Donald Trump says he'll fight anyone who tries to take away his microphone
If you are brave enough to get between Donald Trump and a microphone, make sure all your affairs are in order because he will be ready to rumble.
During a press conference Tuesday night in Michigan, Trump was asked about the Black Lives Matter protesters who interrupted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during an appearance in Seattle on Saturday. "I would never give up my microphone," he said. "I thought that was disgusting. That showed such weakness, the way he was taken away by two young women. The microphone...they just took the whole place over."
The thought of someone even contemplating restricting his access to a mic was almost too much for Trump to comprehend. "That will never happen with me," he reiterated. "I don't know if I'll do the fighting myself, or if other people will, but that was a disgrace. I felt badly for him, but it showed that he's weak. ... Believe me, that's not gonna happen to Trump." Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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