WILD: Trump Pauses NC Rally Speech, Leaves Stage to Check on Supporter Who Had Medical Emergency

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Wednesday afternoon, former President Donald Trump held his first outdoor rally since he was shot in a failed assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 — this time in Asheboro, North Carolina. Given security concerns, Trump now addresses the crowd from behind plexiglass. 

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He spoke at length, and Ward Clark has some more in-depth coverage of what he had to say in the piece linked below. But there was a moment during the rally that caught everyone by surprise. A woman in the audience appeared to be having a medical emergency — possibly heat-related. 


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Trump paused his speech and summoned a doctor over to assist her. Then, after waiting a few moments, he strode down off the stage and out from behind the plexiglass over to the stands where she was to check on her directly. 


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The Secret Service agents with him appeared to scramble to accompany him. I can’t imagine they were thrilled with his unscripted move. 

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Nevertheless, he walked over to the stands where she was being tended to, spoke with her, and then gave her a big hug — and a kiss on the top of her hat — before returning to the stage. Thankfully, the woman appeared to be okay. 

One assumes (hopes?) that everyone in the crowd had been screened before the event — and that there was adequate overwatch, unlike in Butler. Still, with what happened so recently, it was a bit jarring to see him walk out from behind the protective glass in that outdoor setting. But it was a neat moment — one that once again humanized the man the Dems continue to do their damnedest to demonize. 

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