Washington (CNN) As President Donald Trump lashed out at "deep state operatives" and vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Tester at a rally Thursday night in Montana, there was a distraction in the background.

Just over Trump's right shoulder was a young man dressed in a plaid shirt, who was making faces and mouthing responses to the President's speech.

Viewers watching the rally quickly noticed and dubbed the man "plaid shirt guy," whose real name is Tyler Linfesty, a Billings West High School senior.

"I just wanted to go, just see the President and hear what he had to say. I mean, I'm not going to pass up the opportunity to see the President of the United States," Linfesty told CNN's Don Lemon in an interview Friday night.

Linfesty said those were "actual, honest" reactions he had to the President's remarks, adding, "I was not trying to protest."

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