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Silently protesting Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Mon January 11, 2016

A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was escorted out of Donald Trump's campaign event on Friday by police after she stood up in silent protest during Trump's speech.
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Despite her silence, Trump supporters around her began chanting Trump's name -- as instructed by Trump campaign staff before the event in case of protests -- and pointed at Hamid and Marty Rosenbluth, the man alongside her who stood up as well.

As they were escorted out, Trump supporters roared -- booing the pair and shouting at them to "get out." One person shouted, "You have a bomb, you have a bomb," according to Hamid.

"The ugliness really came out fast and that's really scary," Hamid told CNN in a phone interview after she was ejected.
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Black students ejected from Trump rally in Ga.

The Des Moines Register 12:17 p.m. EST March 1, 2016

VALDOSTA, Ga. — There are different accounts of who made the decision to eject approximately 30 black students who say they were standing silently at the top of the bleachers at Donald Trump’s rally here Monday evening.

Late Monday night, a Trump spokeswoman denied that the incident at Valdosta State University's campus was initiated “at the request of the candidate” or the presidential campaign. A spokesman for the Secret Service contradicted the students' statements that federal agents led them out of the building, saying Trump staff and local law enforcement officials were in charge of handling protesters.

However, Valdosta Police Chief Brian Childress tried to clear up the confusion Tuesday morning, telling USA TODAY that he personally went to speak to the Trump campaign staff and the local law enforcement officers helping with security to confirm who ordered the students out, and to ask why.

“These folks were told to leave the PE complex by the Trump detail,” Childress said.
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Donald Trump makes hat joke as turban-clad protester ejected from Iowa rally

Michael Miller
WaPo January 24 2016

Donald Trump’s tetchy relationship with protesters took another controversial turn on Sunday when he appeared to mock a turban-clad man ejected from a campaign rally in Iowa.

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The protesters were trying to unveil a white sheet with the words “stop hate.” One of the protesters wore a beard and bright-red turban similar to those worn by Sikhs.

“Bye, bye,” Trump said sarcastically as the guard pushed the protester toward the exit and as the crowd began whistling. “Goodbye, goodbye.”

The capacity crowd then broke into chants of “U.S.A., U.S.A.,” before Trump appeared to make a quip about the protester’s turban, which was roughly the same color as Trump’s popular red “Make America Great Again” hats.

“He wasn’t wearing one of those hats was he?” Trump said, gesturing to a supporter’s hat and eliciting a laugh from the crowd.

“And he never will,” Trump continued, segueing back into his speech, “and that’s okay, because we got to do something folks because it’s not working. . . .

Several incidents earlier this month, however, have called into question once again whether Trump’s protesters are treated fairly. In Lowell, Mass., two protesters silently holding up signs that said, “America is already great” and “God, bless Obama!” were threatened by Trump supporters, before their signs were destroyed.

“Do you think I should hurt you right now?” one Trump supporter asked the protesters. “You don’t belong here. Go away. Shut up, shut your mouth.”
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Donald Trump: My Fans Were Right To Beat Up Black Protester

by Aviva Shen Nov 22, 2015 9:30 am

After his supporters beat up a Black Lives Matter protester on video, Donald Trump suggested that they may have done the right thing.

The protester, a black man, reportedly started chanting Black Lives Matter at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday. In a video captured by CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond, rally attendees swarm around the man, kicking and punching him as he curls up on the ground.

Trump was asked to weigh in on his supporters’ actions on Fox & Friends Sunday morning. “Maybe he should have been roughed up,” he said. “It was disgusting what he was doing.”
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Donald Trump: 'I Could ... Shoot Somebody, And I Wouldn't Lose Any Voters'

Updated January 25, 20161:47

With less than two weeks to go until the Iowa caucus, Donald Trump remains characteristically confident about his chances. In fact, the Republican front-runner is so confident, he says his supporters would stay loyal even if he happened to commit a capital offense.

"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" Trump remarked at a campaign stop at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa. "It's, like, incredible."
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So ya
Thought ya
Might like to go to the show

To feel that warm thrill of confusion,
that space cadet glow

I've got some bad news for you sunshine,
The GOP isn't well, they stayed back at the hotel
And they sent me along as a surrogate band
We're gonna find out where you folks really stand

Are there any queers in the audience tonight?
Get them up against the wall!

There's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me,
Get him up against the wall!

That one looks Muslim!
And that one looks brown!
Who let this riff-raff into the room?
There's one wearing a hat!
And another with spots!
If I had my way,
I'd have all of you shot!

(with apologies to Waters)

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