President Donald Trump made his campaign appearance at a mostly-full Target Center Thursday night.
At over an hour and a half, it was among his longest campaign rally speeches. It took him about 40 minutes to get to his first mention of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
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"She is a disgrace to our country and she is one of the big reasons that I'm going to win and the Republican party is going to win Minnesota in 13 months," he said to applause.
He called Omar anti-Semitic and discussed false conspiracies about her.
@wccoradio didn’t happen to me on the streets but here comes the boos, prompted by Trump, at journalists. Points to staging area says: “They are so dishonest and so bad for our country.”
— Sloane Martin (@SloaneMartin) October 11, 2019Trump did not bring up Minneapolis crime, but he did take time to thank local law enforcement. His son, Eric Trump gave a shoutout to MPD union head Bob Kroll who's been on Fox News this week.
Throughout much of the evening, protesters were out in front of Target Center. Madeline Dye, 20, and 19-year-old Kiara Ladd said they turned out for others.
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"For the minorities that don't feel safe coming out here because they're afraid of what Trump supporters will do," 20-year-old Madeline Dye said in front of First Avenue nightclub before the rally.
"Personally my grandma was very pissed when Trump was first elected and now she's really pissed," 19-year-old Kiara Ladd said, adding that she wanted to be there for her grandmother, who couldn't make it.
After the rally there were some verbal confrontations with police and a march. A group burned a pile of Trump merchandise.
There was a large police presence include mounted and on bicycles. Many officers were in full riot gear.
At some point after the rally, what appeared to be mace or tear gas was deployed.
@wccoradio police on bike leading protesters south on Hennepin. Police with riot gear on here at the corner of Hennepin and 6th pic.twitter.com/kYSaqjFMI0
— Sloane Martin (@SloaneMartin) October 11, 2019@wccoradio police on bike and horseback right on the tracks pic.twitter.com/vhWHl7p1D6
— Sloane Martin (@SloaneMartin) October 11, 2019@wccoradio a look at the very energized protests near 1st Ave/5th St. pic.twitter.com/m9YvEoZH5X
— Sloane Martin (@SloaneMartin) October 11, 2019
