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Hundreds of demonstrators assembled around the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, CA on the afternoon of Friday, April 29, as the Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump spoke at the California GOP Convention.<\/p>\n
Protesters linked arms on one side of the street blocking incoming traffic on Old Bayshore Highway, while a raucous crowd of several hundred people\u2014some whose faces were covered with bandanas\u2014waved Mexican flags on the other side of the street, chanting, \u201cShut down Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s numerous controversial comments throughout his presidential campaign, including those specifically targeting Mexicans, have enraged the Latino community, and have even led to violence breaking out at his rallies.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis policies just aren\u2019t right,\u201d said Roberto Lopez, 21, who was dressed as a Mexican superhero with a mask. \u00a0\u201cJust the way he talks about people, about Latinos and immigrants. He\u2019s causing a lot of hate between the country. We\u2019re at a time where we need to unite and he\u2019s dividing us. It\u2019s only going to get worse if he\u2019s elected president.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the event was about to start, the vocal crowd made its way through some metal fencing that was intended to block off the main entrance of the hotel.<\/p>\n