Trump opponents clash with supporters in California
Violence erupts in the US city of San Jose as supporters of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, clash with protesters during a Trump campaign rally there.
Demonstrators, who had gathered Thursday outside of the venue of a rally for the US Republican presidential hopeful, scuffled with Trump supporters, engaging in verbal attacks and fist fights.
Protesters from a number of local immigrant and human rights groups were among the demonstrators, holding anti-Trump banners to denounce his policies.
The scuffles broke out despite police presence there. A dozen or more people were punched, at least one person was pelted with an egg and Trump hats grabbed from supporters were set on fire on the ground. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests, but police had declared the gathering an unlawful assembly about a half-hour after the rally ended.
The latest protests come after Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said electing Trump would be “a historic mistake.”
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has caused outrage in the US by making comments against immigrants and Muslims. Trump’s remarks have been described as racist.
The billionaire candidate on Thursday attacked Clinton, calling her policies “pathetic.”
The latest feud comes ahead of California's June 7 primary.
Trump is increasingly eating into likely Clinton’s national lead in the race for the White House, a CNN Poll of Polls has found, projecting a tight race for the November vote.
The survey, published on Wednesday, showed that the former secretary of state’s average lead over Trump across five recent nationwide polls has shrunk to a mere two percent, with Clinton holding an average of 45 percent support against the real estate mogul’s 43 percent.
The findings project a very different race than many anticipated based on the two candidates’ public polling performance throughout March and April, with the former first lady leading Trump with double-digit margins in 10 out of 14 major polls.
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