Trump’s MAGA Rally Is Constantly Derailed by Protesters
KENT NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump’s midterm rally in Kansas was derailed multiple times by protesters, including four in as many minutes.
Trump traveled to Wichita on Monday in support of embattled Sen.
Roger Marshall, who suddenly finds himself in a closer-than-expected contest against Democrat Adam Hamilton.
The race is considered a toss-up by nonpartisan election forecaster Cook Political Report, and a Hamilton victory would mark the first time since 1932 that Kansas elected a Democratic senator.
Trump, 80, has been crisscrossing the country over the last few weeks, largely helping Republican incumbents play defense amid strong political headwinds, and in the process has drawn no shortage of protesters .
That was the case again on Monday, when it appeared that at least six people protested against the president.
The first disruption came shortly after Trump took the stage, when he was reiterating his plea that his supporters pretend that he, too, is a candidate.
“Please pretend I’m on the ballot.
And I am, actually, if—” Trump said, as a voice repeatedly called out.
Trump looked their way and waved the protester off.
“You know what he is.
They’re paid protesters,” he told the crowd—a common, unsupported claim of his that he would make throughout the night.
During the second interruption a few seconds later, Trump put his finger up to his ear.
“Oh, here’s another one.
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