Protesters Block Highway Leading To Donald Trump's Campaign

Protesters have blocked a highway leading to a campaign rally for Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump, Sky News reports. 

The demonstrators parked cars in the middle of the road near Phoenix, Arizona, before holding banners with anti-Trump slogans reading "Dump Trump" and "Shut Down Trump".

Large crowds had been lining up waiting toget into the rally at the town of Fountain Hills, where Mr Trump spoke alongside Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio.Protesters at an anti-Trump rally in New York City. 

The protesters, who numbered about two dozen, started to move away from the road and towards the rally after about an hour.

They were booed and jeered as they made their way through the crowd of Mr Trump'ssupporters.

They chanted as Mr Trump was introduced, but their chants were drowned out, as supporters shouted: "Trump! Trump! Trump!" and "USA! USA!"

It's not the first time a Trump rally has seen trouble, with a recent campaign event in Chicago having to be cancelled after clashes between protesters and supporters.

Mr Trump did not mention the protests as he addressed the crowd in Arizona.

He said: "We have a movement, folks. We gotta make that movement go forward."(The Democratic Party) absolutely will never win with the people they talk about."

Go out on Tuesday and vote - I will never let you down."

He also hit back at his closest rival for the Republican nomination, Ted Cruz, calling him "lying Ted" and the GOP's 2012 nominee Mitt Romney.

Mr Romney said on Friday that he would vote for Mr Cruz in Utah, which votes alongwith Arizona on Tuesday, as he believed Mr Cruz had the best chance of stopping Mr Trump.

But in Arizona, Mr Trump described Mr Romney as "a loser" and "a total stiff".

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