Ana Cabrera to Reporter: How Do You Think Trump’s Words ‘Fight, Fight, Fight!’ and Raising His Fist Are Received by His Supporters?

CABRERA: “Yeah. The image of the former president raising his fist and saying the words fight, fight, fight. President Trump saying in a new interview after this attack that he did that so the people there at that rally would know he was OK and that he meant to send a message that quote, ‘America goes on, we go forward, that we are strong.’ How do you think that action and his words, ‘Fight, fight, fight’ are received by his supporters?”
ARNSDORF: “Well, you could see the — the sense of relief, whatever — because there was a — there was a long period where we couldn’t see him underneath the pile of Secret Service agents and behind the lectern. And so it was relief that to see that he was alive. And depending on where you were, you could see that there was blood on his face, but not necessarily where that came from, or the severity of that. And, you know — but there was — there was real anger in that moment also. A lot of that anger ended up getting directed at the reporters. I think, just you know, we were the ones there when people turned around. But again, it’s — I’m grateful that — that things didn’t — didn’t take a worse turn that resulted in more loss of life that day.”