--- title: Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute at Las Vegas Rally description: As Trump was heckled by protesters, another man yelled 'Sieg heil!' canonical: https://time.com/4149272/trump-rally-nazi-salute/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-15T16:16:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:28.205Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute at Las Vegas Rally og:description: As Trump was heckled by protesters, another man yelled 'Sieg heil!' og:url: https://time.com/4149272/trump-rally-nazi-salute/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50e0349cb545362f/6988755e0a4a2231cf9c77f6/trump-audience-member-nazi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4244 og:image:height: 2387 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute at Las Vegas Rally twitter:description: As Trump was heckled by protesters, another man yelled 'Sieg heil!' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50e0349cb545362f/6988755e0a4a2231cf9c77f6/trump-audience-member-nazi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute at Las Vegas Rally > Sponsored content. 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John Locher—AP by [Benjy Sarlin / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Benjy Sarlin / NBC News Dec 15, 2015 4:16 PM UTC Some Donald Trump supporters attending the Republican presidential candidate’s rally in Las Vegas on the eve of the next GOP debate treated protesters with unusual hatred Monday night. Trump was interrupted several times by Black Lives Matter protesters, prompting a furious reaction from the crowd. Some screamed, pointed, and at one point shoved a heckler as hotel security swooped in to remove them. As one man was dragged away, Trump supporters variously yelled, “Shoot him!” “Kick his ass,” and “Light the motherf—-r on fire!” A large middle aged man shouted, “Sieg heil!” — a Nazi Germany-era salute — as the protester… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-audience-member-yells-nazi-salute-protester-removed-las-vegas-n480056?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4149272/trump-rally-nazi-salute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4149272/trump-rally-nazi-salute/"},"headline":"Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute at Las Vegas Rally","datePublished":"2015-12-15T16:16:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:28.205Z","description":"As Trump was heckled by protesters, another man yelled 'Sieg heil!'","url":"https://time.com/4149272/trump-rally-nazi-salute/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election","Donald Trump","Nazism"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50e0349cb545362f/6988755e0a4a2231cf9c77f6/trump-audience-member-nazi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Benjy Sarlin / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50e0349cb545362f/6988755e0a4a2231cf9c77f6/trump-audience-member-nazi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Donald Trump","creditText":"John Locher—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4149272/trump-rally-nazi-salute/","name":"Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute at Las Vegas Rally"}}]}] ```