By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Protests have become common during Donald Trump’s rallies, but on Saturday, the Republican frontrunner found himself surrounded on stage by Secret Service agents in Ohio.
A protester leaped a fence and appeared to be running at Trump on stage at the rally, prompting agents to spring into action.
Thomas Dimassimo was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and inducing panic after he tried to rush the stage.
“I was ready for him, but it’s much easier if the cops do it, don’t we agree?” Trump said to the cheering crowd.
One witness, Chris Famiano, told Yahoo News that “Trump was giving his speech and everyone was into it. And within about a split second somebody from around the bend had jumped over the fence and was charging Donald Trump.”
“And before you know it the Secret Service had like four or five guys on him, they wrestled him to the ground. They put him in the ties and then they took him away,” Famiano said.
A day earlier, Trump canceled a rally in Chicago after thousands of protesters gathered inside and outside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion.
