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Black Girl Assaulted At Trump Rally

Super Tuesday was a big night for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — but it was horrific for a black girl in Kentucky.

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Shiya Nwanguma, a young, black University of Louisville student, was assaulted at a Trump rally in Louisville last Tuesday, by a gang of white supremacist Trump supporters who took issue with a black girl being in attendance. The entire ordeal was captured by video and shows Nwanguma being pushed and shoved as obscenities are hurled at her. The clip has since gone viral on social media and is only one in a series of violent actions against people of color at Trump rallies.

“I was called a n*gger and a c*nt and got kicked out,” Nwanguma said. “They were pushing and shoving at me, cursing at me, yelling at me, called me every name in the book. They were disgusting and dangerous.”

All the while, Donald Trump himself was shouting “get them out of here” during Nwanguma’s assault.

The attack occurred as Trump was giving his typical campaign speech about making America great again, which usually riles up the nearly all-white crowd.  At one point, several groups of black protesters, who were simply holding up signs, had their signs snatched and were cursed at by white Trump supporters surrounding them.

Many of Trump’s supporters are known bigots, Neo-Nazis, and white supremacists who belong to a variety of hate groups. Their social media profiles are full of Nazi photos, KKK and white supremacist references, with some of the most insulting and despicable hate speech imaginable.  So, their attack of a black girl during their “white” rally comes as no surprise.

Among the men involved in the incident was Joseph Pryor, a candidate for the U.S. Marine Corps whose application has since been denied following his video assault. Another man is Matthew Heimbach, who is a member of the Traditionalist Worker Party, a well-documented hate group. He is prominently seen in the video clip wearing a red cap and is the most aggressive toward Nwanguma.

Following the backlash, Heimbach took to Twitter to defend his actions, claiming that Black Lives Matter activists “comes to a Trump event to fight:”  He then posted a response on the Traditionalist Worker Party’s website, saying: “Statistically speaking, the myth of Blacks being targeted by law enforcement is untenable. In fact, if there’s a reckless disregard for human life and culture of violence to be found, it’s to be found in America’s Black community.”

Interestingly, the Traditionalist Worker Party, which has been referred to as a “Neo-Nazi” and “white supremacist” group, also took to Twitter to defend the notion that they are “White Nationalists.”

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The attempt by Heimbach and his Traditionalist Worker Party to deflect charges of racism took a credibility hit when another black protester came forward. According to Chanelle Helm, the crowd of angry Trump supporters was so vicious, it was reminiscent of the type of hatred spewed during the height of the Civil Rights movement.

“In my entire life I had never had anyone look at me with such hate. It was like the videos and photos we’ve seen from the Little Rock 9 and other school integration moments from the 1950s and ’60s where the fury was palpable in the eyes of the white women,” she said.

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A black girl was assaulted at a Kentucky Trump rally.