Travel Pool Report #10: protesters
- From
- Chambers, Francesca
- Sent
- Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 5:48 PM CST
The event is open press. But here’s some color:
In response to a question, the rally is being held at the Horizon Event Center. Pooler doesn’t have a crowd count at this time, but notes that the layout is: rows of seated chairs in the front, pool in a cutaway spot to POTUS’ left, several rows of standing attendees, followed by a back area with the riser and non-traveling press.
At about 4:40 pm the president encountered a protester. He referred to the person, who pooler didn’t see, and protesters in general who show up to his rallies as “lunatics.”
Several minutes later, at about 4:45 pm, there was another person/or persons:
“You do know they’re paid agitators,” POTUS said. “They’re paid insurrectionists, really, in some cases,” he said, calling them “sickos.”
Francesca Chambers
White House Correspondent, USA TODAY
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