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| Protests continue after Trump addresses California Republican convention – live | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 9.45pm BST | |
| 21:45 | |
| Julia Carrie Wong | |
| Trump has left the GOP convention in California, but the protests, chants and scuffles outside continue, including the burning of an American flag: | |
| Scuffle breaks out as a few protesters steal a flag and burn it #CAGOPConvention pic.twitter.com/gX0UWItguN | |
| The hedge has been breached. #CAGOPConvention pic.twitter.com/APFHF9GqZW | |
| Much of the crowd has left but the shouting match with the pro-Trump group continues in the street #CAGOPConvention pic.twitter.com/36AHSfM5TY | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.51pm BST | |
| 9.32pm BST | |
| 21:32 | |
| Trump’s fairly short and uneventful speech at the California GOP convention has come to an end with a joke about the candidate’s very difficult path in and out of the hotel, which is still surrounded by angry protesters. Trump said: | |
| They’re going to take me under a fence, through a field. You have no idea the route they have planned for me. | |
| During his speech, Trump presented himself as the only candidate who can beat Hillary Clinton, acknowledging that any GOP candidate will have a tough time in the general election: | |
| It’s a tougher road for a Republican than it is for a Democrat. The road is tougher. It’s not as easy. You really have to pick somebody that knows what’s happening that’s really, really good. | |
| Trump said he would win states that other Republicans could never win, including New York and Pennsylvania. “We’re going to hopefully close this thing out fairly soon.” | |
| 9.25pm BST | |
| 21:25 | |
| Tensions continue to rise at the protests outside the hotel where the anti-Trump crowd has hoisted a piñata head of the real estate billionaire on a stick: | |
| Trump's (piñata) head on a stick as the crowd chants "Fuck Donald Trump" pic.twitter.com/8EuxaNJCRi | |
| Police and protesters are continuing to argue: | |
| More police-protester tension on the side of the Hyatt pic.twitter.com/9vO6IWw0yw | |
| Today's office: Stuck in between police and anti-Trump protesters. #CAGOP pic.twitter.com/SDU4g8Vw6a | |
| 9.20pm BST | |
| 21:20 | |
| Julia Carrie Wong | |
| Outside the convention, a Trump piñata is burning: | |
| Trump piñata burns #CAGOPConvention pic.twitter.com/NLSEzDOBaH | |
| Remains of the Trump piñata #CAGOPConvention pic.twitter.com/RrMqqMXl4W | |
| 9.16pm BST | 9.16pm BST |
| 21:16 | 21:16 |
| Back inside the hotel, Trump is slamming his opponents Ted Cruz and John Kasich and their joint plan to stop him: “The worst move was making a deal with Kasich,” Trump said of Cruz, while also slamming him for announcing Carly Fiorina as his running mate. | Back inside the hotel, Trump is slamming his opponents Ted Cruz and John Kasich and their joint plan to stop him: “The worst move was making a deal with Kasich,” Trump said of Cruz, while also slamming him for announcing Carly Fiorina as his running mate. |
| “Cruz did something I’ve never seen. He picked Carly. I like Carly, but when she left, she had no votes.” | “Cruz did something I’ve never seen. He picked Carly. I like Carly, but when she left, she had no votes.” |
| Trump further mocked Kasich, who is in San Francisco this afternoon, for staying in the race despite his poor results at the polls: “‘I don’t care, mom! I’m staying here. I’m not leaving.’” | Trump further mocked Kasich, who is in San Francisco this afternoon, for staying in the race despite his poor results at the polls: “‘I don’t care, mom! I’m staying here. I’m not leaving.’” |
| 9.11pm BST | 9.11pm BST |
| 21:11 | 21:11 |
| The protests outside Trump’s speech are continuing to spark conflicts. Some brief shouting matches erupted between anti-Trump protesters and a small group of Trump supporters who stood on the sidewalk draped in American flags. | The protests outside Trump’s speech are continuing to spark conflicts. Some brief shouting matches erupted between anti-Trump protesters and a small group of Trump supporters who stood on the sidewalk draped in American flags. |
| “There’s less racism today than there’s ever been. It’s shifted from white on black to black on white,” said Brian Blake, 28, adding that he believes white people are the main victims of racism today. | “There’s less racism today than there’s ever been. It’s shifted from white on black to black on white,” said Brian Blake, 28, adding that he believes white people are the main victims of racism today. |
| “They have black pride, so why can’t we have white pride,” said the property manager from Pleasanton, California. | “They have black pride, so why can’t we have white pride,” said the property manager from Pleasanton, California. |
| At least one person has been detained at the side of the convention as police continue to push forward into the crowd: | At least one person has been detained at the side of the convention as police continue to push forward into the crowd: |
| At least one person was just detained at side of #CAGOP Convention as police push forward into crowd pic.twitter.com/oJxeNKeJeb | At least one person was just detained at side of #CAGOP Convention as police push forward into crowd pic.twitter.com/oJxeNKeJeb |
| 9.07pm BST | 9.07pm BST |
| 21:07 | 21:07 |
| The billionaire Republican candidate was forced to exit his vehicle and, guided by secret service agents, cross a freeway and squeeze through a barrier in the fence to enter the hotel for the GOP convention. | The billionaire Republican candidate was forced to exit his vehicle and, guided by secret service agents, cross a freeway and squeeze through a barrier in the fence to enter the hotel for the GOP convention. |
