Post Politics Now: McCarthy’s standing as House GOP leader appears intact
Benjamin N. Dictor, an attorney for the plaintiffs, asked Trump whether any protesters were found to have had tomatoes in their possession during the Cedar Rapids rally. Trump replied that “it worked out that nothing happened.”
Dictor then asked Trump: “Is it your expectation that if your security guards see someone about to throw a tomato that they should knock the crap out of them?” …
“Yeah, I think that they have to be aggressive in stopping that from happening,” Trump said. “Because if that happens, you can be killed if that happens. … To stop somebody from throwing pineapples, tomatoes, bananas, stuff like that, yeah, it’s dangerous stuff.” …
At another point, the lawyers took a few moments to discuss whether a tomato is a fruit.
“A tomato is a fruit after all, I guess,” Dictor said.
“And you know what —” Trump interjected.
“It has seeds,” Jeffrey Goldman, a lawyer for Trump, confirmed.
