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JANESVILLE — A 15-year-old girl from Janesville was pepper sprayed after punching a man during an argument outside of a campaign rally for real estate mogul and Republican front-runner Donald Trump in Janesville.

The altercation was one of a few tense moments between the estimated 2,000 supporters and opponents of Trump who were attending the rally at the Janesville Conference Center at the Holiday Inn Express.

The girl, whose face was covered with pepper spray as she left the hotel grounds, was there to protest Trump and began arguing with a man there to support him.

Janesville Police Chief David Moore said in a statement that the girl was pepper sprayed by a man whom police have not yet identified.

The girl and another 19-year-old woman from Madison also hit by the pepper spray were treated at local hospitals. The State Journal was not able to get their names Tuesday.

The girl said the man whom she punched had groped her, provoking the swing, police said.

The Trump supporter who was punched, Dan Crandall of Milton, and those in the crowd disputed her allegation.

“I didn’t touch her,” Crandall said in an interview.