Donald Trump fondly remembered the “old days” during a rally Monday night, when a protester who interrupted his event would’ve been socked in the face and “carried out on a stretcher.”
Trump cracked up the crowd when he went on a 90-second aside about the “totally disruptive” and “nasty” individual, weaving praise of the police and condemnation of his rival Ted Cruz into his speech.
“Oh, I love the old days, you know? You know what I hate? There’s a guy, totally disruptive, throwing punches, we’re not allowed to punch back anymore. I love the old days. You know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this? They’d be carried out on a stretcher, folks,” Trump said to cheers. “You know, I love our police, and I really respect our police, and they’re not getting enough. They’re not. Honestly, I hate to see that. Here’s a guy, throwing punches, nasty as hell, screaming at everything else when we’re talking, and he’s walking out, and we’re not allowed — you know, the guards are very gentle with him, he’s walking out, like, big high fives, smiling, laughing — I’d like to punch him in the face, I’ll tell you.”
POLITICO reported that the man escorted out was not throwing punches and that Trump “was just over-exaggerating.”
