secret service agents usher donald trump from the stage at a rally in reno, nevada. | m. scott mahaskey/politico an unidentified individual yelled 'gun,' but none was found on a man escorted from the crowd, the secret service said. by nolan d. mccaskill 11/05/16 09:23 pm edt reno, nevada <u+2014> republican nominee donald trump was rushed off stage by secret service agents after a disturbance in the crowd at a rally here saturday. during trump's speech, scenes of chaos broke out near the front of the stage after a scuffle involving a protester, when an unidentified individual yelled "gun," the secret service said in a statement. story continued below a man was escorted out of the crowd by agents, but, "upon a thorough search of the subject and the surrounding area, no weapon was found," the secret service said. "a thorough investigation is ongoing at this time by the u.s. secret service and the reno police department." two nevada republican sources who spoke with multiple attendees who witnessed the incident at the reno-sparks convention center said a scuffle broke out when a man appeared to raise a sign in protest of trump. moments before, the republican presidential nominee had predicted he would have <u+201c>tremendous<u+201d> support from hispanic voters on election day when he spotted the protester. <u+201c>we have one of those guys from the hillary clinton campaign,<u+201d> trump said. <u+201c>how much are you being paid? $1500? out. take him out,<u+201d> trump continued, as the crowed roared. less than 30 seconds later, trump was stopped mid-sentence when two secret service agents rushed him off stage to safety behind a curtain. an announcer alerted the crowd that trump would return soon. the republican nominee appeared unharmed back on stage several minutes later, finishing his speech. "nobody said it was going to be easy for us, but we will never be stopped. i wanna thank the secret service. they don't get enough credit. they're amazing. so let's get back," trump said on his return to the stage. in a statement released after the incident, trump said: "i would like to thank the united states secret service and the law enforcement resources in reno and the state of nevada for their fast and professional response. i also want to thank the many thousands of people present for their unwavering and unbelievable support. nothing will stop us - we will make america great again!" the trump campaign referred inquiries to the secret service. after the incident, donald trump, jr., tweeted: "as @realdonaldtrump just showed the american people, no matter what happens he will not be deterred & he will not give up fighting for you!" the trump campaign's social media director dan scavino retweeted a tweet that said, "hillary ran away from rain today. trump is back on stage minutes after assassination attempt." there has been no confirmation it was an assassination attempt. a man is led away from the crowd after a disturbance at a donald trump rally in reno, nev., on nov. 5. | m. scott mahaskey/politico the traveling press pool, which does not fly on trump's campaign plane, was ushered to the airport after the incident, to fly to denver, colorado. trump began the day with a rally in tampa, florida. the gop nominee was due to hit at least seven states in the weekend leading into election day. earlier, in wilmington, north carolina, trump appeared at a rally at an aircraft hangar, flanked by his wife, melania, their son, eric trump, and daughter-in-law, lara trump, as well as north carolina gov. pat mccrory. trump has also dispatched his family among a number of surrogates to fan across the country campaigning on his behalf. with three days until voters cast their ballots, trump hopes to consolidate support among republicans and independents, as well as disaffected democrats. the real estate mogul began saturday trying to project a united front, delivering the republican national committee<u+2019>s weekly address this morning. in his pre-recorded remarks, trump hailed his campaign as a once-in-a-lifetime <u+201c>movement<u+201d> to <u+201c>take our government back from the donors and the special interests.<u+201d> --kyle cheney contributed to this report donald trump rushed off stage by secret service in reno, nevada on saturday. 11/05/16 09:25 pm edt
trump rushed off stage by secret service at reno rally - politico
nolan d. mccaskill