SECURITY SCARE AT TRUMP RALLY IN OHIO
Secret Service rushes stage to protect GOP front-runner
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A day after the George Soros-backed group Moveon.org caused Republican front-runner Donald's Trump's Chicago rally to be canceled, an Ohio gathering took a dramatic turn when a disturbance broke out behind the podium, causing Secret Service agents to jump on stage and form a protective wall around the billionaire.
A campaign spokeswoman said a man at the Dayton, Ohio, event "attempted to breach the secure buffer and was removed rapidly and professionally."
The suspect was identified as Thomas Dimassimo, 32, and was charged with disorderly conduct and inducing panic – both misdemeanors, Chief Mike Etter of the Dayton Airport Police Department told NBC News. He reportedly jumped the bike racks and tried to climb onto the stage, but was stopped by Secret Service agents stationed nearby. He may have thrown a bottle at the beginning of the incident, but this could not be confirmed.
A second video emerged showing Dimassimo leaping out from the crowd and attempting to reach the stage:
One Secret Service agent received a minor injury.
As the suspect was hustled away, the audience cheered "Trump!" and the billionaire gave two thumps up and joked, "I was ready for him, but it's much easier if the cops do it."
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Earlier in the rally, held at Dayton International Airport, Trump said he "didn't want to see anybody get hurt" as he explained why Friday's event was canceled.
"You would have had a problem like you haven't seen in a long time," Trump said. "It was determined that if we go in, it could cause really bad, bad vibes."
Police said five people were arrested and two officers were injured amid the clashes at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
"All of a sudden, a planned attack just came out of nowhere," Trump said of the protesters, whom he accused of carrying signs "printed by people that were professional people ... very professionally done. A disgrace, if you want to know the truth."
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Trump said he decided to cancel what would have been a "tremendous" rally after consulting with law enforcement and his security staff.
"We want to get along with everybody. But when they have organized, professionally staged wiseguys, we've got to fight back," he said at his Ohio campaign stop.
Hours earlier, Trump defiantly tweeted: "The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!"
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The protesters were "bad people," he said Saturday. "These are people who truly don't want to see our country great again."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Texas Sen.Ted Cruz were quick to criticize Trump for the Chicago situation.
"Donald Trump has created a toxic environment," said Kasich. "And a toxic environment has allowed his supporters and those who sometimes seek confrontation to come together in violence. There is no place for this. There is no place for a national leader to prey on the fears of people who live in our great country."
Cruz told reporters, "[W]hen you have a campaign that disrespects the voters, when you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence, when you have a campaign that is facing allegations of physical violence against members of the press, you create an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discourse."
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter slammed Fox News and Cruz for their reactions. "Fox News & Cruz are American traitors, in league with the liberal establishment. Silent majority must face fire from a unified oligarchy," she tweeted early Saturday.
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