And said she will soon be joining Trump on stage at future rallies.
The Donald Trump supporter who was egged in the face by protesters at a San Jose rally says she was only defending herself at the time, but some question whether she may have antagonized them with an obscene gesture.
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Rachel Casey denies that claim and told Inside Edition: “They started it with me. I stood up for myself like any other American would.”
The nation was shell-shocked when the 29-year-old bodybuilder was cornered outside a Marriott hotel in San Jose, California last week.
She shared video she took on her phone where she made an obscene gesture to a protester. She then walked into the angry crowd and got hit with an anti-Trump sign.
She was asked if she was taunting them and replied:” Yeah, maybe I egged them on, but I was just sticking up for myself.”
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Casey said the Trump campaign has contacted her, asking if she would be willing to join the GOP frontrunner onstage at future rallies. She said yes.
“To be a victim of eggs and tomatoes, thank God it wasn't bricks and rocks,” she said.
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