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Trump rally sees ANOTHER huge security scare as cops are forced to deploy Tasers

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By Ishita Srivastava For Dailymail.Com

Published: 14:44 BST, 31 August 2024 | Updated: 14:46 BST, 31 August 2024

A man at GOP candidate Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania had to be tasered to the ground after he attempted to jump into the press section. 

The sunglasses-wearing daredevil tried to storm into the area moments after Trump criticized media outlets for supposedly favoring his Democratic rival Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, in their coverage on Friday. 

Footage taken at the Johnstown rally shows cops and rally-attenders trying to peel the disrupter off the metal fence as he continued to cling on with both his arms. 

But after a few seconds of struggle, officials managed to pull him down while crowds of people chanted. 

A man (center) at GOP candidate Donald Trump 's rally in Pennsylvania had to be tasered to the ground after he attempted to jump into the press section

In the end, the man could be seen being pushed to the ground as officers tasered him. 

The crowd continued to cheer as a pack of police led the man away, prompting Trump to declare: 'Is there anywhere that´s more fun to be than a Trump rally?'

Officials also handcuffed another man in the crowd and led him out of the arena, though they did not clarify if that detention was related to the initial altercation.

It remains unclear what motivated the man to try to storm the area or whether he was a Trump supporter or critic. 

The sunglasses-wearing daredevil tried to storm into the area moments after Trump criticized media outlets for supposedly favoring his Democratic rival Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, in their coverage

Officials managed to pull him down from the metal fence while crowds of people continued to chant

In the end, the man could be seen being pushed to the ground as officers tasered him

Fierce criticism of the media has become a standard part of Trump's rally speeches, prompting his supporters to turn toward the press section and boo, often while using a middle finger to demonstrate their distaste for journalists.

The failed attempt comes days after it was revealed that the Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old man who shot at Trump and grazed his ear, may not have been working alone

Republican Rep. Mike Waltz said the gunman's motivation is still unknown and he is worried a foreign entity or other third-party could have been involved in the attack.

Waltz queried how federal law enforcement can confidently say Crooks was a lone wolf if they can't answer other questions like why he had multiple foreign encrypted messaging accounts. 

The crowd continued to cheer as a pack of police led the man away, prompting Trump to declare: 'Is there anywhere that´s more fun to be than a Trump rally?'

Fierce criticism of the media has become a standard part of Trump's rally speeches, prompting his supporters to turn toward the press section and boo, often while using a middle finger to demonstrate their distaste for journalists

Supporters cheer for Republican presidential nominee during a campaign rally in the 1st Summit Arena at the Cambria County War Memorial on August 30

A man holds a flag as another man is apprehended by security and police after jumping onto the media platform at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee

His comments came after it was revealed that Iran was also plotting an attempt on the former president's life around the same time that Crooks carried out his plan.

'The more we get into it, the more questions I have,' Waltz said. 

'It's really what's coming out around it that is so disturbing.

'And for me, the thing that's most disturbing is that we have ongoing plots from Iran to take out a former president, leading candidate, and that a Pakistani national was just arrested after making a down payment for hitmen, and it's barely even being covered in the news.'

Crooks was able to create multiple explosives with remote detonators, another thing that raised Waltz's eyebrows and makes him wonder whether he had help.

As the FBI, U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and Department of Homeland Security conduct their investigations into the massive security failure, Waltz and 12 other lawmakers on a House task force are also looking into the attempted assassination.

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