Clash in the desert

More than 100 protesters blocked the main entrance to Donald Trump's campaign rally here Saturday, chanting that he was a racist who was not welcome in their state.
“Get the clown out of my town!” protesters shouted, carrying signs that read, among other things, “Love Trumps Hate” and “Combat White Supremacy.”
“Trump is very misogynistic, racist, sexist and a fascist,” said Jeanne Mayeux, a 52-year-old. Continue to read after the cut Fountain Hills resident who carried a sign that said “Stand Against Racism.” She is a member of MoveOn, one of several liberal groups that organized the protest. “I believe he would be a real danger if he gets into office. He would be our new Hitler.”

The protest took place about three miles from Trump’s rally, creating gridlock and drawing a heavy presence of sheriff’s deputies and police officers. It grew tense at moments, as drivers edged closer to protesters, and protesters splayed themselves on the hoods of cars.
Protesters would be arrested if they failed to get out of the street, Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies said.
“Are you ready to go to jail? I’m calling a wagon,” one deputy warned.

Bill and Evelyn Hoffman, retirees from Rio Verde, were in the first car directly facing the protesters.
“This is a bunch of nuts, but that’s all right; they have their rights,” said Bill Hoffman, sporting a black cap with Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
The couple are registered Republicans but undecided about who they will support in Tuesday’s primary.
“I don’t like his methods, but what he stands for I believe in,” said Bill Hoffman, 80.
Evelyn Hoffman, 76, added, “He got the whole country interested in politics, and he’s indebted to nobody.”
Around 11 a.m., the protesters began marching to the rally, and a caravan of law-enforcement vehicles followed with their lights flashing. The road remained blocked, so hundreds of Trump supporters abandoned their cars on the freeway and began walking to the rally. SOURCE L.A.T