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Donald Trump's campaign appearance in Louisville drew thousands of supporters and hundreds of protesters to the Kentucky International Convention Center.New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie introduced Trump as "the next president of the United States" at a rally Tuesday in Louisville.Trump spoke for about 30 minutes to a rowdy crowd.Trump wasted no time talking about one of his most controversial plans."Who is going to pay for the wall (Mexico) who (Mexico) they are going to pay for the wall. They don't know it yet but they're going to pay for the wall," Trump said.The GOP presidential front runner picked apart his fellow Republicans. Then he went after the Democrats."Hillary Clinton does not have the strength or the stamina to be president. She'll do a meeting then she'll show up 5 days later to another one then she'll go home go asleep then she'll rest," Trump said.Many times the crowd cheered Trump, but he was also interrupted by protesters several times. Those protesters were led out of the convention center.Video showing Trump supporters pushing woman goes viralAt one point, a woman could be seen being pushed by people in the crowd until she left.WLKY spoke with the woman on the phone Tuesday night. She said she is doing well. She is just trying to process everything.Trump urged Kentucky Republicans to get out to the caucus on Saturday."We lose at everything we do. We're an embarrassment. Our country is being laughed at by everybody in the world. Everybody takes advantage of the United States," Trump said "You're going to vote on Saturday, we are going to go in and we are going to start winning so much. We're going to win with our military. We are going to knock the hell out of ISIS. We're going to win with our vets. We're going to take great care of our veterans."Those in attendance braved the rain to get into the convention center. The line to get into the building stretched from the covered part of Third Street, around Jefferson Street and down the block.Supporters began arriving just before noon and the line grew very quickly."He's the only candidate that can make America great again," supporter Darrell Samuels said.READ: Caucus 101: What you need to know before Saturday's caucusSuper Tuesday is a pivotal day in the primaries and just four days away from Kentucky's Republican presidential caucus.Trump had 221 delegates awarded on Super Tuesday.Live Wire: Super Tuesday CoverageKentucky’s 46 Republican delegates will be decided on Saturday.Before the event, vendors sold Trump merchandise outside the convention center.Supporters showed off their signs and cheered.Inside, the mood was equally festive.Some supporters said they had voted many times. For others, this will be their first election.One thing they all had in common, they believe that because Trump is an outsider. He can get things done the other candidates can’t.”Donald Trump is, he's a businessman, he's what we need. Something I don't believe any other candidate has. He's the only person that speaks the truth,” supporter Cameron Pennington said.”He's been pretty successful. Sure, he's not a pussycat. But we also have checks and balances. He's not going to be doing this alone,” supporter Arthur Avitabile said.”I believe he's going to come in and help the working man with pipelines. I'm a real big supporter of the Keystone pipeline,” supporter TJ Brown said.Dr. Ben Carson was in Lexington on Monday and Sen. Marco Rubio plans a visit to Lexington on Friday.