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FOUNTAIN HILLS – The normally quiet town of Fountain Hills got a change of pace Saturday morning during a campaign stop by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump at Fountain Park.


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Supporters and protesters of presidential candidate Donald Trump gathered on Saturday to voice their opinions of the GOP frontrunner at rallies in downtown Phoenix and Fountain Hills. At one point, protesters blocked Shea Blvd. near the Mayo Clinic in an attempt to block Trump supporters from reaching the rally in Fountain Hills. Trump spoke to thousands in the park before heading for his third Arizona event in Tucson.

A Maricopa County Sheriff deputy cuts free a protester who locked herself to a van Saturday morning in the middle of Shea Blvd. in an attempt to stop supporters of presidential candidate Donald Trump from reaching his rally in Fountain Hills. (Photo by Justin Emerson/Cronkite News)

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