“He's going home to his mother.” Trump said about a demonstrator who was removed by the police for protesting his speech during an election rally

(CNN) - US President Donald Trump was forced to repeatedly stop his speech during an election rally in San Antonio, on Wednesday, as an unusually large number of protesters disrupted the course of the event.

The police removed at least 12 protesters from the hall while Trump was speaking, some of whom were handcuffed. One of them was wearing a hat bearing the Trump campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

Trump downplayed the first boycott by turning to the crowd and saying: “Let me ask you a question: Is there anything like Trump rallies? Is there anything like it?” Then he added: “No, he’s... he’s going home to his mother now.”

But the boycotts continued; After removing other protesters, Trump said: “If there are more paid protesters, please raise your hand and get out of here immediately.”

When someone else interrupted, the president claimed: “I'm telling you now, they're paying him for this,” before asking his supporters: “But aren't we having a good time?”

At one point, Trump commented on a protester's appearance, saying, "That guy needs to lose a lot of weight."