Donald Trump was heckled by a protester calling him a “pedophile protector” as he headlined a rally hoping to boost his economic credentials ahead of November’s midterm elections.
The president was partway into a speech filled with his usual tirades on everything from transgender athletes to the Iran war when a man in the crowd started yelling.
“Pedophile protector! Pedophile protector!” he boomed from the other side of the venue.
The 80-year-old president, a former friend of child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, ignored the protester at first and continued to talk up his agenda, including the “historic tariffs” he had placed on foreign producers.
But as the heckles went on, Trump eventually returned fire, looking over at the man and declaring “He’s a communist! We’re running against communists,” while his fans in the crowd chanted “USA! USA!” in unison.
A second group of protesters also unfurled a banner that read “Stop Data Centers” before being removed by security personnel.
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