CLEVELAND — The Republican National Committee ignored an outcry from angry delegates on the GOP convention's first day and adopted the convention's rules by a voice vote.

The move prompted an eruption from the crowd, with people chanting "roll call vote" and yelling "point of order."

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To counter those efforts, delegate operatives for presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE, adorned in neon-green hats, led chants of "Trump!" and "USA!" to drown out the protesters.

“I have never seen anything like this,” said Sen. Mike Lee Michael (Mike) Shumway LeeMcConnell shores up GOP support for coronavirus package McConnell tries to unify GOP Davis: The Hall of Shame for GOP senators who remain silent on Donald Trump MORE (R-Utah), a close ally of Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzMurkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight Sunday shows - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death dominates MORE (R-Texas), a rival to Trump during the primary season.

“There is no precedent for this," Lee said.

The outcry came at a Republican National Convention where differences in the GOP over Trump were at the forefront.

The morning began with Trump allies taking shots at prominent Republicans not supporting the real estate mogul, including the Bush family, 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney and John Kasich, the GOP governor of Ohio.

The eruption over party rules came after a group of “Never Trump” supporters seeking to unbind delegates thought they had secured enough signatures to force a roll-call vote on the party rules. Those delegates were also joined by those looking to decentralize power from the RNC and encourage states to restrict primaries to registered Republicans, changes encouraged by allies of Cruz.

“The chair has found insufficient support for the request for a recorded vote,” Womack said as the crowd erupted.

The anti-Trump delegates wanted to force the vote to slow down the process and show that the party is not completely unified behind Trump.

Never Trump claimed to have turned in signatures for 11 states. Womack said the group turned in for signatures for nine, then signors for three states peeled off, leaving majorities from six states when seven were needed to force a roll-call vote.

After being denied the vote, most of the delegation from Colorado walked off the floor in protest, leaving behind rows of empty seats.