- Former President Donald Trump headlined an event in Phoenix Friday
- It was so hot that 11 of his supporters were hospitalized for heat exhaustion
Eleven supporters of former President Donald Trump have been hospitalized for heat-related symptoms after waiting in line to hear the presumptive GOP nominee speak at an event Friday in Arizona.
Trump is headlining a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, where temperatures soared to 110 degrees around 1:30 p.m. as droves of his supporters waited outside, according to local news reports.
The event marks his first campaign event since he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records over hush money payments paid to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
As Trump took to stage he touted that there were ‘thousands of people outside.’
At the immigration-focused event, the ex-president prompted a ‘bulls***’ chant, as he used the curse word to refer to President Joe Biden‘s new executive order on the border.
Former President Donald Trump headlined a Turning Point USA event Thursday in Phoenix, where 11 of his supporters were hospitalized for heat-related sickness after waiting outside
A Trump supporter is treated for exhaustion Friday in Phoenix after crowds waited for hours outside the event, held at a megachurch, as temperatures reached 110 degrees
‘I don’t like saying the word bull**** in front of these beautiful children,’ Trump said with a grin.
Members of the crowd said it instead.
Biden’s order suspended asylum guarantees that traditionally allowed anyone who made it onto U.S. soil to apply – a policy in line more with what Trump has preferred.
Still, the former president was not impressed.
The Turning Point USA event was set up for Trump to take questions – giving the ex-president additional ammunition to take on Biden, pointing to the Democrat’s rare press conferences.
‘I’m not like Joe, tell me who’s going to – He’s got a press conference that lasts for about two minutes and he goes like this, he’s reading a card, “umm NBC Jim, Jim,” and then they ask him a question and then he picks up the same paper and he reads the answer,’ Trump said. ‘They never do that with me.’
‘Is anybody going to be watching the debate with this character?’ Trump then added.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump are photographed waiting outside Friday in Phoenix, Arizona
Trump and Biden agreed to face-off in two debates in the lead-up to the November election, starting with one on June 27 hosted by CNN and moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
‘Does anybody know him, Fake Tapper?’ Trump asked, then calling Bash ‘another beauty.’
He said that the Biden campaign wanted the debates to be ‘seated’ and ‘short’ and Trump said he agreed to them anyway.
‘We should have many debates frankly,’ the ex-president said – before moving back onto the topic of immigration.
When it got to the Q&A portion – which Trump said he seldom does because it can get a little bit ‘sloppy’ – he was asked how to stop drugs pouring into the country.
‘You’re a good looking guy, look at that guy, looks like a banker from Wall Street,’ Trump commenter when a questioner asked if his children could have the same kind of life that he had.
Trump talked about how he planned to bulk up law enforcement.
When another man asked about border security – and people coming in from ‘dangerous’ countries, Trump segued to talking about how he planned to place tariffs on China.
He talked about how it was easier to ‘stop it at the source’ then have a ‘battle at the border’ claiming that Chinese President Xi Jinping would be agreeable to stopping the illicit fentanyl trade.