Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has already won the endorsement of white supremacists like former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke — and now that extremist support is becoming frighteningly visible at his campaign rallies, too.
At a campaign rally in Las Vegas last night, Trump supporters gleefully watched as gun control supporters and Black Lives Matter demonstrators were physically dragged out of his event by security.
Demonstrators from the BLM movement and the immigration reform movement are no strangers to violence and ugly rhetoric at the hands of a Trump mob — see our “Trump Hate Map” here — but last night’s rally took a frightening turn.
As one man was dragged away, Trump supporters variously yelled, “Shoot him!” “Kick his ass,” and “Light the motherf——r on fire!”
A large middle aged man shouted, “Sieg heil!” — a Nazi Germany-era salute — as the protester was taken away.
“He’s a Muslim!” another man in a glittering black suit shouted as another protester was removed. “He’s a Muslim!”
Buzzfeed’s McKay Coppins captured video of one demonstrator being dragged out of the event, as a Trump supporter screams, “Light the motherfucker on fire!”
“Light the motherfucker on fire!” RT @mckaycoppins: And about ten minutes into the Trump rally, this happens. pic.twitter.com/e4Fdu2Vt3Z
— justin kanew (@justin_kanew) December 15, 2015
Laura Martin, an immigration activist in Las Vegas, tweeted that an Iraq War veteran attempting to shield a group of women from the Trump mob was also attacked.
Iraq war veteran put his arms around group of women of color to protect from Trump supporters and they threw him to the ground
— Laura Martin (@LauraKMM) December 15, 2015
MSNBC’s Benjy Sarlin tweeted his disbelief as he watched the event take a violent and tragic turn.
Things shouted as Black Lives Matter protestor dragged away at Trump rally: “Kick his ass!” “Shoot him!” “Bitch!” “Sieg Heil!”
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) December 15, 2015
Another protestor dragged out. Man in suit screaming: “He’s a Muslim guy! He’s a Muslim guy!”
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) December 15, 2015
Another protestor, another similar reaction from crowd — screaming, pointing, one man shoves a protestor towards door. — Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) December 15, 2015
It’s truly scary as hell when a protestor turns up at a Trump rally. Never seen anything like it. — Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) December 15, 2015
