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		</div><p>A BBC cameraman, assaulted during a speech by US President Donald Trump, was the victim of an “incredibly violent attack”, it has been claimed.</p>
<p>Washington correspondent Gary O’Donoghue, who is blind, said his colleague Ron Skeans had been filming a rally in El Paso, Texas, when the incident happened.</p>
<p>Describing what unfolded, he said a supporter of Mr Trump got on to the reporters’ platform, and pushed the camera into his colleague, before continuing to push Mr Skeans.</p>
<p><em>“It was an incredibly violent attack. Fortunately our cameraman is fine, he is made of stern stuff,”</em> Mr O’Donoghue told the Today program.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the shameful moment when my cameraman Ron Skeans was attacked at an â¦<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>â© rally in El Paso last night &#8211; warning this video contains strong language. Happily Ron is fine. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpElPaso?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TrumpElPaso</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ay5DYT6gjP">pic.twitter.com/Ay5DYT6gjP</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Gary O&#39;Donoghue (@BBCBlindGazza) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCBlindGazza/status/1095219367191695361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Footage captured from Mr Skeans’ camera was posted to Twitter by Mr O’Donoghue and shows the shot focused on Mr Trump before jolting away.</p>
<p>As the camera appears to visibly bounce around for around 10 seconds, the screen then focuses on a man in a red cap who is being restrained by another man in a black t-shirt.</p>
<p><em>“This is a constant feature of these rallies – a goading of the crowds against the media,”</em> Mr O’Donoghue added.</p>
<p><em>“I have been spat at before, they hurl abuse at American colleagues in particular.”</em></p>
<p>Mr O’Donoghue said Mr Trump’s 2020 election campaign, which he thinks has begun, will be as “hostile and ill-tempered and divisive as the one we saw last time”.</p>
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