Two Arrested, Firearm Seized After N.C. Trump Rally: Police
Weapons were discovered, and two individuals were detained at a campaign event for former President Donald Trump in Asheboro, North Carolina, on Wednesday.
“The suspect, Robert Castona Jr., was charged under NC General Statute 14-277.2, titled ‘Weapons at Parades, etc., prohibited’ for displaying a weapon inside his vehicle. The 79-year-old was reportedly involved in a road rage incident according to Asheboro PD, but ‘made no threats to assault anyone,’” Fox News reported.
Earlier, the Asheboro Police Department listed several prohibited items for the event, including guns, bombs, drones, and other unmanned aircraft systems in a Facebook post.
“Upon further investigation, officers determined that during an apparent road rage incident, although a weapon was displayed from within a vehicle, it was not pointed at anyone,” stated an Asheboro Police press release shared with Fox News Digital.
“With these facts known, the elements were not met for any violation of North Carolina General Statutes related to typical weapons offenses, assault offenses, or the State’s communicating threats offense.”
Police noted that the “incident took place away from the event site, after the event concluded and as attendees were leaving.”
This development coincides with news that Vice President Kamala Harris is losing support, as indicated by three different polls.
Two of these polls show Harris trailing Trump in Pennsylvania, a pivotal swing state, while a third shows her behind the Republican candidate nationwide.
Two polls of potential Pennsylvania voters—one by Cygnal and another by Emerson College—both give Trump a one-point lead in the state, which has 19 Electoral College votes. Another poll by the Napolitan News Service shows Trump leading Harris by one point nationwide.
After Joe Biden exited the race and endorsed Harris on July 21, she quickly became the Democratic Party’s frontrunner for the presidency, initially giving Democrats a clear poll boost. In more than a dozen national polls, Harris outperformed Trump, becoming the favorite to win in November, according to major bookmakers.
“Between August 12 and 14, RMG Research polled 2,708 likely voters across the United States for Napolitan News Service, which found Trump leading Harris by 46 percent to 45 percent. When undecided voters leaning one way were included, Trump’s margin extended to 49 percent against 47 percent, compared to the last RMG poll a week ago, which put both candidates on 49 percent,” Newsweek reported.
“A Cygnal poll of 800 likely voters in Pennsylvania, conducted on August 14-15, found 44 percent would back Trump in a presidential contest versus 43 percent for Harris and 5 percent for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump increased his polling by 2 points since the last Cygnal survey in July, while Kennedy saw his support fall by 4 points,” the outlet added.
Emerson College also conducted a poll in Pennsylvania on August 13 and 14, surveying 1,000 potential voters for RealClearPolitics.
It showed Trump with a one-point lead over Harris, with both candidates tied at 49% of the vote. When voters leaning toward a candidate were factored in, Trump’s lead increased to 51% versus 49%.
Including Kennedy in the poll, Harris and Trump were tied at 47%, with the independent candidate capturing 3% of the vote.
The poll also indicated that voters under 40 were more likely to support Harris than Trump (61% to 36%). However, Trump held a significant lead among voters aged 50 to 69 (57%).
Trump also led among Protestant voters (58% to 40%) and Catholic voters (60% to 39%), while Harris was favored by 84% of atheist and agnostic voters and 56% of those who did not specify their religion, compared to Trump’s 39%.
In a separate survey conducted for DailyMail.com, Trump maintained a two-point lead over Harris, reinforcing his potential path to becoming the 47th president.
“Our survey of 1001 likely voters found that 43 percent would vote for Trump if the election were tomorrow, compared with 41 percent who would vote for Harris,” the outlet reported.
This survey underscores Trump’s campaign focus on Harris’s role in the “Biden-Harris administration,” highlighting her involvement in key tasks assigned by President Biden, particularly her role as “border czar.”
In response to a White House statement asserting there is no “daylight” between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s campaign emphasized that this remark proves “Kamala owns the border crisis,” among other policies that have reportedly made it more challenging for Americans to succeed while global stability has declined.