2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTeen Trump supporter booted from campaign rally ‘for having dark skin’
THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
19 AUG 2016 AT 12:39 ET
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. An 18-year-old Charlotte, N.C., college student who was ejected from Thursday's Donald Trump rally says he went from avid backer to disillusioned opponent after Trump's security accused him of being a known protester.
Jake Anantha, who registered as a Republican and cast his first primary vote for Trump, was wearing a Trump shirt when police removed him from the Charlotte Convention Center before the rally began. He and his father, Ramesh Anantha, say they believe he was profiled because of his dark skin. "It's unbelievably ironic," said Ramesh Anantha, whose parents immigrated from India. He says his son, as a young person of color appearing at a rally where the Republican presidential nominee touted his support for people of color, "should have been looked at as a perfect Trump supporter. He should have been somebody they're putting up on stage."
Kirk Bell, communications director for Trump's North Carolina campaign, said Friday morning he's looking into the incident and will respond.
Jake Anantha graduated from Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Ardrey Kell High this year and enrolled at Central Piedmont Community College. His parents are conservative Republicans, but his dad says the teen's ardor for Trump sometimes made them say "Whoa!"
"When I saw him on TV, I personally didn't mind his rhetoric," Jake Anantha said Friday. "I defended him. When people called him a racist, I said he's a critic of our flawed immigration system. He's strong on Islamic terrorism."
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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/teen-trump-supporter-booted-from-campaign-rally-for-having-dark-skin/
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)No sympathy and f you.
Next!
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Cut him a little slack.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)That's not an excuse
oberliner
(58,724 posts)One's brain isn't fully formed yet at that age, and often parents are a big influence. This kid's dad is a hard-core right winger.
Hillary Clinton was a Young Republican Goldwater Girl when she was in high school.
By the end of college, she had completely transformed politically.
This happens to quite a few people during those formative years.
yuiyoshida
(41,878 posts)Skin measure device to check his percentage of darkage. Sorry dude, just not white enough!
longship
(40,416 posts)Sorry. Channeling Seinfeld.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,113 posts)The clue bird had to crap directly on this kid's head for him to figure out what was going on with Trump.
Doodley
(9,192 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)What leads you to believe that?
Doodley
(9,192 posts)He goes to a Trump rally and says he is aware of Trump's position on immigration.
He wears a Trump T-Shirt that "shows" he is a big Trump supporter.
He gets thrown out.
He says he is disappointed at the racist profiling of security personnel.
He blames Trump for that because of the "tone" of the campaign and says he will vote Gary Johnson.
Do I think he was shocked at how he was treated and shocked at the tone? No, I think he did a great job at making Trump look bad. If he was really a Trump fan, do I think he would blame Trump for the tone and switch to Johnson? No.
catbyte
(34,580 posts)pro Don the Con.
Doodley
(9,192 posts)catbyte
(34,580 posts)Democat
(11,617 posts)I wonder why?
Doodley
(9,192 posts)Cirque du So-What
(26,060 posts)'There's one smoking a joint and another with spots
If I had my way I'd have all of them shot!'
I thought of that scene when tRump first began ejecting various & sundry people from his fascist rallies, and we see that the practice is still going strong.
catbyte
(34,580 posts)Oh, the irony...
hellbound-liberal
(3,745 posts)wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt now!
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)And let's be honest, on November 8th, he's going to cast a vote for Donald J. Trump. They always do. He's upset that his bubble has been burst and sees how the people that he idolizes treat him. If he's anything like the groups I'm familiar with (black republicans and gay republicans), he's going to find a conservative principle to excuse it and return to living a mock-white political existence until the next incident of discrimination.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)Chemisse
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