Donald Trump has been heckled at a number of rallies as the GOP nominee continues his primary campaign.
The former president has been touring the country as the Republican primary season begins. Trump has already achieved two wins—one last week in Iowa and another on Tuesday in New Hampshire—and polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight suggests he will achieve 67.7 percent of the overall vote share across the states.
Despite his likely victory, he remains a divisive figure, as evidenced by the number of times protesters have interrupted his speeches. FiveThirtyEight says 51.8 percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, while 43.6 percent have a favourable opinion of the Republican.
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After taking the stage in Laconia, New Hampshire, on Monday ahead of the primary vote, the former president was shouted at, causing him to pause and laugh.
"She's back!" he told supporters gathered at the event. "She's going home now. Where have you been darling?"
He added: "You know we don't have that like we used to. We used to have that all the time."
He was also interrupted by his own supporters, who called on him to free the January 6 Capitol riot prisoners and shouted QAnon slogans.
On Sunday, Trump was making a speech at an event in Rochester, New Hampshire, when a heckler started speaking. The unnamed person was drowned out by boos and chants of "USA" from other people in the crowd.
On Saturday, the former president kicked out a person who interrupted him by calling him a "dictator" during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.
"Go ahead, you can throw him out," he told security.
Trump was also heckled last week in Indianola, Iowa, during a speech, when a woman criticized him for taking millions in payments from China, Saudi Arabia, and other foreign governments while he was president.
In response, Trump said: "Go home to Mommy! Your mommy's worried."
"They are so young, and they are fighting oil," Trump added.
He was booed and cheered in South Carolina in November 2023, when he appeared in the state to watch the Palmetto Bowl college football game between the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks and Clemson University's Tigers.
Trump's next rally will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 27 at the sports park Big League Dreams.
Nevada is the next state where Republicans will vote for their preferred nominee, on February 8 in a caucus.
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