Politics & Government
'Riverside For Trump' Supporters Rally in Temecula
Deputies in place, but no violence reported. "Build the wall," was rallying cry.
TEMECULA, CA - Donald Trump supporters rallied Saturday in Temecula, where a number of speakers lauded the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's proposals.
"Riverside for Trump'' organized the two-hour outing at Duck Pond Park on Ynez Road. The rally got underway at 11 a.m. and drew around 150 Trump supporters, Riverside County sheriff's Deputy Mike Vasquez said.
Deputies were in place for today's rally to regulate any potential hostilities and to allow for each group to vocalize their political beliefs equally, Vasquez said.
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Only a half-dozen anti-Trump protesters showed up to the event and there was no violence, according to Vasquez.
Speakers included Canyon Lake Mayor Tim Brown, constitutional attorney and one-time California attorney general candidate Orly Taitz, Remembrance Project Director Maria Espinoza and broadcaster Ernie White -- all of whom
addressed key issues and the importance of get-out-the-vote drives.
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As Espinoza took the stage the crowd began to chant "build that wall,'' a rallying cry in support of Trump's proposal to have Mexico fund a large border wall. According to the Press-Enterprise, Espinoza responded, "And build it high.''
Trump was campaigning in Washington state Saturday and did not attend the Temecula event.
"The majority of conservatives and Republicans in California support Donald Trump for president because he will put America first, and he's not beholden to any special interest groups,'' "Riverside for Trump" founder Glenn Turner said.
Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee for president this week after his remaining rivals, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, suspended their campaigns.
Trump's proposed immigration control measures have been hot-button topics and the impetus for raucous -- sometimes violent -- counter demonstrations, most recently during a campaign rally in Costa Mesa, where 17 people were arrested on April 28. Two days earlier, during a confrontation between pro- and anti-Trump forces outside Anaheim City Hall, two young girls were pepper-sprayed.
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