'He's a fat guy': Trump mocks female 'Release the Epstein Files' protester as she is punched in the face at Ohio rally
From the Newshound archive · first published 12 October 2026 · last updated 13 October 2026.
Donald Trump mocked the ejected protester as a 'fat guy' who needed to go 'on a diet fast', claiming she was a paid agitator sent by 'the lefties to destroy our country'.A protester wearing a 'Release the Epstein Files' shirt is grabbed and hauled from Donald Trump's Ohio rally, which Trump used to claim she was a paid agitator sent by 'the lefties'.
A woman wearing a 'Release the Epstein Files' shirt was punched, shoved to the floor and dragged out by her hair at Trump's midterm rally in Youngstown, Ohio on Monday night. Trump repeatedly misidentified her as male, called her a 'paid protester' sent by 'the lefties', branded protesters 'scum', and mocked her weight from the stage. The man who struck her remained inside the venue and was seen high-fiving fellow attendees. No arrests have been confirmed.
The assault unfolded at the Covelli Centre as Trump campaigned for Ohio Senator Jon Husted against Democrat Sherrod Brown.
Trump told the cheering crowd: 'He's a fat guy, wow — gotta go on a diet fast, we all do!'
The woman raised her middle finger at the crowd as officers dragged her out; her attacker stayed to high-five the crowd.
