Trump calls the press the ‘enemy of the people’ and minutes later a man storms the rally’s media section
A man attending a campaign rally for Donald Trump on Friday stormed the media section, attempting to climb up the side of the enclosed area, before being tasered by law enforcement on the scene, according to a video posted to social media by a reporter for CBS News.
Less than ten minutes before, the former president called journalists the “enemy of the people.”
Trump claimed that the New York Times is losing “reader after reader,” which brings him joy. “I have to be happy about that,” the Republican presidential nominee began, “because they truly are the enemy of the people. They are the enemy of the people. They tell false stories about me—that’s all they do is they write false stories.” [Continue reading…]
The crowd cheered as a pack of police led the man away, prompting Trump to say, “Is there anywhere that’s more fun to be than a Trump rally?”
Trump: “That’s beautiful. That’s alright. That’s okay. No, he’s on our side. We get a little itchy, don’t we, David, our…no, no he’s on our side.”
Trump’s above comments during the man’s arrest not in the AP article. https://t.co/j7bNSvQuyR
— Jacqueline Sweet (@JSweetLI) August 31, 2024