Donald Trump event interrupted by protesters
Donald Trump, the leading US presidential candidate in the Republican Party, was forced to briefly stop one of his campaign events due to protests against his immigration policies.
The real-estate magnate was speaking to a crowd of about 5,000 in Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday, when a group of activists interrupted him to censure his stance on immigration.
The heckling started when Trump began talking about his plan to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.
The GOP front-runner tried to keep up with his speech but a chorus of “Dump Trump” and “Black Power” slogans put his speech on halt for another 10 minutes.
The protesters were then escorted out by a group of event organizers and police officers.
Trump seemed unfazed by the incident and hit back by saying, "That's why we have freedom of speech, folks."
He also highlighted his latest successes in the polls.
Two CNN/ORC polls released on Wednesday showed that he is leading the GOP pack in South Carolina and Nevada with 36 and 38 percent support, respectively.
Trump told CNN after the event that he's not worried about the impact that protesters, who have been showing up at many of his events, might leave on his campaign in the long run.
"It's a very, very small group. You look at the thousands of people -- we had 7,000 people -- you had 10 protesters," he told CNN after the rally. "So you look at the thousands of people we had tonight -- not at all."
‘Sanders is a maniac’
Much of Trump's speech on Wednesday was aimed at attacking presidential candidates on both sides.
He said that the Republican candidates who have been attacking him are now falling behind in the polls.
He also slammed the performance of the Democratic candidates in their first debate, saying, "They just couldn't give things away fast enough. And they're giving them to illegal immigrants."
Trump called Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders a “maniac” and "socialist-slash-communist.”
"Because that's what he is," he said, to the crowd’s applause.
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