Boulder police on Tuesday night responded to a small protest at the St. Julien Hotel downtown, where several Republican presidential candidates are lodged ahead of Wednesday’s debate at the University of Colorado.

Sgt. Melissa Kampf said that around 8:40 p.m., police were called to the St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St. She said they arrived to find about 15 people chanting and banging on the doors of conference rooms, where campaign staffers, and possibly candidates, were believed to be meeting.

“They were trying to get in, and when they got to the doorway of this conference room, that’s when they started getting loud,” said Kampf, who added that it wasn’t immediately clear to police what, exactly, the protesters were protesting.

She described them as “throwing flyers through the air, causing disruption, making a mess.”

Police ushered the protestors out of the lobby.

“They all left peacefully,” Kampf said. “I caught them outside and said they weren’t welcome back in, and that it was private property, and if they came back in there was a potential they would all be arrested.”

No arrests were made, though, as the group didn’t cause additional trouble at the hotel Tuesday night.