MAGA crowd pummels protester during Trump rally – and the internet wants her to sue
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MAGA crowd pummels protester during Trump rally – and the internet wants her to sue
‘He’s a paid protester,’ Trump said. ‘They get paid by the lefties in order to destroy our country. They’re scum’
Brendan Rascius in New York Tuesday 13 October 2026 14:15 BST
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During a Monday night rally for President Donald Trump in Youngstown, Ohio, a protester was pummeled and escorted out as Trump joked about her weight.
The president was talking about Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown when the cameras cut to a commotion in the crowd.
A protester, who appeared to be a woman, was standing up, showing off a t-shirt that said: “Release the Epstein Files.” Multiple attendees near her then began pulling at her clothing.
One man appeared to shove her backwards. Another seemed to strike her in the face and pull her hair, while the crowd chanted “USA, USA, USA.”
Police ultimately intervened and escorted the woman out of the Covelli Centre, as Trump began commenting on the situation from the podium.
open image in gallery“He’s a paid protester,” Trump said. “They’re all paid. They get paid by the lefties in order to destroy our country. They’re scum. But he’s going back home to Mom. He’s going back home to Mom.”
“Look at him,” the president continued. “Terrible. Don’t we love law enforcement? Oh, he’s gotta go on a diet! He’s a fat guy. Wow, wow. Gotta go on a diet fast. We all do.”
Asked by a TMZ reporter why she had chosen to protest, the woman said: “F*** Donald Trump.”
Clips of the incident quickly went viral on social media, garnering millions of views. A number of commenters called on the violent attendees to be arrested and urged the woman to press charges.
“Why wasn’t the person who was assaulting them arrested?” wrote one X user. “The men who hit that person need to ALL get hit with charges. Also, a fat joke coming from him? That’s rich,” another chimed in.
open image in gallery“She gets assaulted by a group of men and she’s the one escorted out by police. What??” political commentator Keith Edwards questioned.
“I hope she presses charges,” one user wrote. Another added: “She needs to file a lawsuit ASAP. Civil assault and battery.”
Some commenters, meanwhile, accused the woman of being a “paid agitator” and again made fun of her weight.
The incident comes less than one week after a Trump rally in Texas turned violent.
On October 7, Trump was addressing a crowd in San Antonio, when a person near the stage, apparently a protester, began yelling. At one point, a man grabbed that individual’s hair and yanked them to the ground.
“Let me ask you a question: is there anything like a Trump rally? Is there anything like it?” Trump said from the stage. “I don’t think so.”
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