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‘Hard to belong’ – Black Trump supporter, C. J. Cary, ejected from GOP candidate’s NC rally after Donald mistakes him for a protester

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;Get him out&excl;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">C&period; J&period; Cary &comma; a long time Trump admirer&comma; ejected from GOP rally in Kinston&comma; NC&comma; on Wednesday<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">Republican presidential candidate&comma; Donald Trump&comma; mistook his black supporter for a &&num;8216&semi;hired&&num;8217&semi; protester<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;By the way&comma; were you paid &lbrack; by the Clinton campaign&rsqb; &dollar;1&comma;500 to be a thug&quest;&&num;8217&semi; Trump asked him<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">Egged on by the majority white audience&comma; Trump had Cary &comma; 63&comma; escorted from the rally as the crowd cheered<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;"> Not fazed by the incident&comma; Cary says he is still voting for Trump <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-90866" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc3" width&equals;"915" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong>At Trump&&num;8217&semi;s prompting security move in to eject C&period; J&period; Cary &comma; a black supporter from a rally in Kinston&comma; North Carolina&comma; Wednesday<&sol;strong> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-90864" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc5" width&equals;"900" height&equals;"900" &sol;><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS"><strong>J&period; Cary &comma; a long time supporter of the Donald&comma; attended the rally in Kinston&comma; North Carolina on Wednesday&comma; he was accused of being a protester&comma; and was then escorted from the event by security as the audience cheered<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">When you do not blend in with a subset&&num;8217&semi;s idea of homogeneity&comma; you would probably wind up being rejected by the group&period; The lesson in group dynamics brought the idealistic notions of a black Donald Trump supporter crashing back to earth on Wednesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;C&period; J&period; Cary&comma; a black Trump supporter was thrown out of a campaign rally after he was accused of being a protester&comma; sent to create mischief by the Clinton campaign&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;63-year-old  Cary &comma; a long time supporter of the Donald&comma; was just another enthusiastic supporter who attended the rally in Kinston&comma; North Carolina on Wednesday&comma; until his chosen candidate asked security to move in and have him removed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A local paper&comma; the <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;newsobserver&period;com&sol;news&sol;politics-government&sol;politics-columns-blogs&sol;under-the-dome&sol;article111038352&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow">News Observer<&sol;a> reported that Trump was mid-speech when the crowd began booing&comma; waving their Trump Pence signs and pointing at Cary&period; Initially the Republican presidential candidate told the crowd&colon; &&num;8216&semi;That&&num;8217&semi;s all right&comma; leave him alone&&num;8217&semi; &period; However as the crescendo rose&comma; reacting to the mood he swiftly changed his mind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;90822" style&equals;"width&colon; 316px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-90822" class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-90822" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc1" width&equals;"306" height&equals;"374" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-90822" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Ex-marine&comma; C&period;J&period; Cary has been a supporter of Donald Trump since 1992<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;We have a protester&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Trump declared&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;By the way&comma; were you paid &dollar;1&comma;500 to be a thug&quest;&&num;8217&semi; he asked&comma; scanning the crowd&period; &&num;8216&semi;Where&&num;8217&semi;s the protester&quest; Where is he&quest; Was he paid&quest;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;You can get him out&comma; Trump said&comma; addressing his security&period; &&num;8216&semi;Get him out&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cary was then escorted from the event by security as the audience cheered&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Trump has previously accused Clinton&&num;8217&semi;s campaign of paying protesters to disrupt his rallies&period;  turned to the &&num;8216&semi;protester&&num;8217&semi; and asked if he was paid by Clinton to be a &&num;8216&semi;thug&&num;8217&semi;&period; Problem is&comma; Cary was not a protester&period; He has long fan of the real estate mogul&comma; even before his foray into GOP politics&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As a matter of fact Cary told News Observer<br &sol;>&NewLine;he views the &&num;8216&semi;presidential race as a choice between two apples&colon; one rotten apple and one that is sour and bitter&period; He views Trump as the sour one&comma; and supports him because he said Trump has some redemptive qualities&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The former Marine claims to have been corresponding with the real estate mogul since 1992&comma; when Trump replied to Cary&&num;8217&semi;s letter during his  first divorce&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cary&comma; wearing sunglasses and a suit jacket at the rally&comma;  was just 20ft&period; from the stage&comma; shouting &&num;8216&semi;Donald&excl; and waving another his letter&comma;said he had been hoping to give Trump&comma; when he was escorted