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Protesters Punch, Throw Eggs at Trump Supporters in Calif.
NBC Los Angeles ^ | By Kristofer Noceda and Riya Bhattacharjee

Posted on 06/03/2016 7:05:34 AM PDT by Red Badger

Several supporters of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee were seen chased and taunted by protesters

Donald Trump supporters leaving the presumptive GOP nominee's rally in San Jose on Thursday were pounced by protesters, some of whom threw punches and eggs.

The protesters chased and taunted Trump's supporters outside the San Jose Convention Center. They surrounded one woman and threw eggs and bottles at her.

"It was unbelievable," said Steve Tong, a Cupertino resident who attended the Trump rally.

Tong said after the rally, he was walking toward a nearby parking structure and saw protesters surrounding and taunting an elderly couple.

"I've never seen anything like that in America before," Tong said.

Tong also said he saw protesters smash car windows inside the parking structure.

The San Jose Police Department said there were a few arrests made, but it did not provide specific numbers or information on those arrests. There was no significant property damage reported. One officer was assaulted, police said.

"Our police officers have done an extremely courageous and professional job so far," San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo told The Associated Press by phone. "We're all still holding our breath to see the outcome of this dangerous and explosive situation."

The mayor, a Democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter, criticized Trump for coming to cities and igniting problems that local police departments had to deal with.

"At some point Donald Trump needs to take responsibility for the irresponsible behavior of his campaign," Liccardo said.

Such protests are unlikely to be repeated on Friday when Trump holds a rally at the airport in the much smaller and more conservative city of Redding about 150 miles north of Sacramento.

Adam Rivas, a 22-year-old community college student who was born and raised in San Jose, was holding a spray-painted sign that read "Dump Trump" on Thursday.

Rivas said he was particularly disturbed by Trump's remarks about Mexicans.

"For any one Mexican here he bashes, there are about 20 Mexicans out there who are hardworking and just doing their job,'' he said.

It's not only supporters attending the inside of the rally. Mike Kennedy, who works in development and lives in nearby Los Gatos said as he walked in that he "came to see the spectacle, and see Trump's minions.''

Trump's appearance in Sacramento Wednesday night drew a very small group of protesters that was dwarfed by thousands of supporters. But California campaign rallies last week saw some clashes between protesters, supporters and police that led to several arrests.

During the rally at South Hall, an annex of the San Jose Convention Center, Trump addressed about 5,000 supporters in attendance.

Trump discussed Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. He called Clinton "pathetic" and accused Sanders of "rigging the system."

The Republican presidential candidate also continued his stance on toughening immigration laws.

"We're going to bring people into this county, but we're going to bring them in legally," Trump said.

Thursday was Trump's latest Bay Area stop to woo voters with his trademark "Make America Great Again" rally.

Thursday's rally is slightly over a month since Trump was forced to skirt a highway wall on U.S. 101 and hop down onto a grassy embankment to avoid an angry mob who was protesting his appearance at the California GOP convention in Burlingame.

Due to security concerns, a handful of roads surrounding the convention center have been closed down, which already created a midday backup in downtown San Jose.

His appearance, like the last time around on April 29, prompted a heavy police presence, and sources say the San Jose Police Department asked officers to volunteer to work overtime for Thursday's rally.

According to his calendar, Trump has no scheduled stops in Oakland, a city he declared to a New York Times Magazine reporter was among the “most dangerous” in the world.

In fact, Trump's speech was held at the same time as Game 1 of the NBA Finals where the Golden State Warriors played the Cleveland Cavaliers at Oracle Arena in Oakland.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; ca; california; election2016; newyork; protesters; sanjose; tedvotersforhillary; trump
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1 posted on 06/03/2016 7:05:34 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger; admin

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/politics/Donald-Trump-Rally-in-San-Jose-Draws-Protesters-381728251.html

Please fix. I left off the links...................


2 posted on 06/03/2016 7:06:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!..........................)
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“”I’ve never seen anything like that in America before,” Tong said.

Welcome to the third world, courtesy of BOTH parties!


3 posted on 06/03/2016 7:08:01 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: Red Badger

Look at the Drudge headlines. That is Hillary’s coalition. Mob violence, foreign flags, America on fire.


4 posted on 06/03/2016 7:08:43 AM PDT by Williams (Dear God please save us from the democrats. And the republicans.)
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To: Williams

San Jose Mayor Justifies Mob Violence

http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/2002680


5 posted on 06/03/2016 7:10:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!..........................)
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“Rivas said he was particularly disturbed by Trump’s remarks about Mexicans.”

And you can see what happens when Mexican illegals get upset.

They surround a lone American woman and spit on her and call her a puta, a whore, and smash eggs on her. It could have been much worse.

