Police removed between 10 and a couple dozen protesters during the speech, which featured supporter chants of "daddy Trump" and a woman flipping the double bird to security as she was expelled. The event sought to galvanize voters for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas that Fox News Power Rankings now call a toss-up. Though Trump won the state by nearly 14 points two years ago, Republicans are defending the seat in a state where Democrats have not won a Senate race in almost 40 years.
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Trump Calls Punched Female Protester a Fat Guy in Texas
US Politics8 days ago
A man in San Antonio struck a woman in the face during an Oct. 7 campaign rally, after which Donald Trump mocked the victim by calling her a "fat guy." The attack was part of a series of interruptions as Trump campaigned for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, telling the crowd that many of the demonstrators were "paid by enemies of our nation." Trump targeted the appearance of several agitators throughout the event, including telling one man that he had to "lose a lot of weight" before being escorted from the venue.
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