Mystery as Trump rally attendees report bizarre eye burning symptoms post-event

Donald Trump’s rally inTucson, Arizona, last week has now been shrouded in mystery after several attendees claimed to suffer from bizarre, eye burning symptoms in the aftermath of the event.

Six rallygoers who were all sat in the section directly behind Trump during the Thursday September 12 rally told News 4 that they had to seek medical attention after experiencing eye irritation.

One women, pro-life activist Mayra Rodriguez, said that she was in so much pain the morning after the campaign event that she needed to constantly use a cold cloth on her eyes.

“I can’t see anything when I try to open my eyes,” she explained.

“I see a bright light. It hurts, it hurts a lot to open my eyes. I have this cold cloth I put on and take off constantly. It’s horrible.”

Initially, Rodriguez – who worked at a Planned Parenthood clinic for 17 years before she was fired in 2019 and became a “whistleblower” – thought she was just experiencing allergies.

“As soon as we left and we stepped outside my eyes were burning,” she said.

But by the time she reached her home near Phoenix, a 90-minute drive from Tucson, Rodriguez decided she needed to visit the emergency room.

There, medical staff asked her if she had been exposed to some sort of substance, as her symptoms seemed to suggest she had been “sprayed with something.”

Medical staff were unable to determine the cause of her symptoms and her vision had begun to improve by Tuesday, suggesting her blindness is not permanent, News 4 reported.

A brother and sister who had been sat near Rodriguez at the rally, but did not want to be unidentified, reported similar symptoms to the local outlet.

“All focused on my eyes, my eyes were red like hell you know, it’s unbearable,” the brother said. “I