A black activist attended a rally for the Republican candidate Donald Trump in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday and was attacked while chanting "Black Lives Matter," according to CBS News.
A crowd of Trump supporters were seen on tape pushing and kicking the protester to the ground after he refused to remain silent or leave the event.
Donald Trump's all-white supporters beat a black protester at a rally in Alabama https://t.co/eNP2aPs57i
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) November 21, 2015
So, does anyone think that Trump moved a muscle or appeared to be concerned about a man being attacked during his speech? According to the New York Daily News, he yelled out from the podium, "Get him the hell out of here! Throw him out."
Some would think that an all-white crowd attacking a black protester would make Trump's campaign immediately respond to the media about the incident but there was some hesitation. Rumors suggest the hold up on Trump's campaign responding is because no arrest were even made, according to the Birmingham police.
Eventually, campaign spokesperson Hope Hicks told CNN, "The campaign does not condone this behavior."
It appears that Trump was already prepared for this type of behavior. In a discussion on CNN in August he slammed Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders for listening to Black Lives Matter protesters at a rally in Seattle, Washington.
Trump went on to explain, "That will never happen to me....I don't know if I will do the fighting myself or if other people will, but that was a disgrace. I felt badly for him, but it shows that he's weak. Believe me, that's not going to happen to Trump."
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