Former President Donald Trump left the protection of bulletproof glass at a rally in North Carolina to go check on a woman in the audience who was having a medical emergency.
The event at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, south of Greensboro, marked the Republican presidential candidate’s first outdoor event since a would-be assassin shot and wounded him last month at rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
A woman apparently had passed out in the stands, perhaps due to heat exposure, and Trump left the stage, where he was surrounded by bulletproof glass, to check on her.
Secret Service agents quickly converged on him.
Emergency medical personnel were treating the woman, who looked red in the face. She was conscious at that point and holding a bottle of water.
Trump gave her a hug, and she seemed very pleased to meet him.
🚨 President Trump stops mid speech at his rally when he saw an audience member was in distress. He asks a doctor to attend to this person. He then walks away from the bullet proof glass shielding him, over to the crowd to make sure the person is ok and gives them a hug! This is… pic.twitter.com/lV5y8JGkLn
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There had been calls for a medic from the crowd, which Trump had acknowledged from the stage, asking for “a doctor, please.”
“It is very hot here,” he said.
Fox News host John Roberts noted it was 75 degrees and a sunny day in Asheboro, and often people wait for hours outside to attend the rallies.
As Trump returned to the stage, audience members began to chant, “We love Trump. We love Trump.”
The 45th president’s rally remarks were focused on national defense.
Local ABC News affiliate WTVD-TV reported Trump took aim at President Joe Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’ handling of international affairs.
“The world is on fire, and Kamala and Biden have marched us to the brink of World War III,” Trump argued.
President Trump: “The world is on fire and Kamala and Biden have marched us to the brink of World War 3.” pic.twitter.com/tz2ZC51rMX
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“That’s why this November Americans are going to tell Kamala Harris … that we’ve had enough. We can’t take it anymore. You’re doing a terrible job, Comrade Harris. You’re fired! Get out of here.”
That’s OUR President! Just goes to show you the difference between humanity and having a mobile murdering machine at a convention.
Actions do speak louder than words.
…and when Trump wins the election, (and he WILL win), if this current ILLEGITIMATE (shadow government) of an ‘Administration’ decides to pull ANY antic(s), (including RIGGING AND STEALING the election), we have plans for ALL of them…ALL of them. We won’t let anyone guess. We’ll tell you right here, right now what we’re going to do. We will FIND them and KILL them…ALL of them – DONE! If they think we’re bluffing, they’re wrong – DEAD wrong.