The anti Trump protestors in Huntington Beach were out numbered! pic.twitter.com/L8BoasbwdR

— Janice Ponchak (@janiceponchak) March 25, 2017

The OC register reports that 2,000 Trump supporters attended the rally. The fighting started early in the afternoon as the supporters of the president were marching along Bolsa Chica state beach around 40 miles (64 km) south of Los Angeles.

California State Parks Police estimated that 2,000 Trump supporters attended the rally. Approximately 20 anti-Trump protesters, dressed all in black, were at the scene. They reportedly refused to move from a bike path to allow the rally to pass and the confrontation quickly turned violent.

Absolute unrest at the #MAGAmarch, anti-Trump protestors defending themselves while being ganged up on by Trump supporters. pic.twitter.com/7c8xu0J7N3

— budo (@hectorarzula) March 25, 2017

Footage from the scene shows people fighting in the sand and a group of nearly two dozen Trump supporters chasing a masked man away from the beach and onto a freeway. The man was then stopped by members of the California highway patrol.

“I hit him five times with the flag over his head,” Travis Guenther, who was carrying a “Make America Great Again” flag, boasted to the Los Angeles Times.

Pro-Trump marchers & protesters clash Saturday around the U.S. - from #HuntingtonBeach to #Philadelphia @ocregister https://t.co/PKZ8GSPIfR pic.twitter.com/MVp45CwDlD

— Ed Joyce (@EdJoyce) March 25, 2017

The Huntington Beach rally was part of wider pro-Trump rallies taking place across America. The demonstration in Omaha, Nebraska, also spiraled into violence as a fracas broke out between the president’s supporters and detractors. KETV Omaha report that eight people were arrested and police officers fired pepper balls to disperse the crowd.

On Saturday evening, Trump thanked those who attended the rallies to support him, saying on Twitter: “Thanks you for all of the Trump Rallies today. Amazing support. We will all MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Thanks you for all of the Trump Rallies today. Amazing support. We will all MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2017