Welcome to Breitbart News’s live updates of the 2016 horse race.
All times eastern.
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9:05 PM: Anti-Trump agitator waving Communist flag. Protester reportedly says he wanted to wave the ISIS flag but could not find a flag shop that sold it.
Unrest over people holding communist flag. One protester tells me he would use ISIS flag if he could #AZTrumpRally pic.twitter.com/Wc5tACxyqR
— MK Wildeman (@mkwildeman) June 19, 2016
8:25 PM: Trump supporters leaving rally:
Trump supporters making their way past protesters and into parking lot, no major incidents at rally so far #12news pic.twitter.com/aps7ysOZcv
— Monique Griego (@MoniqueNews8) June 19, 2016
Protesters had been gathering outside:
Trump Protesters out side of the Madhouse on McDowell pic.twitter.com/sNH0iW1kqd
— Kyle Burton (@_Burty) June 19, 2016
Protesters taking over corner of McDowell & 19th Ave. #AZTrumpRally #12news pic.twitter.com/NsoJZUAeFQ
— Monique Griego (@MoniqueNews8) June 18, 2016
8:05 PM: Trump supporter Regina Romero happy with Trump’s speech:
At #TrumpAZ rally Regina Romero wanted to tell Trump "Make America great again" after listening to the speech pic.twitter.com/AhLtIpUfxZ
— Cronkite News (@cronkitenews) June 18, 2016
7:57 PM: Trump says these “poor people” who are fighting him in the “Never Trump” movement just can’t beat him. Crowd chanting “We need Trump.”
https://twitter.com/_KrandallTV/status/744319700323049472
7:51 PM: Bikers passing out water and bandanas:
Local biker organization @RidersUSA passed out #water and bandanas for people at #TrumpAZ rally pic.twitter.com/B9IHj3spYk
— Cronkite News (@cronkitenews) June 18, 2016
7:47 PM: Trump mocks the “Never Trump” people for anonymously telling the Politico “rag” that his campaign may be for sale. He also mocks those who are trying to sabotage Trump at the convention. He then quips:
Trump says if offered $5 billion to drop out, "I guess we’d have to think about it"
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) June 18, 2016
7:43 PM: Trump says he feels like a super model:
Trump, in Phoenix, brags about all his magazine covers, "i feel like a supermodel, except like times 10," he says. "I'm a super model."
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) June 18, 2016
7:39 PM: Trump predicts he is going to do “so well” with Mexicans and Latinos. He says jobs is “like the great medicine that makes us better” and that is why he will do well with minorities in the general election. He also cites the terrible unemployment numbers for African-American youth as well.
7:36 PM: After talking up his wall, Trump quips that the Border Patrol Agents have it easy right now because they are told to just stand down and let illegal immigrants cross the border.
7:30 PM: Trump reminds audience that he agrees with Sanders on trade. He also reminds the audience that Bill Clinton signed NAFTA, the “most destructive economic act every signed by a President.”
7:27 PM: Trump: Orlando terror attack about “terrorism” not guns.
7:25 PM: Trump takes the stage in Phoenix and says “we’re going to win very, very big in November.” He says Arizona was really his “first big speech” and he won’t forget it. Trump vows to solve our problems like radical Islam by being “very vigilant” and “tough.”
Donald Trump arrives in Phoenix, Arizona, for his last rally of the week: pic.twitter.com/BI0VsXQNpk
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) June 18, 2016
7:23 PM: Trump supporters who have been attacked at his rallies having Trump’s back:
Cole, a man who said he was attacked by protestors, plans to follow Trump with others who have been hurt at rallies pic.twitter.com/36Jj0hYsOY
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) June 18, 2016
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of AZ wants longer sentences for protesters who are arrested. He suggests six months. Audience yells out higher numbers.
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) June 18, 2016
7:11 PM: Trump’s senior adviser Stephen Miller says Clinton can’t claim to be a friend of gays, lesbians, women, and minorities when she associates with regimes that oppress them. He also says Clinton can’t claim to be a friend of working Americans when she favors open borders that end up lowering wages for working Americans and making it tougher/more expensive for them to get services.
6:55 PM: Jan Brewer at Trump’s rally:
Jan Brewer says #Trump will secure the border, crowd goes wild, chants "build the wall" #TrumpAZ pic.twitter.com/ktuB4ni3nW
— Jeffrey Blackburn (@lensjb) June 18, 2016
6:45 PM: Sheriff Joe eviscerates Obama/Clinton for not stopping the flow of drugs from Mexico.
