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(22,109 posts) Fri Jan 8, 2016, 11:07 PM Jan 2016

Muslim Woman Gets Kicked Out Of Donald Trump Rally For Being Muslim [View all]

Source: Think Progress

A Muslim woman was kicked out of a Donald Trump rally on Friday night for no apparent reason. The woman, Rose Hamid, told CNN that she “came to the rally to let Trump supporters see what a Muslim looks like.” She stood silently with a t-shirt that read “I Come In Peace.”

About halfway through the rally, held in Rock Hill, South Carolina, some people in the crowd “turned pretty ugly” toward the woman, shouting “epithets.” She was then escorted out by security.

Trump commented on Hamid as she was being ejected. “There is hatred against us that is unbelievable. It’s their hatred, it’s not our hatred,” Trump said.

Trump has stoked antipathy against Muslims by calling for a total ban on Muslim immigration into the U.S. Since making the announcement Trump’s standing in the polls has only improved.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/08/3737746/muslim-woman-gets-kicked-out-of-donald-trump-rally-for-being-muslim/

Are his Indonesian business partners still wanting to be associated with him?

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Damn! world wide wally Jan 2016 #1

What place is this? SmittynMo Jan 2016 #6

The thought scares the crap out of me. glinda Jan 2016 #15

Exactly. AngryOldDem Jan 2016 #42

Specifically, South Carolina but I get your point LiberalElite Jan 2016 #62

A brave woman. redwitch Jan 2016 #2

+1 AZ Progressive Jan 2016 #7

+1 TubbersUK Jan 2016 #9

+1 emulatorloo Jan 2016 #12

+1000000000000000 nt steve2470 Jan 2016 #32

not sure how brave it is patsimp Jan 2016 #51

You are dead wrong. cheapdate Jan 2016 #57

That's the dumbest answer I've seen in a long time lunatica Jan 2016 #59

Do you know how biggoted this comes off? I mean unless you also think christians shouldn't wear trillion Jan 2016 #65

How 'bout this matt819 Jan 2016 #3

As for LGBT issue Trump safeinOhio Jan 2016 #31

I bet that will happen eventually, yep nt steve2470 Jan 2016 #33

His business 'goodwill' is leaking like a sieve ... Trajan Jan 2016 #4

Muslim is not a race. 840high Jan 2016 #23

I sure hope you're here to DocMac Jan 2016 #24

Good - I don't care to hear more. 840high Jan 2016 #29

Thanks for the correction Trajan Jan 2016 #25

Good point, Trajan. Thought of a seriously dysfuctional president Hortensis Jan 2016 #53

Tell that to the next Sikh who gets attacked by one of Trumps fans. stone space Jan 2016 #26

Thank you! DocMac Jan 2016 #37

you are right and the hatred on this board for people who are speaking their minds without patsimp Jan 2016 #52

re: His business 'goodwill' is leaking like a sieve Angel Martin Jan 2016 #38

What??? nt thereismore Jan 2016 #5

Not Surprising in the Least Leith Jan 2016 #8

"political correctness" hibbing Jan 2016 #22

jesus fucking christ.... dhill926 Jan 2016 #10

says the "narcissist".... glinda Jan 2016 #16

narcissist has 2 I s in safeinOhio Jan 2016 #34

The shear level of bigotry that is happening out in the open is disgusting davidpdx Jan 2016 #11

His people love it. nruthie Jan 2016 #18

And more media coverage he gets. AngryOldDem Jan 2016 #43

His campaign is exposing what the Republican base is really like. ohnoyoudidnt Jan 2016 #49

I doubt it. Nothing he says or does, no matter how reprehensible, seems to affect GOP voters. (eom) StevieM Jan 2016 #20

I wonder if this is the beginning of passive resistance to bring him down. nolabear Jan 2016 #13

Probably the safest thing for this very brave woman. Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #14

+1 glinda Jan 2016 #17

Well said. She is the epitomy of courage. n/t pampango Jan 2016 #44

This woman is what strength really looks like. BlueStater Jan 2016 #19

There are no words. williesgirl Jan 2016 #21

American Fascism. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #27

Oh for crying out loud shenmue Jan 2016 #28

This is dangerous. zentrum Jan 2016 #30

I have my "Mike Tyson" theory about Trump safeinOhio Jan 2016 #35

She could have been torn limb from limb Bayard Jan 2016 #36

What faces are those? JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #47

Unlike Trump, Rose Hamid is a brave person with an important message. democrank Jan 2016 #39

^^THIS^^ AngryOldDem Jan 2016 #41

It's not me! It's them!!! underpants Jan 2016 #56

This is true n/t JoFerret Jan 2016 #60

These "rallies" will turn violent at some point. AngryOldDem Jan 2016 #40

They already have in two instances that I can recall... Earth_First Jan 2016 #45

I wasn't aware of those. AngryOldDem Jan 2016 #46

Trump is dumber than a sack of hammers. callous taoboy Jan 2016 #48

Was the man next to her kicked out as well? He's wearing a yellow Muslim sticker. EndElectoral Jan 2016 #50

"It�s their hatred, it�s not our hatred,� Trump said. " NickB79 Jan 2016 #54

Yet there are Bernie supporters who say they will vote for him over Hillary. lark Jan 2016 #55

And vice versa. Lot's of odd folks in the world JoFerret Jan 2016 #61

The Taunts As She Was Being Escorted Out Were Ugly TomCADem Jan 2016 #58

She wasn't kicked out for being a muslim NobodyHere Jan 2016 #63

Just like white supremacists saying the blacks and Mexicans are racists since they can't call them trillion Jan 2016 #64

Hamid said one supporter of the billionaire real-estate mogul bawled at her: "You have a bomb, you trillion Jan 2016 #66