Trump to be in both Dayton, Toledo tonight

DAYTON – When President Donald Trump appears at a campaign event Monday in Dayton, he won't have to worry about being interrupted by Tommy Dimassimo, who rushed the stage when the president was at a public rally in Dayton in 2016.

Campaign officials said Trump will speak only to invited supporters and volunteers. In addition, Dimassimo, who lives in California now, says doing it again wouldn't be his style – even if he were in Ohio.

"To quote 'Ocean's 13,' you never run the same gag twice," Dimassimo said.

In March 2016, Dimassimo jumped a barricade and made it to the edge of Trump's stage before being tackled by Secret Service and other security staff. He said at the time that he had hoped to get the microphone and urge people to stand up against the violence and racism that he said Trump supports.

Dimassimo eventually pleaded guilty to entering "a restricted area where a person protected by the Secret Service was temporarily visiting, without lawful authority."

He was fined $250 and put on one year of probation.

Dimassimo, a former Wright State University student, is now pursuing a screenwriting career in Los Angeles. He said he participated in racial justice protests there this summer.

Trump is scheduled to speak at a rally called "Fighting for the American Worker," which will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Wright Bros. Aero, at the Dayton International Airport. Later Monday night, he'll be at another airport rally in Toledo.

Dimassimo, who's in his 20s, said he's encouraged by students and people in their 20s "rising up" more energetically this year than they did in 2016.