Chaos at Trump rally in Arizona as 11 MAGA fans are taken to hospital for heat exhaustion as temperatures surge to 110 degrees
- Former President Donald Trump headlined an event in Phoenix on Friday
- It was so hot that eleven of his supporters were hospitalized for heat exhaustion
Eleven supporters of former president Donald Trump have been hospitalized for heat-related symptoms after waiting in line to interview the suspected person G.O.P nominee will speak at an event on Friday Arizona.
Trump is headlining a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, where temperatures soared to 110 degrees around 1:30 p.m. as large numbers of his supporters waited outside. according to local news reports.
The event marks his first campaign event since he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying company records over hush money payments to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 elections.
As Trump took the stage, he touted that there were “thousands of people outside.”
During the immigration-focused event, the ex-president let out a “bulls***” chant while using the curse word to refer to president Joe Biden‘s new executive order at the border.
Former President Donald Trump headlined a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix on Thursday, where 11 of his supporters were hospitalized for heat-related illness after waiting outside
A Trump supporter is being treated for exhaustion in Phoenix on Friday after crowds waited for hours outside the event, held at a megachurch, as temperatures reached 110 degrees
“I don’t like saying the word bull**** in front of these beautiful children,” Trump said with a grin.
Members of the crowd said it instead.
Biden’s order suspended asylum guarantees that traditionally allowed anyone who reached U.S. territory to apply — a policy more in line with what Trump favored.
Still, the former president was not impressed.
The Turning Point USA event was for Trump to answer questions — giving the ex-president extra ammunition to take on Biden, citing the Democrat’s rare news conferences.
‘I’m not like Joe, tell me who’s going to – He has a press conference that lasts about two minutes and he says like this, he reads a card, “eh NBC Jim, Jim”, and then they ask him a question and then he takes the same paper and reads the answer,” Trump said. “They never do that with me.”
“Is anyone going to watch the debate with this character?” Trump then added.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump are photographed waiting outside in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday
Trump and Biden agreed to face off in two debates ahead of the November election, starting with one on June 27, hosted by CNN and moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
“Does anyone know him, Fake Tapper?” Trump asked, before calling Bash “another beauty.”
He said the Biden campaign wanted the debates to be “seated” and “short,” and Trump said he agreed to it anyway.
“Frankly, we should have a lot of debates,” the ex-president said, before returning to the topic of immigration.
When it came to the question and answer portion – which Trump said he rarely does because it can get a bit “sloppy” – he was asked how he could stop drugs from flowing into the country.
“You look good, look at that guy, he looks like a Wall Street banker,” Trump said when a questioner asked if his children could live the same kind of life he did.
Trump talked about how he planned to expand law enforcement.
When another man asked about border security — and people coming from “dangerous” countries, Trump continued talking about how he planned to impose tariffs on China.
He said it was easier to “stop it at the source” and then wage a “battle at the border,” claiming that Chinese President Xi Jinping would be willing to stop the illegal trade in fentanyl.
At one point, Trump brought out props after a woman asked about high grocery prices.
He showed the audience normal Tic Tacs and then a small version, saying that inflation did that.
