James Troup boldly went to Donald Trump’s Dayton, Ohio, rally last weekend to silently observe the crowd’s response to Trump’s rhetoric and people of color within the audience. Troup’s account of his experience is going viral.
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According to Troup, the crowd was mostly white, with a small number of people of color scattered throughout the audience. A big part of the billionaire Republican front-runner’s message that night was based on fear:
“He told Ohioans that only oil was propping up their state and that their economy was in serious trouble. He said this over and over again,†Troup wrote. “He also told the crowd that ISIS was out to kill them. That ISIS was putting 50 people at a time in cages and drowning them in the ocean. And that we had to kill them first.â€
Then, Troup noted that the rally took a noticeably darker turn:
“Cheers for water boarding. Cheers for torture. Calls to cut off their heads… They loved everything that was being said. The calls for the wall. The calls to blow up oil fields. The calls to torture and kill people.â€
The rally was intermittently disrupted by protesters. Troup noted how, after being spoon-fed fear and hate by Trump, the audience treated protesters.
“Every time a protestor was kicked out, they were yells to get them out of here, even to KILL THEM!!!†Troup said. “Really? Kill them? For protesting?â€
As protesters were escorted out, Trump supporters in the crowd also asked for Troup to be removed, despite his total silence.
“At this point, the black kid that grew up in the projects, surrounded by drugs and gunfire, felt CONCERNED for his safety…at a Donald Trump rally,†Troup wrote.
Troup’s account of Donald Trump’s remarks and the reaction to protesters is verified by watching thefull video of the Dayton rally, if you can stomach it.
Read Troup’s account below:
This is what I will say about the Trump rally I attended Saturday…alone.
It was scary. This man knows just what to say to fire up his crowd, no matter how factually inaccurate it may be.
Wall! ISIS! Kill Them! Mexico!
Then there was the blatant fear mongering. He told Ohioans that only oil was propping up their state, and that their economy was in serious trouble. He said this over and over again.
He also told the crowd that ISIS was out to kill them. That ISIS was putting 50 people at a time in cages and drowning them in the ocean. And that we had to kill them first.
Cheers for water boarding. Cheers for torture. Calls to cut off their heads.
If this was a brown person saying the exact same things in the Middle East, we’d call them a dangerous terrorist. But since it’s a white man in America, we call him a Presidential Candidate.
The scariest part was the crowd. They loved everything that was being said. The calls for the wall. The calls to blow up oil fields. The calls to torture and kill people.
And the protestors. Every time a protestor was kicked out, they were yells to get them out of here, even to KILL THEM!!!
Really? Kill them? For protesting?
I felt like at any point, the crowd was going to light torches and grab their pitchforks, and spill out into the streets.
The worst part was when their venom turned toward me. There were protestors around me who got ushered out, and then people started pointing at me, motioning for the Secret Service to “get him out of thereâ€.
Now mind you, I hadn’t uttered a single word the entire rally, but people still said things like “Well what about this one? He needs to go too!â€
At this point, the black kid that grew up in the projects, surrounded by drugs and gunfire, felt CONCERNED for his safety…at a Donald Trump rally.
At that rally, I saw the scary underbelly of America. I saw unadulterated hate, fueled by intentional misinformation.
These people who, just 2 hours ago, seemed like good and kind people, were now cheering for blood.
The worst part is Donald Trump knows EXACTLY what he’s doing. He’s patterned his campaign after a WWE match…
And it’s working.
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