PHOTOS, VIDEOS: Trump Rally In Seaside Heights

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ — For more than two hours on Saturday, they chanted, they cheered, they waved flags, and they had one message: They support President Donald J. Trump, no matter what.

A crowd that Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd said was nearly 2,000 people gathered outside the Beachcomber restaurant, holding signs that reiterated their support for Trump in what was a mostly peaceful event.

There were a couple of scuffles. A handful of people who oppose Trump were in the crowd and one of them spit in the face of a Trump supporter, which sparked law enforcement to law enforcement move the anti-Trump protester away from the crowd. Another incident occurred at the end of the march when a man holding a sign reading "Dump Trump" began walking through the area. A video posted by Asbury Park Press reporter Erik Larsen shows police surrounding the man as pro-Trump supporters yelled at him.

Several political candidates addressed the crowd, including two gubernatorial candidates: Steve Rogers, a Nutley commissioner, and Joseph "Rudy" Rullo from Toms River, who owns a landscaping company. A Toms River man, Chris Grimes, announced his candidacy for the Toms River Township Council. All pushed one message: that they will bring Trump's "drain the swamp" mentality to local politics.

Rogers, who said he served as an adviser for the Trump campaign, was initially identified as Rodriguez by the emcee of the march. Rogers, who told the crowd he was one of the first in New Jersey to back Trump's candidacy for president, said New Jersey can be the key to helping Trump succeed.

"We will not stand down and we will not back off," Rogers said. He urged people to run for office. "Let Donald J. Trump we will not turn our backs on him."

"We need to drain the swamp in Trenton," Rullo said, reiterating the theme that was one of Trump's campaign points. Rullo also emphasized the need to address immigration, saying his business has suffered, telling of how he lost out on a job because a competitor who he said was using undocumented immigrants was able to offer a price that was one-fourth of what he offered for the job. "They were paying wages well below" what he paid his laborers, Rullo said.

If you missed the rally, here are the Facebook Live videos from the event. A photo gallery appears above.

Photos and videos by Karen Wall