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Trump Bashes Fire Marshal After Being Rescued

July 31, 2016 · 1:07 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Donald Trump was trapped in an elevator for 30 minutes ahead of a Friday rally before being rescued by the Colorado Springs Fire Department, the Denver Post reports.

Within an hour, Trump bashed the fire marshal at his rally.

Said Trump: “So I have to tell you this. This is why our country doesn’t work. We have plenty of space here. We have thousands of people outside trying to get in. And we have a fire marshal that said, ‘Oh, we can’t allow more people.’ The reason they won’t let them in is because they don’t know what the hell they’re doing.”

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