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Published on Nov 8, 2016
Austyn Crites, a Republican protester who was attacked by Donald Trump supporters at a rally in Nevada, talks to Paul Lewis.
He gives his response after Fox News falsely implicated him in a case of voter fraud involving absentee ballots issued in the name of his ‘dead’ grandmother. We meet the very much alive 90-year-old Wilda Austin along with Jacqueline Evans, a licensed notary for the state of Nevada.
‘Probably a plant’: Kellyanne Conway blames protester for getting beaten by Trump fans in Reno
Published on Nov 6, 2016
Trump
campaign manager Kellyanne Conway lashed out at a Republican voter who
was beaten over the weekend while protesting Donald Trump.
At a rally in Reno on Saturday, 33-year-old Austyn Crites said that he was beaten by Trump supporters for holding a “Republicans Against Trump” sign. He later learned that the scuffle had prompted Secret Service agents to whisk Trump from the stage.
Crites told USA Today that he was not part of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, but he had briefly canvassed for the Democratic candidate because he wanted to do all he could to defeat Trump. Crites said that he had been a Republican for six years and that he was also a fan of independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin.
But on Sunday, Conway suggested to Fox News that Crites deserved the beating because he was “probably a plant” sent in by the Clinton campaign.
“This protester, we’re finding out this morning, he’s a Democrat, I’m told,” Conway opined.
“Hillary supporter,” Fox News host Steve Doocy scoffed.
“And so people are trying to spin it, ‘Oh, this is the kind of action you get at your rallies,'” Conway continued. “This guy was a Democrat, probably a plant.”
“And look, I just think it’s a microcosmic example of how desperate they’re becoming,” she insisted. “They’re following us all over the map. We’re scrambling the electoral map. We’re playing follow the leader with us in the lead.”
As you may recall, the Secret Service quickly escorted Trump off stage due to the threat of a gun in the crowd. Trump eventually returned to the stage to finish his speech after it was discovered there was no gun and the whole situation derived from a fracas over a protester’s sign.
Crites, who claims he is a Republican who doesn’t support Trump, told reporters his side of the story. In his view, he was grabbed and tackled by members of the crowd over his Republicans against Trump sign, and eventually someone yelled “gun.”
“When I pulled out the sign, people around me were trying to grab the sign,” Crites said.
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He continued, “Because they couldn’t grab the sign, boom, I get tackled by all of these people and someone yells something about a gun.”
The AM Joy panel then discussed the situation for a bit.
At a rally in Reno on Saturday, 33-year-old Austyn Crites said that he was beaten by Trump supporters for holding a “Republicans Against Trump” sign. He later learned that the scuffle had prompted Secret Service agents to whisk Trump from the stage.
Crites told USA Today that he was not part of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, but he had briefly canvassed for the Democratic candidate because he wanted to do all he could to defeat Trump. Crites said that he had been a Republican for six years and that he was also a fan of independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin.
But on Sunday, Conway suggested to Fox News that Crites deserved the beating because he was “probably a plant” sent in by the Clinton campaign.
“This protester, we’re finding out this morning, he’s a Democrat, I’m told,” Conway opined.
“Hillary supporter,” Fox News host Steve Doocy scoffed.
“And so people are trying to spin it, ‘Oh, this is the kind of action you get at your rallies,'” Conway continued. “This guy was a Democrat, probably a plant.”
“And look, I just think it’s a microcosmic example of how desperate they’re becoming,” she insisted. “They’re following us all over the map. We’re scrambling the electoral map. We’re playing follow the leader with us in the lead.”
Somebody Yells Something About A Gun' Austyn Crites Explains How He Was Tackled Mediaite
Published on Nov 6, 2016
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an interview with reporters Saturday night that was aired this morning
on AM Joy, Austyn Crites explained the situation that occurred at Donald
Trump’s Reno rally last night.As you may recall, the Secret Service quickly escorted Trump off stage due to the threat of a gun in the crowd. Trump eventually returned to the stage to finish his speech after it was discovered there was no gun and the whole situation derived from a fracas over a protester’s sign.
Crites, who claims he is a Republican who doesn’t support Trump, told reporters his side of the story. In his view, he was grabbed and tackled by members of the crowd over his Republicans against Trump sign, and eventually someone yelled “gun.”
“When I pulled out the sign, people around me were trying to grab the sign,” Crites said.
00:00
02:44
He continued, “Because they couldn’t grab the sign, boom, I get tackled by all of these people and someone yells something about a gun.”
The AM Joy panel then discussed the situation for a bit.
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