.@RealSheriffJoe attacks @HillaryClinton @BarackObama says they haven't done enough to stop the flow of drugs from Mexico. #TrumpAZ
— Joe Ferguson (@joeferguson) June 18, 2016
6:15 PM: Trump supporter at Phoenix rally:
A #TrumpAZ supporter at the #AZTrumpRally bringing the flags. pic.twitter.com/L5a09uV7el
— Cronkite News (@cronkitenews) June 18, 2016
5:35 PM: Sheriff Joe arrives at Trump’s Phoenix rally:
Sherif Joe! 👍🏽 @maricopacounty @ArizonaNewsnet @abc15 #TrumpRally pic.twitter.com/klSSH5ovIO
— Andrea (@AndreaShadduck) June 18, 2016
5:25 PM: Trump arrives in Phoenix:
Hello ARIZONA☀️#Trump2016 #TrumpArizona https://t.co/s6S2vnSeLF
— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) June 18, 2016
Trump has arrived in Phoenix. pic.twitter.com/HeTwjHVlb5
— Matt Wendt (@matt_wendt) June 18, 2016
4:33 PM: Audience member removed at Trump rally for wearing llgar shirt. Anti-Trump agitators, though, hardly police their own:
A member of the Trump rally audience already has been removed. He was wearing a "(Expletive) Islam" shirt. #TrumpAZ #AZTrumpRally
— Dan Nowicki (@dannowicki) June 18, 2016
The guy tossed out of the Trump rally for his "Fuck Islam" shirt is debating a woman in a burqa. pic.twitter.com/FmI6Dl7FsO
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) June 18, 2016
Update: these two are now in agreement on the right to bear arms. (He is also open carrying.) https://t.co/njSa0Ebn9M
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) June 19, 2016
4:10 PM: Local media, unlike mainstream press, not ignoring Trump supporters who do not fit the preferred stereotype. An immigrant from India says he favors Trump’s immigration policies because immigrants should come legally like he did:
#TrumpAZ attendee Kamel Solanki, an Indian immigrant businessman, explains why he supports @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/zrOqNGgSZR
— Cronkite News (@cronkitenews) June 18, 2016
3:55 PM: Media also “over the moon” over Clinton’s second grandchild:
Statement from Hillary and Bill Clinton on birth of second grandchild: pic.twitter.com/5CbkrBUU3X
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2016
3:45 PM: Salad Bowl America: ‘Make America Mexico Again’
One #TrumpAZ protester said "Fates of minorities matter. Our nation needs to be open to diversity." pic.twitter.com/201aE26nJz
— Cronkite News (@cronkitenews) June 18, 2016
3:30 PM: Anti-Trump agitators in Vegas write “Klan Meeting This Way” on sidewalk.
Written in chalk outside the Trump rally in Las Vegas: "Klan meeting this way" pic.twitter.com/P8mMUju1eh
— Jim Dalrymple II (@Dalrymple) June 18, 2016
3:25 PM: Trump says the wall will help curb the flow of drugs into the country. Always in need of reassurance for some reason, Trump asks the crowd, “Am I doing a good job?” Trump then says that the Paris terror attacks may have turned out differently if people were armed. “It would have been a whole different story.”
3:20 PM: ARIZONA VOTER AGREES WITH TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION POLICY:
https://twitter.com/_KrandallTV/status/744239461282648068
3:17 PM: Trump says he will do more for African-Americans than Barack Obama has ever done. He says Obama is nothing but talk.
3:15 PM: Anti-Trump agitators in Arizona:
At anti-Trump peace rally, attendees raise Trump balloon in KKK garb that says: "Make America Hate Again." #trumpaz pic.twitter.com/6AidUNihsh
— Dianna M. Náñez 🏜 (@DiannaNanez) June 18, 2016
3:07 PM: Trump says our foreign policy has given Iran Iraq. He blasts people for saying “bomb, bomb, bomb” (Though McCain was jesting about Iran, he infamously said we should “bomb, bomb, bomb.) for destabilizing the Middle East.
McCain not joining Trump on campaign trail in Arizona:
John McCain's campaign spx says the senator will not join Trump for Arizona campaign stops because of his own "campaign-related activities."
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) June 18, 2016
3:05 PM: Apple reportedly pulling out of GOP convention because of Trump. Trump has said he would make Apple build most of its products in America if elected president. Trump also called for a boycott of Apple.
Trump: "I am doing such a service to Apple by even mentioning it … Tim Cook should send us a lot of money for what I’m doing."
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) June 18, 2016
3:03 PM: Trump slams CNN as the “Clinton News Network.”
3:00 PM: In Las Vegas, Trump says “we beat the Bushes” and asks who in the world the “Never Trump” schemers are going to pick to try to steal the nomination from him.
"We beat the Bushes," says Trump, making it plural – on heels of news Pres. George W. Bush is trying to help out vulnerable GOP senators
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) June 18, 2016
Trump on RNC delegate revolt: "Who are they gonna pick? I beat everybody. And I don’t mean beat. I beat the hell out of everybody."
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) June 18, 2016
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