$$e$ out!
Especially for hitting strategically placed blocks of tannerite.
Well, that shouuld show everyone how wrong Trump is when he says mexican illegals are, in many cases, lawless and violent!
The tide raises all boats.
Trump won't let this go unnoticed.
Mexicans are short, aim a foot lower.
Hey, D-bag! (not you, Moose) While I'm sure The Donald appreciates the mistaken identity, it was God's own decision, not Donald's, to make women physically inferior to men.
Blaming Trump for what is obvious, baked-in, permanent gender inequality is like me blaming my dog for the cracked driveway.
It was never his fault/problem. It never will be.
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