People clamor for a chance to get an autograph or shake hands with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after he spoke at the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday.
Despite the delay that forced them to stand outside in the cold, Donald Trump's supporters in Portland were enthusiastic about his visit Thursday.
Donald Trump gives a thumbs up to his supporters as he leaves the ballroom at the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday after the Republican presidential candidate spoke to a full house for about 45 minutes.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spent a significant portion of his speech in Portland on Thursday criticizing Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told supporters at the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday that his poll numbers are rising.
Demonstrators against Donald Trump face off with Trump supporters in line outside the Trump rally at the Westin Hotel in Portland on Thursday.
Donald Trump waves to his fans in the ballroom at the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage speaks before introducing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with Maine Gov. Paul LePage after LePage introduced Trump at a rally at the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday.
A protester is escorted out of the crowd by police at a Donald Trump rally at the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday.
Donald Trump speaks Thursday at the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland, where supporters shouted down protesters and chanted “Trump! Trump!” after waiting on the sidewalk for hours on a cold, blustery day.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spent much of his speech Thursday ripping Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee for president who earlier had criticized Trump.
Protesters hold up a sign reading "No Place for Hate in Maine" as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes the stage at the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday. The sign was ripped down in seconds by Trump supporters.
Anti-Trump protesters lie on the sidewalk as people stand in line to attend the Donald Trump rally at the Westin Hotel in Portland on Thursday.
"He's going to bring change," said Dennis Dempsey of Gray, who had come to Portland to see Donald Trump. "He made the effort to come here so it's the least we can do to come support him."
Briahna Loring of Portland, Charlie O'Donnell of Boston, Garrett Doody of Scarborough, and a man who did not want to give his name brace against the cold as they wait in line outside the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday to hear Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak.
Anti-Trump protesters demonstrate in Congress Square outside the Donald Trump rally at the Westin Hotel in Portland on Thursday.
From left, Sean Hartman, 18, of Norway, Prentiss Kurtz, 18, of West Paris, Michael McCann, 24, of Wiscasset and Loren Lilly, 23 of Portland were first in line at the Westin Portland Harborview on High Street in Portland to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday.
Terry Johnson of North Conway, N.H., shows her support for Donald Trump outside the Westin Hotel in Portland on Thursday, when Trump spoke at a rally.
People wait outside the Westin Harborview hotel in Portland on Thursday to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak as protesters rally in Congress Square Plaza.
Ted Sargent, 56, of South Portland, was among the approximately 500 people who stood in line to see Donald Trump in Portland on Thursday.
Alex Serrano, 18, of South Portland, engages in a discussion with Chris Gonzalez of Albany, N.Y., about Bernie Sanders, who Serrano supports, vs. Donald Trump, who Gonzalez supports, while waiting to see Trump at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel on Thursday.
Anti-Trump protesters display signs outside the Donald Trump rally at the Westin Hotel in Portland on Thursday.
A Trump supporter holds a sign and yells out the window of a passing truck outside the Donald Trump rally at the Westin Hotel in Portland.
People line up around Congress Square waiting to get into the Donald Trump rally at the Westin Hotel in Portland on Thursday.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in downtown Portland on Thursday before Donald Trump's appearance at the Westin Harborview hotel.
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