Donald Trump interrupted a campaign speech in Wisconsin on Saturday to ask for help, as several of his supporters in the packed audience collapsed.
More than 7,000 people gathered to see the former president at his fourth campaign rally in the hotly contested state at Mosinee airport.
Many were dressed warmly on a cold Wisconsin day, but the sun shone brightly on the airport tarmac as the GOP candidate spoke for more than 90 minutes.
Some raised their hands in prayer as emergency services tried to insert an IV into a woman who had fallen to the ground and was in distress.
“Make some room for them so they can get out and hopefully come back before we’re done,” Trump told them. “Because as far as I’m concerned, we can stay here all day.”
More than 7,000 people gathered to see the former president at his fourth campaign rally in the hotly contested state at Mosinee airport.
The former president raised the alarm when he heard shouts of “Medic!” from the crowd
The ex-president vowed to abolish the Department of Education when he heard someone in the crowd shout, “Medic, Medic!”
“Medic please,” Trump said from the podium. “Doctor?” Thank you very much. Take your time. Thank you, Doctor.
“We provide the best service here,” he added amid applause as emergency workers made their way through the crowd.
“It’s just amazing how much they’re doing it. And some people are here for three days, so it’s really incredible that things like this don’t happen more often.
Many were dressed warmly on a cold Wisconsin day, but the sun shone on the airport tarmac as the GOP candidate spoke for more than 90 minutes
But they always turn out to be good, they are enthusiastic about what we are doing because we are taking our country back from these lunatics. Take your time doctor. Thank you very much.’
Other victims were escorted to the sidelines and examined by medical personnel during the event, which opened with a performance by country singer Gretchen Wilson.
“Doctors, thank you, we appreciate it,” Trump said from the podium. “Let us know if anything happens.”
The former president apologized for speaking from behind a plexiglass shield after the attempt on his life at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“It’s a bit of a tough life. It’s not the easiest thing,” he told the audience. “You get shot at, other things happen, other routine things happen. But we’re going to do it for one reason.
“Just a little while ago, a reporter said, ‘Sir, if you had to do it over again, would you do it over again?’ I said, ‘Absolutely, because we’re going to make America great again. And that’s better than my life.'”
The unrest in the crowd in Mosinee came just two weeks after the ex-president emerged from behind his bulletproof shield to help an elderly woman who had fainted at his rally in Asheboro, North Carolina.
Country singer Gretchen Wilson opened the event and gave the Republican her support as Secret Service snipers watched from nearby rooftops.
Some fans had been waiting for hours when the ex-president arrived on his plane
It was less than two weeks ago that Trump hugged a struggling supporter after she fainted at his rally in North Carolina, telling her, “Hi honey, are you OK? Drink lots of water.”
“I’m just an old woman and I had to come and see you,” she told him
Trump watched her faint as he gave a speech in the blazing sun at Asheboro Regional Airport during his first outdoor rally since the attempt on his life.
“Hi honey, are you okay? Drink lots of water,” he told the 78-year-old.
She seemed stunned that she was standing face to face with the speaker and said to him, ‘Oh my God, I’m fine.
“I’m just an old woman and I had to come and see you,” she added.
Trump talked about sponsoring athletes in his business life, but stopped when he heard people in the crowd shouting “medic!”
“A doctor, please…” Trump shouted from the podium before heading into the crowd.
The former president suspected high temperatures were the cause. Before joining the crowd, he said, “It’s very warm here, I notice.”
He praised his fans for camping out for so long to see him at his events. He told them:
‘You know, they come two, three days early and that causes a lot of stress, we lose them.
“The only ones we’re not losing are the Joes in the front row. I don’t know what they do, but they’ve got something to offer here.”