Leftist agitators viciously attacked attendees at a Donald Trump presidential campaign fundraiser in Minneapolis on Friday night.
Video shows dozens of anti-Trump activists shouting obscenities and throwing debris as they surround Donald Trump supporters attempting to exit the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Trump fundraiser attendees attempting to exit the building were forced through a gauntlet of punches, with one protester seen violently attacking an elderly man as another man and a woman caught the brunt of the brutal beating.
Some attendees attempting to leave the event were also spit on as they left the convention center, the Star Tribune reports.
Some protesters got aggressive at the end of the night as Trump supporters left Minneapolis fundraiser. @StarTribune pic.twitter.com/gNcZGYhqBm
— Renee JonesSchneider (@reneejon) August 20, 2016
Jaime DeLage of the St. Paul Pioneer Press captured video of Trump supporters being forced to run a “gauntlet” to get into the fundraiser.
Trump supporters run gauntlet to get into Minneapolis Convention Center pic.twitter.com/Ax8lfdqIUR
— Jaime DeLage (@JaimeDeLage) August 20, 2016
The last #DonaldTrump supporters got safely into a stretch limo after something drew the crowd to another exit. pic.twitter.com/xlsUbLukvT
— Jaime DeLage (@JaimeDeLage) August 20, 2016
DeLage also captured footage of protesters outside burning the American flag:
Flag burning outside the Minneapolis Convention Center as #DonaldTrump supporters leave event. pic.twitter.com/ZU7XSuTALL
— Jaime DeLage (@JaimeDeLage) August 20, 2016
Reporter Emma Sapong with MPR News posted video of protesters attacking Trump’s motorcade:
Protesters, earlier tonight, trying to stop #Trump‘s motorcade after his fundraiser in the convention center pic.twitter.com/UUguW2viZ1
— Emma Sapong (@EmmaSapong) August 20, 2016
The private fundraiser Friday night marked Trump’s first visit to the state as the Republican presidential nominee.
Tickets for the fundraiser ranged from $1,000 per person to $100,000 per couple. The event was reportedly closed to the press, and Trump didn’t grant the media his usual press conference-style availability.
However, former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, who attended the dinner did say: “People want to live, mind their own business and have a good job, and I think that’s something Donald Trump understands.”
“He’s a common-sense guy, not into political correctness,” Bachmann added. “He has turned businesses around, and that’s what he wants to do with the country.”
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