These are the Mexican family values that the Bush Republicans and the Obama Democrats have been forcing on the people of California, and soon on all of the rest of you.


6 posted on 06/03/2016 7:10:09 AM PDT by Pelham (Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
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To: Red Badger

At 61 years old, I’ve never seen so much hatred and bigotry from any group like this. The Democrats who attacked the Trump supporters are the product of years of hatred and bigotry birth and nurtured by the Democrats. This is the US reaping when the Democrats have sown. Hate, division, racism, bigotry, and division.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/violence-breaks-trump-rally-san-jose-protesters-hurl/story?id=39576437


7 posted on 06/03/2016 7:10:45 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: Red Badger

> They surrounded one woman and threw eggs and bottles at her.

Because they support women’s rights.


8 posted on 06/03/2016 7:11:19 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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9 posted on 06/03/2016 7:13:06 AM PDT by Pelham (Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
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To: Red Badger
"In San Jose, Trump's campaign commercial open audition is a roaring success"
10 posted on 06/03/2016 7:13:41 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Red Badger

Mayor Riccardo’s phone number

(408) 535-4800

His comments just gave Trump another 10,000 votes

His comments just lost San Jose a million dollars in tourist business. Who would want to go to San Jose anyway? The police don’t even do their jobs.


11 posted on 06/03/2016 7:17:01 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Red Badger

San Diego,,

OR

San Jose ?

Blame the Mayor !


12 posted on 06/03/2016 7:18:03 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: ladyjane

If you have time to watch just one under 10 minute video today, please watch the video at the link below.

In it, you’ll see a reference to John F. Kennedy.  What possible connection could there be between Democrat JFK and Republican Trump?

JFK was one of the  last Democrats who, while he leaned somewhat to the left, LOVED AMERICA  — THE IDEA. (Yes, he and Bobby screwed up the immigration laws and several other things, but ALL these folks are mixed bags!) That love caused him to do two things that angered the oligarchs whose ideological progeny are today opposing Trump:  He signed an Executive Order authorizing the issue of United States Notes, a currency bypassing the Federal Reserve Notes the Fed creates from thin air and for which it charges us INTEREST for the privilege.  And, as a war veteran himself, Kennedy was preparing to pull us out of the quagmire called Vietnam, angering the Military-Industrial  Complex that 5 STAR GENERAL and PRESIDENT Eisenhower warned us in his Farewell Address!

I may be wrong, but all the indicators I’ve seen so far inform me that Trump “GETS IT” (understands the goal of the New World Order oligarchs) and he LOVES AMERICA — THE IDEA.   He wants our kids and grand kids to have the same opportunities we have enjoyed in a sovereign and independent America and a unique economic system that, warts and all, has provided more people more liberty and wealth than any other in the history of the world.

Cutting to the chase:  Trump has pissed off the same folks whose ancestors took out not only JFK but only God knows how many others who dared challenged the Utopian oligarchs who do not lightly tolerate such insolence!

Trump is literally betting his life that he can beat the bastards!  Join me in praying that he is right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NG_jAMgzSE
PLEASE SHARE THIS VIDEO!!


13 posted on 06/03/2016 7:18:17 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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14 posted on 06/03/2016 7:18:47 AM PDT by Pelham (Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
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San Jose thugs play that way in hockey, too.


15 posted on 06/03/2016 7:19:55 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("You know who gets hurt? The people who worked hard, lived frugally, and saved their money."- Trump)
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To: Ciexyz

Go Penguins!


16 posted on 06/03/2016 7:20:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Red Badger
The rise of street thuggery is an ominous sign. It suggests that the Left in America is now willing to go full throttle in the pursuit of totalitarian control.

These intimidatory tactics, administered in Germany by Hitler's then 2nd in command, Ernst Roehm & the Brown Shirts, clearly helped grease the path to a National Socialist Germany. Will those of a similar mindset be allowed to work the same result here?

The German model, because Germany like America had a large middle class in desperate straits at the time, is far more applicable to America today, than the Soviet takeover in 1917 Russia. But, however you slice it, we are on the cusp of either losing everything or finding a path to victory with Donald Trump. It is clearly becoming a "now or never" situation.

17 posted on 06/03/2016 7:20:55 AM PDT by Ohioan
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Patos. Maricons. Attacking a woman. Shameful ...... Go back to Mexico where they accept that activity.


18 posted on 06/03/2016 7:22:08 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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So racist radicals disrupt peaceful people’s rally and commit various law-breaking activities and it’s the fault of the peaceful people? Unreal!


19 posted on 06/03/2016 7:23:21 AM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: Pelham

that picture reminds me of Hell night at the end of the freshman hazing period at college in the 1960’s...eggs, to go along with paint baloons...


20 posted on 06/03/2016 7:24:27 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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