| WATCH: Trump forced to jump over barrier & up small dirt hill to get in rear door of event due to protests. https://t.co/e8GmYvEse2 | WATCH: Trump forced to jump over barrier & up small dirt hill to get in rear door of event due to protests. https://t.co/e8GmYvEse2 |
| Earlier, protesters had surrounded the hotel and stormed through barriers. | Earlier, protesters had surrounded the hotel and stormed through barriers. |
| 8.59pm BST | 8.59pm BST |
| 20:59 | 20:59 |
| Trump takes the stage | Trump takes the stage |
| After facing delays, Trump has taken the stage at the California GOP convention, discussing his difficulties getting past protesters: | After facing delays, Trump has taken the stage at the California GOP convention, discussing his difficulties getting past protesters: |
| That was not the easiest entrance I’ve ever made ... It felt like I was crossing the border, actually. I was crossing the border, but I got here. | That was not the easiest entrance I’ve ever made ... It felt like I was crossing the border, actually. I was crossing the border, but I got here. |
| He said officials told him it would be easier if he turned around. “I said, yknow, we can’t let these people down. Do you agree? We can’t do it. It was fun. It was a different kind of a thing.” | He said officials told him it would be easier if he turned around. “I said, yknow, we can’t let these people down. Do you agree? We can’t do it. It was fun. It was a different kind of a thing.” |
| 8.56pm BST | 8.56pm BST |
| 20:56 | 20:56 |
| You can watch a live-stream of the California Republican convention, where Donald Trump will soon speak, here: | You can watch a live-stream of the California Republican convention, where Donald Trump will soon speak, here: |
| 8.52pm BST | 8.52pm BST |
| 20:52 | 20:52 |
| Julia Carrie Wong | Julia Carrie Wong |
| Bands of several hundred young protesters, many bearing large Mexican flags, have continued to surge toward the hotel, confronting police at the front and side doors. Some threw eggs at riot police, and one protester cracked a window, but most chanted anti-Trump slogans in English and Spanish and danced to music of a marching band. | Bands of several hundred young protesters, many bearing large Mexican flags, have continued to surge toward the hotel, confronting police at the front and side doors. Some threw eggs at riot police, and one protester cracked a window, but most chanted anti-Trump slogans in English and Spanish and danced to music of a marching band. |
| Duran Andrade, 18, wore a Mexican flag, Bernie Sanders button, and Che Guevara t-shirt – and carried a sign comparing Trump to Hitler. | Duran Andrade, 18, wore a Mexican flag, Bernie Sanders button, and Che Guevara t-shirt – and carried a sign comparing Trump to Hitler. |
| “He’s the biggest douchebag,” said Andrade, whose family is of Guatemalan heritage. said. “He’s using scare tactics. He’s racist, homophobic and anti-Muslim.” | “He’s the biggest douchebag,” said Andrade, whose family is of Guatemalan heritage. said. “He’s using scare tactics. He’s racist, homophobic and anti-Muslim.” |
| Another protester carried a box of six dozen organic eggs, which he passed out to any takers. | Another protester carried a box of six dozen organic eggs, which he passed out to any takers. |
| Still a lot of eggs left to throw #CAGOPConvention pic.twitter.com/aVDch22SiX | Still a lot of eggs left to throw #CAGOPConvention pic.twitter.com/aVDch22SiX |
| 8.49pm BST | 8.49pm BST |
| 20:49 | 20:49 |
| Maria L La Ganga | Maria L La Ganga |
| Guardian reporter Maria L La Ganga is reporting from inside the GOP convention in California where Trump’s speech is still delayed. | Guardian reporter Maria L La Ganga is reporting from inside the GOP convention in California where Trump’s speech is still delayed. |
| Luisa Aranda, a55-year-old Trump supporter from Brentwood in northern California, said she was verbally assaulted while trying to get into the hotel for the event. | Luisa Aranda, a55-year-old Trump supporter from Brentwood in northern California, said she was verbally assaulted while trying to get into the hotel for the event. |
| “The protestors called me a traitor,” she said. “They cussed me out!”All because of the Mexican-American woman’s homemade t-shirt: | “The protestors called me a traitor,” she said. “They cussed me out!”All because of the Mexican-American woman’s homemade t-shirt: |
| 8.43pm BST | 8.43pm BST |
| 20:43 | 20:43 |
| Ted Cruz, speaking at a press conference in Indiana, has just commented on the protests at the California convention: | Ted Cruz, speaking at a press conference in Indiana, has just commented on the protests at the California convention: |
| To an extent, these protesters are crossing the line to violence. My understanding is things are getting pretty ugly there ... That is not appropriate. They are entitled to express their own views, but not in a way that is disruptive and muzzles others. | To an extent, these protesters are crossing the line to violence. My understanding is things are getting pretty ugly there ... That is not appropriate. They are entitled to express their own views, but not in a way that is disruptive and muzzles others. |
| Cruz and his newly selected potential running mate Carly Fiorina are scheduled to speak at the GOP convention in California on Saturday. | Cruz and his newly selected potential running mate Carly Fiorina are scheduled to speak at the GOP convention in California on Saturday. |