Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump kindly dismissed a group of hecklers Wednesday afternoon who interrupted a stump speech of his in Waterloo, Iowa.
The billionaire was in the middle of discussing the Syrian refugee crisis at a rally in the early primary state when a modest group of protesters began shouting “mobilize now” as they held up large, red signs.
After pausing for a few moments to stare down the group of hecklers, Trump turned back to the crowd to say: “Oh, I thought they were on our side.”
“That’s alright, don’t worry,” Trump added. “Don’t hurt them … We want to be nonviolent with those people.”
Trump resumed his remarks once police escorted the individuals out of the venue. Local news station KSPR later reported that the band of hecklers appeared to be climate change activists.
In late September, the real estate mogul told conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt the climate “changes depending on years and centuries.”
“Unless somebody can prove something to me, I believe there’s weather. I believe there’s change,” Trump said at the time.
“But the problem we have, and if you look at our energy costs, and all of the things that we’re doing to solve a problem that I don’t think in any major fashion exists,” he added.
Trump tops the Washington Examiner presidential power rankings and leads the GOP field in Iowa with 24 support according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll of voters in the Hawkeye State.
