{"authors":{"0":{"name":"Chris Deaton","url":"\/author\/chris-deaton"}},"authorString":"Chris Deaton","authorHtml":"Chris Deaton<\/a>","headline":"Protester Would Be 'Carried out on a Stretcher' in the Old Days, Trump Reminisces","cleanHeadline":"Protester Would Be 'Carried out on a Stretcher' in the Old Days, Trump Reminisces","subhead":null,"section":null,"tags":{"0":"Chris Deaton","1":"Donald Trump","2":"Blog","3":"TWS Archive"},"tagsString":"Chris Deaton,Donald Trump,Blog,TWS Archive","id":"00000161-a59a-d3be-af6f-bffec71a0000","date":"2016-02-23T09:06:00+00:00","moddate":"2016-02-23T17:34:33","relDate":"6 years ago","displayDate":"February 23, 2016 - 9:06 AM","description":"Donald Trump fondly remembered the \"old days\" during a rally Monday night, when a protester who interrupted his event would've been socked in the face and \"carried out on a stretcher.\"","lead":{"html":null},"image":{"src":"https:\/\/mediadc.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/a909786\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/735x413+0+19\/resize\/1200x675!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediadc-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3d%2F23%2F0bd3b4ca409ae883977e1a6d1185%2F09e242102e40fbb7f817bf637243d368.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/weekly-standard\/protester-would-be-carried-out-on-a-stretcher-in-the-old-days-trump-reminisces","ampUrl":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/weekly-standard\/protester-would-be-carried-out-on-a-stretcher-in-the-old-days-trump-reminisces?_amp=true","social":{"shareTitle":"Protester Would Be 'Carried out on a Stretcher' in the Old Days, Trump Reminisces","shareDescription":"Donald Trump fondly remembered the \"old days\" during a rally Monday night, when a protester who interrupted his event would've been socked in the face and \"carried out on a stretcher.\"","shareImage":"https:\/\/mediadc.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/79b3d60\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/735x247+0+102\/resize\/550x185!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediadc-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3d%2F23%2F0bd3b4ca409ae883977e1a6d1185%2F09e242102e40fbb7f817bf637243d368.jpg","tweetText":"Protester%20Would%20Be%20%27Carried%20out%20on%20a%20Stretcher%27%20in%20the%20Old%20Days%2C%20Trump%20Reminisces","linkedinText":"Donald%20Trump%20fondly%20remembered%20the%20%22old%20days%22%20during%20a%20rally%20Monday%20night%2C%20when%20a%20protester%20who%20interrupted%20his%20event%20would%27ve%20been%20socked%20in%20the%20face%20and%20%22carried%20out%20on%20a%20stretcher.%22","url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/weekly-standard\/protester-would-be-carried-out-on-a-stretcher-in-the-old-days-trump-reminisces"},"body":"\n

D<\/span>onald Trump fondly remembered the \"old days\" during a rally Monday night, when a protester who interrupted his event would've been socked in the face and \"carried out on a stretcher.\"\n<\/p>\n

Trump cracked up the crowd when he went on a 90-second aside about the \"totally disruptive\" and \"nasty\" individual, weaving praise of the police and condemnation of his rival Ted Cruz into his speech.\n<\/p>\n

\"Oh, I love the old days, you know? You know what I hate? There's a guy, totally disruptive, throwing punches, we're not allowed to punch back anymore. I love the old days. You know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this? They'd be carried out on a stretcher, folks,\" Trump said to cheers. \"You know, I love our police, and I really respect our police, and they're not getting enough. They're not. Honestly, I hate to see that. Here's a guy, throwing punches, nasty as hell, screaming at everything else when we're talking, and he's walking out, and we're not allowed -- you know, the guards are very gentle with him, he's walking out, like, big high fives, smiling, laughing -- I'd like to punch him in the face, I'll tell you.\"\n<\/p>\n

POLITICO reported<\/a> that the man escorted out was not throwing punches and that Trump \"was just over-exaggerating.\"\n<\/p>