Fired-up Trump supporters SHOVE protestors out of Las Vegas rally as ex-president tells Nevada voters ‘your primary vote doesn’t mean anything’ – only hours after he was slapped with staggering $83.8M damages bill

Donald Trump’s supporters didn’t even wait for security forces to engage with protesters at his rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, as they took matters into their own hands and cleared the rowdy attendees from the venue.

The day after the former president was ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.8 million for defamation, he flew to Nevada for a meeting just eight miles from his gold hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

When a group of protesters became rowdy — and apparently anti-Trump — a group of supporters pushed the participants carrying the American flag out of the venue and shouted at them as the former president said, “No, they’re actually friends — enthusiastic friends.”

Trump’s rally in Nevada led to back-to-back victories in the Iowa caucuses on January 15 and the New Hampshire primaries on January 23.

Supporters of the former president helped clear protesters from the site outside Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday afternoon

Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff played Democratic counterprogramming in Las Vegas on the same day as Trump’s visit to the early primaries.

Nevada’s presidential primary is next, but almost no candidates campaigned in the state — even before all but three dropped out of the race — while confusion reigns over the dueling primaries and caucus contests.

“The message from our party’s voters is clear: It’s time to wrap up this primary and get to work on defeating (Biden),” Trump said, explaining that there will be two different primaries this year take place.

“And remember this: We all call it a primary, but I like to call it a caucus because that’s what it is,” he said, emphasizing, “Your primary doesn’t mean anything — it’s your caucus vote.”

“In your state you have both the primaries and a caucus. Don’t worry about the primaries, just do the caucus,” Trump told his voters. “And we’re going to continue to beat Crooked Joe Biden.”

Nevada is historically the third primary state, but typically only has caucuses, like Iowa. This year, however, the state has decided to hold primaries, while the Nevada Republican Party said it will hold caucuses and all delegates will be allocated through that election.

The primaries are on Tuesday, February 6 and the caucuses are on Thursday, February 8.

The ex-president railed against Nikki Haley – the last serious contender against Trump in the presidential primaries

A sea of ​​red hats as rally goers listen to Donald Trump’s speech during his rally in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, January 27, 2024

The uproar has caused much confusion and anger among Republicans.

A Trump supporter from Arizona who moved to a Vegas suburb recently told DailyMail.com at Saturday’s rally that the dueling primaries “make everything so confusing.”

Las Vegas native Billy, 62, said he didn’t even know there were two games before he showed up for the rally and says he doubts his friends and family are aware of what’s going on this year is.

Trump is registered for the caucuses – and is a shoe-in to capture all the delegates, as his only competition is longshot candidate and Texas-based pastor and entrepreneur Ryan Binkley.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley only filed for the Nevada primary, meaning she cannot pick up delegates in the state.

After her second-place finish in New Hampshire, Haley made it clear that her focus is now on her home state of South Carolina, where the fourth primary will be held on February 24.

“She’s still campaigning?” Trump said about Nikki Haley during his rally. “She just got endorsed by Liz Cheney, can you believe it? If Liz Cheney ever supported me, I would say, ‘No, I don’t want it.’

Disgraced former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney urged Haley to stay in the race.

Trump, Haley and Binkley are the three Republicans still running in the 2024 Republican presidential election.

As Trump headed to his rally in Nevada, 80-year-old E Jean Carroll broke down in tears and hugged her lawyers in court Friday as she was awarded $83.3 million in her defamation lawsuit against him.

The 80-year-old sued Trump over his defamatory statements in which he disparaged her and denied her rape allegations.

Trump left the court around 4 p.m. on Friday to go to Las Vegas despite the impending decision.

Trump’s rally came the day after he was ordered to pay $83.8 million in the defamation case brought by 80-year-old author E. Jean Carroll, which leaves court in Manhattan on Friday.