Trump at rally: 'Get the baby out of here'

Donald Trump asked a woman with a crying baby to leave his rally in Ashburn, Virginia, on Tuesday.

The GOP nominee initially suggested that he did not mind the disruption.


“Don’t worry about that baby. I love babies," Trump said after hearing the baby crying during an aside about the trade imbalance. "Don’t worry about it. I love babies. I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a baby. What a beautiful baby. Don’t worry, don’t worry. The mom’s running around like—don’t worry about it, you know. It’s young and beautiful and healthy and that’s what we want.”

Trump then returned to his non-baby-related remarks, only to hear the baby make more noise.

“They have ripped us to shreds, ripped us absolutely to shreds," Trump said of China, before turning back to the woman with the child.

“Actually, I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here," the Republican nominee said to laughter and applause. "That’s all right. Don’t worry. I, I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking. That’s OK. People don’t understand. That’s OK."

Later Tuesday afternoon, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine couldn't help himself from cracking a joke at Trump's expense, recalling the baby incident as he discussed education and job training at a rally in Daytona Beach, Florida.

"I saw that Donald Trump kicked a crying baby out of an event earlier today," Kaine said. "So as I’m thinking about pre-K, sometimes you wonder who the baby is, right? You wonder who the baby is.”

Later Tuesday evening, NBC News reporter Katy Tur said in a television interview that the baby was allowed to stay at the rally.

Louis Nelson contributed to this report.