Former President Donald Trump was holding a town hall meeting on Monday evening, but the event ended up getting cut short due to some medical emergencies that unfolded in the audience. The town hall was being held in the city of Oaks, Pennsylvania, which is located about 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and Fairgrounds. The venue was very warm on the inside due to the enclosed space being packed so full of attendees.
In fact, it was so warm on the inside that both Trump and South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, the moderator for the town hall, made comments on it. And as someone who suffers from heat intolerance, I can tell you right now, if it was warm enough for the speakers to say something about it, I probably would have passed out myself.
According to Jack Davis, writer for The Western Journal, the Trump campaign estimated attendance to be somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000. During one point of the event, Trump asked about the air conditioning in the building.
“They probably can’t afford it, sir, in this economy,” Noem zinged, according to The Associated Press. I mean, she may not be wrong. With the cost of living skyrocketing under the failed economic policies of the Biden-Harris administration, we’ve all had to shell out obscene amounts of money in order buy basic goods at the supermarket and all sorts of other necessities, making it difficult to afford the luxuries we normally enjoy.
The crowd didn’t want to leave, so the songs kept rolling! 🎶
“Play YMCA, let’s go, nice and loud!” pic.twitter.com/E6k3XTSkLq
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) October 15, 2024
According to ABC, the first medical emergency took place about 30 minutes into the event. An individual was placed on a stretcher. As that took place, the crown sang “God Bless America.” Trump requested that “Ave Maria” be played as the man was treated. A second medical emergency soon followed. “Would anybody else like to faint?” Trump asked. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Trump campaign said there were three people transported from the expo center to an area hospital. Their conditions were not available, the Inquirer reported.
Trump said he wanted the doors opened, but was told it could not be done for security reasons. “Open the doors. I wish we could open those doors to outside,” Trump said. “For security reasons, they can’t. But you know what I suggest? Open them. Because anybody comes through those doors, you know what’s going to happen to them.”
True to his nature, Trump then cracked a joke about their being a bright side to the whole fiasco.
“Personally, I enjoy this. We lose weight, you know. No, you lose weight. We could do this — lose four or five pounds,” the former president said. Not long after the second individual passed out, Trump declared the question part of the event to be over.
“Let’s not do any more questions. Let’s just listen to music. Let’s make it into a music fest. Who the hell wants to hear questions right? Isn’t that beautiful?” he asked the crowd. The music then played for a total of 40 minutes as the crowd filtered out of the event.
“To lighten the mood, President Trump turned the town hall into an impromptu concert and the crowd loved it,” Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s campaign press secretary, went on to say, adding, “The room was full of joy.”
Total lovefest at the PA townhall! Everyone was so excited they were fainting so @realDonaldTrump turned to music. Nobody wanted to leave and wanted to hear more songs from the famous DJT Spotify playlist!
— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) October 15, 2024
“The safety and well-being of President Trump’s supporters is always his top priority. The two individuals who fainted were immediately given medical attention. As President Trump said tonight, they are great patriots,” Leavitt commented.
Trump is always hated on by the left for being selfish and not caring about others, but time and time again, the 45th president — soon to hopefully also be the 47th — has demonstrated that he genuinely cares about his supporters and their health and safety. While he’s not a perfect man and certainly has room to grow — as we all do — he’s a natural born leader who understands what the U.S. needs to recovery its former glory. Let’s hope he gets a chance to help us get back on track.