11 sent to hospital for heat exhaustion outside Donald Trump event

In Phoenix on Thursday, 11 people were taken to the hospital with heatstroke while waiting in line at a former President Trump event.

Hill contacted the Phoenix Fire Department, but authorities He told ABC15 They responded to the event at Dream City Church in north Phoenix and sent 11 people to the hospital.

According to the National Weather Service in Phoenix, temperatures on Thursday 110 degrees Fahrenheit The highest temperature this year was 111 degrees, which later tied the previous record set in 2016 for the highest daily temperature.

Last year was a particularly hot summer, but the first heatwave of the season is expected to hit the region.

Videos and photos shared online showed several people fainting due to the heat and needing medical attention.

“Another person being carried out on a stretcher at a Trump rally… that’s at least six people we can assume are enthusiastic supporters,” said Ben Brown, a reporter for the Trump campaign. Posted by ABC15 On social platform X.

The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.

The event, organized by Turning Point Action, a conservative youth group, aims to increase voter turnout by encouraging early voting and voting by mail, practices that President Trump has previously opposed.

of The Arizona Republic reported The event at Dream City Church marks the second time a former president has visited the house of worship.

In June 2020, President Trump held an indoor event — his second public rally since the start of the COVID-19 quarantine — after The Republic reported that church officials falsely claimed they had installed an air purification system capable of killing “99.9%” of the coronavirus within 10 minutes.

it was At least 8 people 100% of President Trump’s campaign staff tested positive after a 2020 event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, days before his first rally at Dream City Church.

Recent polls show President Trump leading President Biden in Arizona by 3.3 percentage points.