Protestors Removed From Trump Rally

It wasn't more than two minutes into Donald Trump's speech at First Niagara Center that protestors locked arms and began chanting slogans before police and security moved in to remove them from the event.  Some of them dropped to the floor and refused to cooperate which forced police to drag them out of the arena. 

Other than that it was a peaceful event, but lacked substance.  Trump really didn't break any new ground, didn't get specific on plans or policies, but he certainly was effective on rallying a Buffalo crowd of supporters ahead of Tuesday's New York primary.

Donald Trump addresses a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Buffalo [Dale Mussen photo][/caption]Trump touched on all the campaign topics; illegal immigration, building a wall, unfair foreign trade policies, the loss of jobs to Mexico and China, but really didn't say anything new.  A crowd of about 12,000 turned out to voice their support.

Erie County Republican chairman Nick Langworthy opened the evening followed by Congressman Chris Collins and Buffalo businessman and former Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino.

At one point Paladino encouraged the crowd to turn to the assembled media across from the podium and tell them what you think.  "Enough is enough.  We're done with them.  They can't tell us what we think."

Having been granted a media pass and standing in the media corral it was a little frightening to see that many angry faces glaring at you.  Among the media were  reporters from CNN and Fox who did cut-ins from the event, but neither network covered the Trump speech live.

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