Albuquerque, May 25 (RHC)-- Protests erupted outside a Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tuesday night, overshadowing Trump’s victory in Washington state’s Republican primary.

Authorities said anti-Trump demonstrators threw rocks and bottles, overturned barricades, lit fires and smashed the glass door to the Albuquerque Convention Center, where Trump was speaking.

Police forces descended on the protesters on horseback and in riot gear, using pepper spray and smoke bombs.  Inside the convention center, protesters repeatedly interrupted Trump, who responded by taunting them -- screaming at his security people: "Get ’em out of here."

Donald Trump won the Republican primary in Washington state with over 77 percent of the vote Tuesday, bringing him closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination.  His rivals, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich, have dropped out of the race.