--- title: Donald Trump Prides Himself of Protesters description: Supporters are doubling down to back their candidate canonical: https://time.com/4256684/donald-trump-protests-help/ author: Philip Elliott article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-12T21:32:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T16:24:52.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Prides Himself of Protesters og:description: Supporters are doubling down to back their candidate og:url: https://time.com/4256684/donald-trump-protests-help/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2eed8c02d3cc0a5b/69888acb0a4a2269b59c8c9b/protest-trump-rally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Trump Protests og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Prides Himself of Protesters twitter:description: Supporters are doubling down to back their candidate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2eed8c02d3cc0a5b/69888acb0a4a2269b59c8c9b/protest-trump-rally.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Protesters Help Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=f6a8b701-9829-4bec-b596-88a4102f3934&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: TIME Raw: Watch Protester Rush Trump On-Stage [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Raw: Watch Protester Rush Trump On-Stage](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oJKYTV43.m3u8) (2:31)  _Published 2016-03-12_  by [Philip Elliott / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott / Cleveland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:24 PM UTCPublished: Mar 12, 2016 9:32 PM UTC  by [Philip Elliott / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott / Cleveland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:24 PM UTCPublished: Mar 12, 2016 9:32 PM UTC For Donald Trump, the protesters that are increasingly emboldened at his rallies are a point of amusement, if not outright pride. “Every five minutes or so,” he brags of his interruptions. His math was spot-on. Over the course of 39 minutes in Cleveland on Saturday afternoon, he drew eight separate interruptions that caused his supporters to circle the protesters and chant “Trump!” “Get ‘em the hell out,” Trump said in a cavernous exhibition hall, a day after security worries forced him to [cancel an event in Chicago](http://time.com/4256550/donald-trump-blames-thugs-cancelled-chicago-rally/?xid=homepage). As always, Trump cast himself as the victim. “We had a little bit of a problem,” Trump said of the clashes in Chicago. “We were not allowed to exercise our First Amendment rights.” That tensions are so high now, as Trump is on the cusp of becoming the undeniable Republican nominee, speaks to the business mogul’s success. Trump’s supporters feel victorious, that they’ve finally won over the Establishment. Why would Trump’s critics bother if he weren’t winning? Trump opponents [look on in horror](http://time.com/4256580/donald-trump-rally-violence-response-cruz-rubio-kasich-hillary-clinton-sanders/?xid=homepage) as the foul-mouthed former reality TV star insults his rivals and [assures national audiences that his penis is adequate](http://time.com/4247275/donald-trump-mitt-romney-john-mccain/). [Democrats](http://time.com/4256600/donald-trump-rally-democratic-turnout-election/) are eyeing Trump as a wonderful opponent to run against this fall. “All over the world, they’re talking about what’s happening,” Trump said in an understatement for the ages. It’s been a half-century since such civic-minded violence has broken out in the United States, with a leader like Trump occasionally [goading them on](http://time.com/4233481/trump-punch-protester-in-the-face/). The rage is escalating, and Trump’s campaign has no interest in tamping it down. “People are rioting in the streets,” said the Rev. Darrell Scott, a senior pastor at Cleveland Heights’ New Spirit Revival Center and a Trump supporter. “Our streets are not safe.” Trump’s campaign rallies are not your typical events. Where Republican rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have well-polished speeches, Trump’s remarks are free-wheeling thought exercises on those who have wronged him (the media, his opponents), those he would punish (ISIS, Mexico) and those he would help (the working-class voters that are plentiful here in northeast Ohio). His chief challenger here, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, often turns his campaign events into town hall meetings to take voters’ questions. Meanwhile, Trump has to tell his crowds not to rough up detractors. The standard welcome at his events includes this recording: “Please, do not touch or harm the protesters.” Those protests have been escalating. Violence between his supporters and opponents has broken out at his rallies. The Secret Service made the [highly unusual move to envelop](http://time.com/4256622/donald-trump-dayton-ohio-protesters-campaign-rally-storm-stage/?xid=homepage) Trump mid-speech in Dayton during a Saturday morning rally as one protester attempted to storm the stage, and security is typically tight. “My people aren’t violent. It’s these people who come in,” Trump said. “My people want to do one thing: Make America great again.” He repeatedly blamed Bernie Sanders’ campaign on the interruptions. “Bernie, get your people in line,” Trump said, vastly [overstating](http://time.com/4256662/sanders-supporters-shut-down-trump-chicago-rally/?xid=homepage) the Sanders campaign’s organizational skills. And yet Trump’s audiences are rather blasé about the whole affair. “He appeared to be a much gentler person in person,” said Ken Demers, a Medina, Ohio, resident who shrugged off Chicago’s violence and the protesters in Cleveland. “That was all George Soros,” he continued, blaming the liberal billionaire for Chicago’s protests. “He’s coordinating with the Democrats and the Establishment Republicans.” Trump’s crowds, indeed, are convinced that this is an effort to sabotage their candidate—and are vowing to campaign harder and shout louder to help get Trump to the White House. “He’s talking about making America great again,” said Natalia Lesko, a 50-year-old Novelty, Ohio, resident who has internalized Trump’s slogan as Gospel. “There is nothing that these protesters can say to change my mind. Trump is my guy.” ## Transcript The people that were there, that came there, that were invited there, thousands and thousands of people. They caused no problem. They were taunted. They were harassed by these other people. These other people, by the way, some represented Bernie, our communist friend. With Bernie, so he should really get up and say to his people, stop. Stop, not me, stop. They said, Mr. Trump should get up and, this morning, tell his people to be nice. My people are nice, folks. But what happened, it was very interesting. So what happened, and these were great people. These are people like yourselves. These were people that want to make America great again. That's all it is, [ APPLAUSE ] it's very simple. [ APPLAUSE ] And they were pouring into the arena, good arena, everything nice, and all of a sudden, a planned attack just came out of nowhere, printed by people that were professional people. If you look at the posters, they're all printed, they have a mark on them who made them. All done by a group. All very, very professional done. A disgrace if you want to know the truth. We cannot let our first amendment. We just can't. We can't let our first amendment rights be taken away from us folks. We can't let it happen. We have a right to speak. I mean we are law- abiding people. We're people that work very hard. We're people who built this country and made this country great, And we're all together. And we want to get along with everybody. But when they have organized professionally staged wise guys we've got to fight back. 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