Protesters Removed From Trump’s Greenville Rally as Cooper Holds 50%-43% North Carolina Lead
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Updated · WITN · Oct 20
Protesters Removed From Trump’s Greenville Rally as Cooper Holds 50%-43% North Carolina Lead
3 articles · Updated · WITN · Oct 20
Summary
Multiple protesters were escorted out of Donald Trump’s rally at Pitt-Greenville Airport after interrupting his speech, with Trump calling them “losers” and alleging they were paid by the “radical left.”
Trump said security would treat any “possible threat” “very, very rough,” then used the event to attack Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper and, later, Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
The Greenville stop was part of Trump’s push for Republican candidates including Michael Whatley, who is trying to flip Thom Tillis’ Senate seat as Republicans fight to keep control of Congress.
North Carolina’s Senate race remains tight but tilted toward Democrats: the latest ECU poll showed Cooper leading Whatley 50% to 43%, unchanged from September.
Trump’s fifth Greenville visit in more than a decade came as campaigning intensifies in the swing state and early voting in Pitt County and other eastern counties is running ahead of 2022.