Guess what? The Trump campaign has found itself in the middle of another assault incident. And guess who also played a role: Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. The Trump camp originally tried to absolve Lewandowski by pinning blame for the altercation at Saturday's Tucson rally on some random attendee, but Politico reports that it has identified the man as part Trump's "security" detail.
During the rally, the man introduced himself to Tucson police officers as a member of Trump’s security team during a discussion about the large contingent of protesters at the rally, according to a source who witnessed the exchange in the upper level of the Tucson Convention Center. The source said the man, dressed in a dark pullover embroidered with the logo for “Trump National Doral” resort, also could be seen directing uniformed security personnel inside the convention center, which hosted the rally.
At some point during the rally, the unidentified man in the dark pullover was captured on video, alongside Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, engaging in what appears to be a heated conversation with a young protester. Lewandowski can be seen grabbing the collar of the protester, who is subsequently pulled backward forcefully. [...]
When POLITICO on Sunday asked [Trump spokesperson Hope] Hicks why she did not identify the man as a member of Trump’s security detail, she explained: “Although we did not identify this individual, we did not make any suggestion as to his affiliation or lack thereof.”
This campaign is getting creepier by the second. Watch the video below.
And here’s Hicks deflecting blame:
Campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks denied that Lewandowski pulled the man, saying the aide “was speaking with a protestor at today’s rally in Tucson, Arizona, when the individual he was speaking with was pulled from behind by the man to Lewandowski’s left.”