Video Appears To Show Trump Manager Corey Lewandowski Yanking Protestor by the Collar
When will this man learn that there are cameras rolling around him all the time?
At a rally in Tuscon that, true to form for most Trump rallies these days, devolved into chaos and even violence, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski was seen talking with and eventually grabbing a protester, footage shows. The video was posted by a CBS News reporter Saturday night.
Here is Donald Trump's campaign manager in the Tucson crowd grabbing the collar of a protester. pic.twitter.com/JZ9RntWlHY
— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) March 19, 2016
According to The New York Times, Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks would not say why Lewandowski was involved with the scuffle. She told CBS flat-out that Lewandowski didn’t touch the protestor:
“Corey Lewandowski was speaking with a protester at today’s rally in Tucson, Arizona when the individual he was speaking with was pulled from behind by the man to Lewandowski’s left. The video clearly shows the protester reacting to the man who pulled him, not to Mr. Lewandowski. Mr. Trump does not condone violence at his rallies, which are private events paid for by the campaign.”
Perhaps his motivation was the same as the one that compelled him to grab Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields by the arm at another even last week.
Other incidents at the rally involved a woman , as well as a Trump supporter kicking and punching a protestor as he was led out of the building.
Went to the Trump rally just to see how crazy it would be........this is insane pic.twitter.com/QFwSwmNoI0
— Alex Satterly (@alex_satterly) March 19, 2016
The supporter was immediately arrested after the altercation:
VIOLENCE at another Donald Trump rally, this time in Tucson, AZ. Man hits and kicks protester: pic.twitter.com/7FWuSeE0Jt
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) March 19, 2016