Trump knocks protesters against racial injustice during New Hampshire rally [View all]
Source: Reuters
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (Reuters) - Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination, U.S. President Donald Trump had harsh words for anti-racism protesters on Friday during a campaign stop in the politically important state of New Hampshire.
Addressing a crowd in an airport hangar, Trump called the demonstrators who sought to disrupt his White House speech on Thursday night thugs and said Senator Rand Paul could have died when he was swarmed by protesters afterwards.
Paul said on Friday he was attacked by an angry mob of more than 100 people near the White House and had to be rescued by the police.
Hed either be in very bad shape, or dead, and that would include his wife, if those policemen didnt happen to be there, Trump said of the Republican senator.
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