Blackburn says 'angry mob' is broken in Tennessee with Lindsey Graham

Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn said an angry mob of protesters interrupted his senatorial campaign rally on Sunday during a moment of silence for the victims of this weekend's mass shooting.

Security officers forcibly removed several people from Blackburn's "Get Out The Vote" rally with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., On Sunday evening after several "appalling" and "despicable" disruptions, according to the 2018 Senate candidate's campaign.

Blackburn, the state's Republican nominee in the Senate Senate race, said protesters threw punches and shouted in the midst of a moment of silence for the victims in Pittsburgh, where 11th Jewish worshipers were fatally shot Saturday.

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She blamed the protests on her Democratic opponent, forming Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, who rejected that assertion.

Alyssa Hansen, a Breseden campaign spokeswoman, told ABC News the protesters "have no association whatsoever with our campaign."

"Like Governor Bredesen said, it is time to turn down the rhetoric supporter and start acting Americans and Tennesseans first and second supporters," according to a statement from the Bredesen campaign. "This is happening from both sides – it's a shame that people disrupted Congresswoman Blackburn's event and it's a shame that Congresswoman Blackburn's campaign staff has been proudly screaming at 37 of Governor Bredesen's events."

Blackburn, in her own statemen, added: "The liberal angry mob made it clear they are active in Tennessee and will stop at nothing to disrupt civil political discourse.They resisted law enforcement, and they interrupted a moment of silence for the victims in Pittsburgh . "

Blackburn was interrupted more than once during her 11-minute presentation, which underlined the effects of Trump administration, including lower tax rates and better unemployment numbers.

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Some protesters like "Marsha Blackburn is a white supremacist" and "impeach Trump" during the event, according to video posted on social media. Blackburn's been tried out with some of the protesters – some chanted "U-S-A" and "jobs not mobs" have been removed.

Mark Brown, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Democratic Party, said the protesters are not affiliated with Bredesen for "in any way."

ABC News Christopher Donato contributed to this report.