I mean, Stadler your own report painted a little different picture.
By the way, I went to the Trump rally in Connecticut on Thursday of last week. What a crazy thing. Absolute circus, and not in a good way. 7:00 rally, I got there about 5:45. At that point, the line was out the door and snaking through the parking garage. We (my daughter and I) parked and decided to get some food. We failed, but we found one of my daughter's friends, and decided to get in line. It was LONG. The guy behind me was very upset, because he got all the way up to the metal detectors (the last line before getting into the center itself) and he had a vape pen or some shit, and they wouldn't let him in with it. Rather than ditch the $250 unit, he went back to the car while the other three went in. So we make our way and we get to within about 50 feet of the detectors and the line breaks down and it's just a rush to the detectors. There are seven, but only four are working, serviced by TSA agents.
We stood for almost 45 minutes in that mass, slowly moving forward. The only even remotely saving grace was that the woman in front of me was very attractive, which should tell you all you need to know about my prospects of getting in. As it got to about 7:00, we could see in through the glass, and sure enough, Trump took the podium. No other speakers, nothing, and he talked for about 35, 40 minutes. They were still letting people in, but it was half-hearted, and we got as close as about 20 feet before Trump ended and they let people out.
Here's the thing: they didn't let people out the same way they let them in. We went in on the downstairs floor, and went upstairs inside to the metal detectors. They let the people out upstairs, to walk down a set of outside stairs. To where the protesters were camped out. So they basically funneled the Trump supporters down a concrete chute right into the protestors. It was moderately calm, but still. The Trump supporters (and neutral observers, like me) outnumbered the protestors about 10 to 1 if not more. At one point, some woman was taking photos of every person in line as they walked by; I asked her what she was about and she said something snotty about "If you're proud of your position and your candidate, you shouldn't mind being in a photo at his rally", so I said "Proud of our position, eh?" and I took her picture on my phone and then said "well, fair point, but be careful about what you assume. You know, assume, ass, you, me... I'm here for the educational moment, and you should be more respectful of that." She stopped at that point.
Most of the protestors were the same spiel; "Stop the Hate", "No homophobia, no Islamophobia, no something I can't remember-phobia" stuff. Honestly, most of the people there were there for the spectacle. There were supporters but it wasn't the mass race war that the press makes it out to be. There were in fact ZERO arrests that night (though at the end, we walked over to the center of Hartford to get food, and on the way back, the police were sweeping the streets of protestors).
Best sign of the night: guy had a simple 8.5" x 11" paper with "I'm Not Down With Donald Trump's Ideas" on one side, and as he turned, I saw the other side that said "Donald Trump Listens To Creed" and thought that was hilarious.
That sounds like an awkward situation based around a candidate she probably thinks is sexist. I'd probably avoid it as well.