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Trump Supporter Violently Shoves BBC Cameraman At El Paso Rally

"The crowd had been whipped up into a frenzy" against the media, a BBC producer says of President Trump's rally in El Paso, Texas.
A supporter of President Trump attacked a cameraman at the president's rally at the El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas, according to the BBC.

A man in a red Make America Great Again cap violently shoved a BBC cameraman and shouted profanities during President Trump's rally in El Paso, Texas, Monday night, in a startling moment that briefly interrupted the president's speech.

The BBC's Ron Skeans was working in the area of a raised camera platform at Trump's campaign.

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