Posted on 03/19/2016 11:02:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) -
Trump protesters were blocking vehicles leading into Fountain Hills in advance of Donald Trump’s campaign stop Saturday morning.
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies were seen directing tow trucks to start hauling the violators away.
Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers pulled up to assist deputies at Shea Boulevard and State Route 87, where protestors, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, maneuvered their vehicles to block traffic.
Earlier in the morning, protesters were lining up in Phoenix in advance of Donald Trump’s appearance at a campaign event at the Phoenix Convention Center.
Trump was appearing with Sean Hannity at 9 a.m. for a town hall meeting.
Protesters were staging in Tonatierra Park and planned to march to the event in a peaceful protest.
They were carrying a message they want Trump to hear.
“We don’t want you here in Arizona,” said protester Salvador Reza. “We don’t want your hate.”
Protesters will march several blocks to where Trump will speak.
“We want to make sure that people know that not everyone is in agreement with Donald Trump,” Reza said. “There’s more than 50 percent of people who don’t want him.”
Trump is bringing his get-tough message on illegal immigration to Ground Zero.
“He’s already talking about building walls, not bridges. In the modern era, that’s not acceptable,” Reza said.
[RELATED: Trump rally to be held in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's hometown]
Trump supporters were out in full force, including Tim Tashio.
"“I want him to undo all the things the previous administration has forced upon us,’’ Tashio said.
Another supporter said Trump is a leader.
"Something we sorely need in this country now," Frank Tortorici said. "He says what he needs to say."
Following the downtown event, Trump will hold a rally Saturday at 11 a.m. at a park in Fountain Hills, the hometown of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The lawman is a Trump ally known for immigration crackdowns that made him politically popular, but they were eventually barred by the courts.
Hundreds of immigrant rights advocates who have opposed the sheriff's tactics plan to line up outside the Trump event. They will be joined by members of a union that represents hotel workers and military veterans who say Trump is using hateful speech toward Muslims.
Francisca Porchas, organizing director for the Puente Movement, a civil-rights group in Phoenix, said her group sees Trump's views on immigration as being the same as the sheriff's.
"We want the Trump rise -- the Trump effect -- to end," Porchas said.
[RELATED: Arizona offers model for how Trump might win the White House]
In an interview, Arpaio said he isn't concerned about violence erupting at the park but that his officers are able to handle such situations. The town where the event is being held doesn't have its own police department, and Arpaio's office provides police protection there.
"If they violate the law, they will go to the tents," Arpaio said, referring to his practice of jailing people outdoors in surplus military tents. "I will have my vans out there to transport people who violate the law."
Where do I contribute?
And if they resist arrest they'll get their commie ass beat.
In Seattle some years ago a jumper on a bridge blocked traffic for hours. People were heard to yell things like “just jump!”.
In a later analysis by the news people who had been blocked by this jumper it was revealed that there was a heart in a cooler for a child coming from the airport enroute to a hospital. With only so many hours available...
And many other terrible disruptions for people.
Since that time I have become very intolerant of blockers of traffic. I think they should have the harshest penalties possible.
Best way to protest the protesters:
VOTE TRUMP
Idiot protesters. How many people are going to be angry at them for not being able to get to work on time? Not being able to pick up their kids? Not being able to get to a doctor? Being late to the airport? etc., etc.
That’s “puta” movement
AZ democratic party is tweeting support for the protesters.
I would suggest conservatives & Trump supporters do the same thing to a Bernie or Hillary event however -we’re busy working and spending valuable time with our families.
“Don’t they mean anti-Trump protesters?”
Deliberately misleading.
Love both scenarios!
LMAO
Breakingnews.com has a photo of anti-Trump protestors marching in NY. Photo taken using angle that makes crowd number impossible to estimate, so probably small.
Prominent pre-made pro sign: “Trump Is A Capitalist Pig!”
They act like that’s a bad thing.
Drudge should call them what they are. Liberals, not protesters. In big red headlines.
Remember how the Israelis dealt with pancake girl? Bring on the steamrollers!
PROTESTS LIKE THIS ELECTED NIXON PRESIDENT, AND REAGAN CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR
THIS IS IN EFFECT A TRUMP GET OUT THE VOTE RALLY. ILLINOIS PROTESTS BROUGHT TRUMP A BIG WIN, ARIZONA IS GOING TO BE A BLOWOUT FOR TRUMP.
Yes, or anti Trump protesters
Traffic backed up “miles and miles” according to ABC 15. Using Google Earth and live imagery to estimate. It’s more like about 3 miles at 87 and Shea.
This isn’t protesting, it’s anti-free speech fascists attempting to silence political discourse they don’t agree with. I would feel exactly the same way if it were anti Hillary or Bernie activists blocking traffic, but we all know that’s never going to happen.
““I want him to undo all the things the previous administration has forced upon us,’’ Tashio said.
For all you people posting endless vanities wondering how anyone could ever support Trump, there’s your answer in 15 words.
What are you even talking about? The people to blame for the leftist thug riots and protests are the leftist thugs.
Ted Cruz certainly isn’t to blame, he sympathizes with their cause.
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