Fake patriot attacks media at Trump rally
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Appropriately, the man who attacked media members at a Trump rally in Texas last night was wearing a brown shirt.
Let the record show that BBC cameraman Ron Skeans was rescued by a blogger, who pulled the unidentified man away.
"You all right? Everything OK?" President Trump asked the journalist, stopping his remarks, then flashing a thumbs-up sign in Skeans' direction.
"The crowd had been whipped up into a frenzy against the media by Trump and other speakers all night," BBC Washington producer Eleanor Montague said.
A campaign official for Mr Trump afterwards suggested the attacker was drunk, which explains everything.
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