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Local officials speak at Trump rally

Butler Township Commissioner Sam Zurzolo speaks during the former President Donald Trump’s rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Saturday, Oct. 5. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Speaking at the rally for former President Donald Trump was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Butler Township Commissioner Sam Zurzolo.

Zurzolo, who went on stage a few hours before Trump on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Butler Farm Show grounds, said he shared words of support for police, especially Butler Township officers, who were at Trump’s July 13 Butler County rally. Zurzolo said Butler Township police officers played an integral role at the July rally in preventing more lives from being lost from the shooting that took place there, killing one Butler County residents and injuring Trump and two others.

“I praised my police for their work,” Zurzolo said. “A lot more lives might have been lost if it hadn’t been for them.”

Zurzolo went on stage at Trump’s rally alongside fellow Butler Township Commissioner Ed Natali, as well as Butler County Commissioners Leslie Osche and Kim Geyer. Together, they addressed the crowd of people, which Ken Laughlin, president of the Butler Farm Show board, said was estimated to be about 25,000 by the Trump campaign.

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