President Trump flew to Evansville, Indiana, on Thursday for an evening campaign rally, and he hit his favorite themes while endorsing Republican businessman Mike Braun in his race against Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.). He criticized Democrats for trying to thwart his agenda, falsely called the U.S. economy the best in the "history of our country," plugged his tariffs on foreign goods, and criticized the news media and the Justice Department. If the Justice Department and FBI don't take the actions he is demanding, he said, he "will get involved and I'll get in there if I have to." The leaders of the FBI and DOJ "have to start doing their job and doing it right," he said, because "people are angry."
When a protester interrupted, Trump paced the stage while she was escorted out, and a volunteer with the Trump team reached out his hand and blocked a photojournalist from taking a photo of the protest, as Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci captures:
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