Fight breaks out between vendors before Trump’s rally kicks off in Saginaw

A fight outside a Trump rally at Saginaw Valley State University, Oct. 3, 2024 | Still from video by Anna Liz Nichols

A fight broke out between men selling memorabilia hours ahead of when former President Donald Trump was expected to take the stage at a rally in the Saginaw area in Michigan Thursday.

At approximately 10:20 a.m. outside of the line of more than 1,000 attendees for the rally at the Ryder Center for Health and Physical Education Saginaw Valley State University’s campus in University Center, a group of men who were selling Trump memorabilia got in a physical altercation where briefly two vendors stood above one vendor punching him in the head.

The Associated Press confirmed that the fight was between vendors and members of the Trump campaign told the Michigan Advance that all of the vendors were removed from the premises.

“The Trump campaign reports that all of the individuals involved in the altercation were vendors, none were attendees and all were ejected from the premises,” a Trump campaign official said in a statement via text.

Trump’s rally is set to start at 3 p.m. His running mate, Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, held two events in Auburn Hills and Marne on Wednesday. Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to hold a rally in Flint on Friday evening.

Security talks to one of the people involved in the fight outside a Trump rally at Saginaw Valley State University, Oct. 3, 2024 | Anna Liz Nichols

Attendees outside a Trump rally at Saginaw Valley State University, Oct. 3, 2024 | Anna Liz Nichols

A vendor outside a Trump rally at Saginaw Valley State University, Oct. 3, 2024 | Anna Liz Nichols

The line starts to grow outside Saginaw Valley State University ahead of a rally for former President Donald Trump in Michigan on Oct. 3, 2024 | Photo: Anna Liz Nichols

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