After days of missed opportunities to target his rival, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump went back on the offensive Thursday, delivering an anti-immigrant message aimed squarely at New England.
Citing the Boston Marathon bombers and the settlement of Somalis in Maine, he raised the prospect of terrorists infiltrating the country as refugees.
“We’re letting people come in from terrorist nations that shouldn’t be allowed,” Trump said. “This could be the great Trojan horse of all time.”
His rhetoric fired up a feisty crowd of nearly 1,800 in Portland’s Merrill Auditorium, where four sets of protesters were jeered and ejected after interrupting Trump’s remarks.
At least one group hauled out of the hall by police held up pocket-size copies of the Constitution, in apparent