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Protests have continued for a second day against US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump in California.<\/p>\n
On Friday, protesters tried to block the billionaire businessman from making a speech before the Republican Party Convention in the Hyatt Regency hotel in Burlingame.<\/p>\n
They chanted obscenities and threw raw eggs at police but they were blocked by a line of police in riot gear.<\/p>\n
Several physical altercations, including shoving, could be seen between protesters and police officers, who were using batons to push them back.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not a uniter, he\u2019s a divider,” one protester told Al Jazeera. “I think he should not run for president, he\u2019s not what America stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some protesters infiltrated the hotel building and hung a giant banner reading, “Stop Hate.”<\/p>\n
The Secret Service led Trump into the hotel through a rear entrance.<\/p>\n
Burlingame Police said five people were arrested in the altercations.<\/p>\n
“The protestors here are denouncing Trump as a racist,” Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds said, reporting from Burlingame. “They are denouncing him for his inflammatory comments about Mexican immigrants and his plan to bar all Muslims from entering the United States.”<\/p>\n
‘Not the easiest entrance I’ve ever made’<\/p>\n
On stage, inside the hotel which was still surrounded by protesters, Trump joked about the protesters who had tried to block his motorcade.<\/p>\n
“That was not the easiest entrance I\u2019ve ever made. My wife called and said there are helicopters following you. And then we went under a fence and though a fence,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Oh boy, it felt like I was crossing the border actually.”<\/p>\n
A day earlier, police in riot gear and on horseback clashed with anti-Trump protesters and about 20 people were arrested.<\/p>\n
About 20 people were arrested, said the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.<\/p>\n
California holds its primary on June 7, and polls show Trump far ahead of his rivals,Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich.<\/p>\n
“It probably will be the state that gets Trump either very, very near or over the top” Henry Brady, the dean of Goldman School of Public Policy, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
“So it\u2019s the place where everything will become absolutely crystal clear,” he said.<\/p>\n
Regardless of who prevails on the Republican side, California, the most populous US state, leans leftward and seems certain to go Democratic in November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very Democratic state, Republicans have about a quarter of the political registration,” Brady said, “So there’s just not many republicans left in this state.\u201d<\/p>\n
Front-running Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is popular in California, leading rival Bernie Sanders by about 7 percentage points in recent polls.<\/p>\n
No Republican has won California in the general election in 28 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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