Non-supporters thrown out of Trump event. (before it's even started)

[cali]

The Donald Trump campaign is refusing to admit anyone who isn’t a Trump supporter to his speech Thursday night in Burlington.

Campaign staff are asking people at the door of the Flynn Center whether they back the New York billionaire businessman’s campaign for the Republican nomination. If people answer anything but yes, they are turned away. Police officers are escorting people out of the building.

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The Trump campaign has the legal right to refuse admittance to anyone, Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo said.

“They have the right to say who’s trespassing in violation of their lease agreement, so when people are asked to leave, police escort them out,” the chief told the Free Press. He said that campaigns remove people from events “all the time” who they do not wish to have attend.

Jess Kell of Burlington was among those denied access Thursday night to the Flynn. She waited on line with a ticket, but once she made it through the first set of doors, well-dressed campaign staff wearing Trump lapel pins began to question her, she said.

“They are asking people if they’re Trump supporters,” she said. “I said, ‘I’m here to learn and listen and observe,’ and they said, ‘This is a private event, and only supporters may come in.’ And then they had the police escort me out the door. There was no chance to ask questions.”

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http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2016/01/07/trump-campaign-lumbers-into-vermont/78375274/

[randys1]

1. Uhhh...lie, duh

[Chemisse]

18. That would be hard to do.

I think I would choke on the words.

[lpbk2713]

2. I guess the First Amendment is called the First Amendment ...

because with people like Chump it's the first to go.

[yeoman6987]

11. When only 1400 can go in and 20,000 tickets were available,

I don't know how else they could do it.

[saturnsring]

12. 1st amendment doesnt apply here

[ghostsinthemachine]

3. I'd lie like a rug (not the one on Trump's head however, even I have limits)

Then heckle the shit out of him till the jack booted thugs dragged me away.....

[cali]

4. Alas, not too many Vermonters will.

[Mendocino]

5. So publicly paid LEOs

are determining who is worthy enough to attend? Are the police there qualified and objective enough to make that decision? Is the Flynn Center a public venue and open to all? Do they receive public funds for their operation? What is the political affiliation of the officers entrusted with the public confidence that makes them unique to ensuring fair and democratic recourse?

This country lost WWII. We were supposed to be fighting fascism.

[cheapdate]

10. The venue is leased to the event holder

who then becomes the lessee with the right to say who is and who isn't allowed in. It was covered in the piece. You might have missed it.

[Mendocino]

17. So if the donald

decided he didn't want any minorities allowed into his venues, that would be his right?

[cheapdate]

19. I don't know.

Discrimination on the basis of age, sex, religion, or national origin (ethnicity), in public accommodations is against the law.

I'm not positive a closed door political meeting is a public accommodation, but I'd guess that it is. I think Trump would violate the Civil Rights Act if he did as you proposed.

[B Calm]

6. Non supporters go for the comedy. Out of all the clowns, Trump is the funniest one.

[smirkymonkey]

7. I find it hard to believe that he has ANY supporters in Burlington.

What a coward to only let the true believers in. What is he so afraid of?

[2naSalit]

15. I'll bet he's busing them in from elsewhere. nt

[JoePhilly]

8. Do we expect less from Trump?

How's your evening?

[dhill926]

9. they should remember to wear brown shirts....

[bkkyosemite]

13. I would like to know how many are outside

[cali]

14. Hundreds of protesters outside

[Gregorian]

16. It would be like Rome.