A protester has been arrested after throwing tomatoes at Donald Trump when the politician called Democrat Bernie Sanders a socialist.
Andrew Joseph Alemao, 28, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after he threw the fruit during a rally in Iowa.
Video captured the scenes as he made a spectacular miss and pictures show the remains of the squashed tomato.
One reporter tweeted a mug-shot of the tomato-thrower:
Protesters have become a regular fixture at Trump events, disrupting packed arenas and auditoriums with chants decrying his anti-Muslim rhetoric.
The anti-Trump group in Iowa were wearing t-shirts that read: 'Heil Trumpler!' and lead chants, screaming "get him out of here".
Trump told the crowd: "I like protesters... whenever there's a protester they turn like a pretzel".
Donald Trump Protest
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Open Image ModalJuan Escalante, campaign manager for the immigration reform group America's Voice, carries a box he claims contains over half a million petition signatures demanding that NBC revoke the invitation for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to be a guest-host on this weekend's "Saturday Night Live," into NBC Studios where the show is taped and broadcast, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:Kathy Willens/AP)
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Open Image ModalPeople protest in front of NBC studios while they are calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPeople protest in front of NBC studios while they are calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPeople protest in front of NBC studios while they are calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPeople protest in front of NBC studios while they are calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPeople protest in front of NBC studios while they are calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPeople protest in front of NBC studios while they are calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPeople protest in front of NBC studios while they are calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPeople protest in front of NBC studios while they are calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA man protests in front of NBC studios while other call calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA woman dressed as nun holds a poster as she poses for a photo during a protest in front of NBC studios while they are calling for the network to rescind the invitation to Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live show on November 4, 2015 in New York. (credit:KENA BETANCUR via Getty Images)