Supporter says he still will vote for president in 2020

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President Donald Trump called a supporter he mistook for a protester when insulting his weight at a rally in Manchester on Thursday night, according to ABC News.The rally was interrupted about a half an hour in by a handful of protesters near the rafters of the arena. View the video of what happened in the player above this story.>> Download the FREE WMUR appAs the protesters were being led out, a Trump supporter wearing a "Trump 2020" shirt near them began enthusiastically shaking his fist in a sign of support for the president, the Associated Press reported.But Trump mistook him for one of the protesters and said to the crowd: "That guy's got a serious weight problem. Go home. Start exercising. Get him out of here, please."After a pause, he added, "Got a bigger problem than I do."According to ABC News, a White House official said the president called the supporter while he was on board Air Force One after the rally and left him a voicemail.The supporter, who we later learned was Frank Dawson, of Woburn, Massachusetts, told our sister station WCVB that "it was awesome" to receive a phone call from the president."It was awesome. The leader of the free world calling me to thank me for what I did at the arena that night," Dawson said.Dawson said he began ripping the posters away from the protesters as they were being escorted out of the rally."He's up there giving a speech, and people are trying to disrupt his speech," Dawson said. "I want(ed) to listen to what he has to say."Dawson, a retired U.S. deputy marshal, said he plans to vote for Trump in the 2020 presidential election, despite the fact that the president joked about his weight."I was never offended," Dawson said.