Donald Trump’s supporters have clashed with his and at a rally in San Diego, California.
Police declared a gathering outside San Diego’s convention centre unlawful and made 35 arrests, as stones and water bottles were thrown.
Donald Trump was in San Diego, near the Mexican border, to hold a rally ahead of the June 7 California primary.
The Republican has pledged to build a border wall to keep out illegal immigrants.
The skirmishes flared as the convention centre emptied following Donald Trump’s rally, and supporters and opponents met in the streets, jeering and heckling each other.
Dozens of riot police officers had been deployed to separate them.
Some protesters scaled a wall of the centre to throw water bottles at police.
After ordering the crowds to disperse, riot police then moved them away from the city’s Gaslamp Quarter.
San Diego’s population is about one-third Latino and hundreds of thousands of people cross the border with Mexico legally each day.
The San Diego Police Department said that 35 arrests had been made and there was no damage to property and no injuries reported.
Donald Trump tweeted to the police after the event: “Fantastic job on handling the thugs who tried to disrupt our very peaceful and well attended rally.”
The New York billionaire is running unopposed in California after his Republican rivals pulled out and he reached the number of delegates needed to secure the nomination. It has yet to be formalized.
On May 27, Donald Trump backed out of an offer to debate with Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, saying in a statement: “As much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders – and it would be an easy payday – I will wait to debate the first place finisher in the Democratic Party, probably Crooked Hillary Clinton, or whoever it may be.”
Bernie Sanders told reporters on the campaign trail that he hoped Donald Trump would change his mind.
“Well Mr. Trump, what are you afraid of?” the Vermont senator said, calling the Republican nominee a “bully”.
Donald Trump said the Democratic nominating process was “rigged” – and that Hillary Clinton and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Deborah Wasserman Schultz would not allow Bernie Sanders to win the nomination.
The latest opinion polls suggest Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by about four percentage points.
A Donald Trump rally in New Mexico has been hit by violent protests with demonstrators throwing burning T-shirts and bottles and clashing with police.
Riot police fired smoke grenades into the crowd. Protesters also interrupted Donald Trump’s speech at the rally in Albuquerque.
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, wants a wall to be built along the border with Mexico.
New Mexico is the most Hispanic state in the US.
The protesters had gathered outside the Albuquerque Convention Center, with banners that read “Trump is Fascist” and “We’ve heard enough”.
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According to the Albuquerque Journal, as the rally got under way, the crowd grew angry – throwing stones at police and trying to set fire to Trump T-shirts they had stolen from a seller.
In a series of tweets, Albuquerque police said bottles and rocks had been thrown at officers and police horses, and damage to a Convention Center window may have been caused by a pellet gun.
Speaking to a crowd of 4,000 people, Donald Trump was typically robust in his response to the protesters.
“How old is this kid?” he asked of one that disrupted the rally, adding: “Still wearing diapers.”
To others, the Republican candidate said: “Go home to mommy.”
Albuquerque is the first stop of Donald Trump’s tour of New Mexico.
Republican Governor Susana Martinez has been critical of Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants and has not yet said if she will support his candidacy for the presidential election.
Susana Martinez and other senior members of the local Republican party stayed away from Tuesday’s rally.
Some 50 protesters blocked a highway in Arizona as Donald Trump prepared to stage a rally near Phoenix.
Donald Trump addressed supporters in Fountain Hills.
Demonstrators caused traffic jams as they held up posters with slogans such as “Dump Trump”.
Donald Trump’s rallies have been marred by a series of recent incidents. A meeting in Chicago a week ago was cancelled after protests.
Hundreds of demonstrators had gathered at the University of Illinois and fighting broke out between supporters and protesters in the auditorium where Donald Trump was due to speak.
In the latest disturbance, protesters marched down the highway leading to Fountain Hills. Police made several arrests before the demonstrators dispersed.
Some, heavily outnumbered by Trump supporters, made their way to the edge of the rally venue in Fountain Park.
Speaking later at a rally in Tucson, Donald Trump described the protesters as “disgraceful” and said they were “representing [Democratic front-runner] Hillary Clinton”.
“They arrested three people and everybody else left… They left!” the Republican front-runner told a cheering audience.
“I love our police, but we should do a little bit more of that, you would have a lot less protesters, you would have a lot less agitators.”
Demonstrations also broke out there and the police had to escort out a number of people.
In Donald Trump’s home city of New York, several hundred protesters gathered outside Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Some chanted slogans accusing him of racism and being anti-gay. The gathering included immigrants’ rights activists and socialists.
Several protesters carrying “Vote Trump” placards were also present, explaining that they wanted to demonstrate their right to support Donald Trump.
On March 12, a man tried to rush Donald Trump as he spoke on stage in Ohio but was prevented from doing so by Secret Service agents.
A Donald Trump supporter was also charged with assault after multiple videos showed him punching a protester at a campaign rally in North Carolina.
Donald Trump has been accused of creating tension through divisive rhetoric, but he denies using hate speech or playing any part in fostering division.
The Arizona rally was the Republican hopeful’s second visit to the state in three months. A primary takes place there on March 22.
The winner in Arizona takes all 58 delegates at stake. Donald Trump leads the polls in the state.
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