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It appears that the media has pretty well buried the protestors causing major traffic jams in the Phoenix area in and around the Trump rally. I saw hundreds so I suspect thousands of cars were forced to make u-turns away from the rally. Had to travel through Scottsdale and police set up road blocks the keep traffic away from the protestors. Protestors blocked every road to the suburb of Fountain Hills where the rally was held..The protestors after blocking all lanes of traffic with their vehicles. Chained themselves to their cars and pickups making it difficult to tow them away. I couldn't see it but I bet the cops were gentle removing the protestors with all the media cameras. Myself and at least a hundred cars refused to turn around and awaited apx 90 minutes for traffic to begin moving. Many parked their cars and hiked the apx five mile uphill hike over a mountain. Trump's appearance was delayed about an hour. Despite many motorists being told by Scottsdale Police the rally was canceled a crowd estimated at 10,000+ showed up and waited in 90 degree heat for Trump's speech. Local talk radio said Trump's speech and appearance on stage was shortened due to security concerns. Trump spoke for about 20 minutes. An estimated 5,000 early arrivers before the road blocks got into a good position to see Trump. Police and Secret Service opened up about a 100 yard area keeping the rest of the crowd away from the stage. A Deputy told me the separation in the crowd was established by Secret Service calling it a "safe zone". The zone was kept clear by some bad-ass looking cops, many wearing tactical gear. Numerous cops on horseback and those on foot with some mean looking hyper dogs. My guess, it was done to keep protestors away from Trump, his entourage and some Republican VIP's that were seated near the stage. Our former Governor that had gained national notoriety for the photo of her finger pointing as she lectured Obama. Got an applause as loud as Trump. There were a few protestors in the crowd I stood in. Most of their chants were drowned by FU's, get a job or go back to Mexico. I saw some older, wimpy looking, 60's hippie type pushed and tripped by Trump fans. A group of five, as Rush has named them, fema-Nazis. Carrying signs saying things like "Trump calls women dogs" or "Hillary for women". Many in the crowd yelled "pigs" or oinked. Guy close to me barked, mimicking Hillary I guess. For some reason I can't load my cell phone photos. I'll try later to post them.