Protester wearing anti-pedophile shirt removed from Trump rally in South Carolina

At a rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Donald Trump was delivering remarks when security removed a white male protester wearing a shirt that said "kill your local pedophile." Video shows the man in a black shirt and baseball cap being escorted out as spectators shouted "loser" and repeated "USA, USA, USA." Trump then quipped that the individual would go home to his mother and be scolded because she votes for them.

The audience cheered the comment. The demonstrator's party alignment was not disclosed. Trump was on the stage campaigning for Sen. Darline Graham Nordone, who faces a runoff primary to succeed her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham. The incident resurfaced longstanding conspiracy theories linking Trump to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a topic also raised by Republican figures such as Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson.