Trump, showing presidential mettle, criticizes fire marshal whose dept. rescued him from stalled elevator

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Donald Trump Rescued From Stalled Elevator in Colorado Springs

Later blasts fire marshal for capping rally attendance

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The Colorado Springs Fire Department reported that Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, had to be rescued from an elevator that was stuck between the first and second floors of a resort.

In a statement released on Saturday, the department said that it was called at 1:30 p.m. on Friday to rescue about 10 people, including Mr. Trump, who were trapped inside the elevator at The Mining Exchange, a Wyndham Grand Hotel and Spa resort.

An elevator technician who subsequently inspected the elevator believes that a Trump staffer who was controlling the elevator incorrectly turned the key at the wrong moment, stopping the car between the first and second floors. A safety switch shuts down the elevator automatically when this occurs.

In a heartfelt demonstration of gratitude for the great work in rescuing him from the elevator, The Hill reported that Trump criticized the Colorado Springs fire marshal at his Colorado Springs event later that afternoon and suggested he was a Clinton supporter because he wouldn’t let more people into the venue. As The Hill reported:

“So I have to tell you this. This is why our country doesn’t work,” Trump started as soon as he got onto the stage. “We have plenty of space here. We have thousands of people outside trying to get in. And we have a fire marshal that said, ‘Oh we can’t allow more people.’” 

Trump explained that the venue had set up an overflow room for the extra supporters who were waiting outside and weren’t let into the main space. He said it was “unfair” to the people at the event not to let them into the main venue.

"And the reason they won’t let them in is because they don’t know what the hell they’re doing,” Trump continued. “Hey, maybe they’re a Hillary person. Could that be possible? Probably. I don’t think there are too many of them.” 

Trump compared the fire marshal’s decision to limit the event’s capacity to “the kind of thing we have in federal government.” 

“Then you wonder why we’re going to hell,” he said. “That’s why we’re going to hell.” 

“He’s probably a Democrat,” Trump said about the fire marshal again at the end of his speech. “He’s probably a guy that doesn’t get it.”

According to the The Gazette, a Colorado Springs newspaper, the fire marshal, Brett Lacey, was named Civilian of the Year in February for his efforts following the November shooting at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic.