Trump Supporters Pass Out From the Heat at Tampa Rally: Reports
The day before, seven supporters were hospitalized with hypothermia after being stranded amid cold weather in Omaha.
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Several supporters at President Donald Trump’s Thursday campaign rally in Tampa, which also featured First Lady Melania Trump, fainted from heat exhaustion, and the campaign used a fire truck’s hose to spray water over attendees and cool them off, according to multiple reporters on the scene. The temperature in Tampa, reporters said, was in the high 80s, with humidity above 70 percent. The day before, Trump supporters in Omaha were stranded in below-freezing weather after a rally at an airfield that required them to bus in. Seven were hospitalized with hypothermia.
It’s hot hot hot at Trump’s large rally. 87 and 71% humidity. Have noticed EMTs provide assistance for at least two people in the crowd, one carried out on a stretcher. Staffers trying get water bottles to people but quickly running out and having to restock pic.twitter.com/CStmlY8SoN
— Emily Larsen (@emilyelarsen) October 29, 2020
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