On Friday, a rally former President Donald Trump was hosting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania briefly erupted into chaos when one of his supporters lunged into the press area to attack journalists. Video of the incident shows the ex-president actively encouraging the man as he was being tackled by security.
In the video — which was tweeted Saturday morning by former NBCUniversal senior executive Mike Sington — three angles of the incident are shown simultaneously. One angle shows Trump at the lectern as he’s speaking, another shows the overhead view of the Trump supporter jumping over the barricade separating the press pool from rally attendees and a third perspective shows the up-close view of security personnel apprehending the man.
“Since Kamala and the media don’t want to attack her radical record, we will,” Trump said. As one of his supporters lunged over the barricade, he paused to watch, and remarked that it was “beautiful.”
“That’s alright. That’s OK. No, he’s on our side,” Trump said as the man attacking journalists was taken down, before offering a quip and a chuckle. “We get a little itchy, don’t we? No, no, he’s on our side.”
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