DONALD Trump’s rally in Dayton,
Ohio, took a dramatic turn overnight when a crowd member tried to rush
the stage, throwing an object, causing Secret Service agents to form a
wall around the Republican frontrunner.
Trump appeared visibly shaken as the offender was escorted out, but regained his composure while the audience chanted his name.“I was ready for him,” Trump quipped, “but it’s much easier if the cops do it.”
The incident happened a day after Trump cancelled a rally in Chicago as hundreds of protesters waited for him, leading to scuffles between the protesters and his supporters.
It comes as Trump’s Republican rivals say they may renege on a pledge to support him if he is the party’s nominee, saying he is a creating a “toxic environment” of violence.
Marco Rubio, a Florida senator, told supporters that while he was currently sticking with his pledge to back the nominee if he wasn’t the party’s choice, “it’s getting harder every day.” Ohio Governor John Kasich said the “toxic environment” Trump is creating “makes it very, extremely difficult” to support him.
“To see Americans slugging themselves at a political rally deeply disturbed me,” he said while campaigning in Cincinnati. “We’re better than that.”
Senator Rubio and Governor Kasich have previously committed to backing Trump should he win the Republican nomination, despite reservations about his qualifications. Their extraordinary shift came hours after clashes between Trump supporters and protestersover the weekend in Chicago, and just a few days before Tuesday’s primary elections in five states, including Florida, Illinois and Ohio.
Trump has drawn fervent support as well as harsh criticism for his calls to build a wall along the US-Mexico border and to impose a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country.
His rallies often attract small groups of protesters, but Friday’s was the first at which there may have been as many protesters as supporters.
The two sides shouted at each other until a Trump campaign staffer appeared and announced the event would be put off until an unspecified date for security reasons. The cancellation followed an appearance by Trump in St. Louis, Missouri earlier on Friday during which protests forced the frontrunner to halt his speech repeatedly.
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