outside&period; <strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-90884" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;trump-announced-that-cary-was-a-protester-and-asked-if-hed-been-paid-to-disrupt-the-event&period;png" alt&equals;"Trump announced that Cary was a 'protester' and asked if he'd been paid to disrupt the event&period;png" width&equals;"662" height&equals;"349" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong>Trump announced that Cary was a &&num;8216&semi;protester&&num;8217&semi; and asked if he&&num;8217&semi;d been paid to disrupt the event<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-90836" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;carys-home&period;jpg" alt&equals;"cary's home&period;jpg" width&equals;"728" height&equals;"414" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong>C&period;J&period; Cary&&num;8217&semi;s Rocky Mount home has over 40 Donald Trump political signs  in the front yard <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;Everyone else is waving Trump signs and I&&num;8217&semi;m waving this white letter&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Cary told the <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;washingtonpost&period;com&sol;amphtml&sol;news&sol;the-fix&sol;wp&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;29&sol;trump-booted-a-black-man-from-his-rally-and-called-him-a-thug-turns-out-he-is-a-supporter&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow">Washington Post<&sol;a>&period; He also thinks that he thinks his sunglasses &&num;8211&semi; worn because of his sensitivity to light &&num;8211&semi; may also have made people suspicious&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As he was led out&comma; the security agent noticed that Cary was wearing a GOP badge&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He told Cary that while he wasn&&num;8217&semi;t a protester&comma; the crowd had turned against him and he should probably leave the rally&period; Cary was then escorted from the event by security as the audience cheered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-90865" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc4" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"419" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption">Black Trump supporter&comma; Cary being escorted from the event by security<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-90863" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"tblack-trump-supporter-c-j-cary-ejected-from-trump-rally-in-kinston-nc6" width&equals;"780" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><strong>Cary says the miscommunication has not dampened his support from Trump<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Cary said he was disappointed to have been ejected&comma; but that wasn&&num;8217&semi;t going to stop him from voting for Trump and he was able to pass on his letter to give to Trump&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">That eight-page letter urged him to be more accepting of minorities before urging&colon; &&num;8216&semi;You must defeat lying Hillary and lying Obama&period; These characters are bad really bad&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cary says he has not yet heard back from the Trump campaign but a surrogate has reached out to him&period;<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-90821" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;trump-succumbed-to-calls-from-audience-to-eject-black-supporter-from-rally1&period;png" alt&equals;"trump-succumbed-to-calls-from-audience-to-eject-black-supporter-from-rally1" width&equals;"630" height&equals;"344" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong>Trump was mid-speech when the crowd began booing&comma; waving their Trump Pence signs and pointing at Cary<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The 63-year-old said he was disappointed to have been ejected&comma; but that wasn&&num;8217&semi;t going to stop him from voting for Trump&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I was a little sad &lbrack;that I was escorted out&rsqb; but was more happy than sad because my purpose for being there was to give that document to Donald&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Cary said&period; &&num;8216&semi;My mission was to make sure I got it in the right hands&comma; because someone could have just easily tossed it or dropped it&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cary&comma; who has dozens of pro-Trump signs in his front yard&comma; says he agrees with the candidate&&num;8217&semi;s border policy and believes that he is &&num;8216&semi;honest&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;You can work with an honest person and convince them their vision isn&&num;8217&semi;t in the best interest of everyone&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told the <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rockymounttelegram&period;com&sol;News&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;16&sol;Yard-signs-shout-support-for-Trump&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow">Rocky Mount Telegram<&sol;a>&period; You can&&num;8217&semi;t work with dishonest people&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s why I don&&num;8217&semi;t like Obama — the worst president in American history&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was not the first time a Trump supporter&comma; who looked like the &&num;8216&semi;other&&num;8217&semi; has been ousted from one of his rallies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;From the onset of his campaign&comma; he has been frequently accused of being racist&period; In August&comma; Jake Anantha&comma; a half-Indian student at Central Piedmont Community College&comma; was ejected from a Trump rally in Charlotte&comma;North Carolina&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap"> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-90818" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;rose-hamid-and-18-year-old-jake-anantha-being-escorted-from-trump-rally-in-aug-this-year5&period;png" alt&equals;"rose-hamid-and-18-year-old-jake-anantha-being-escorted-from-trump-rally-in-aug-this-year5" width&equals;"639" height&equals;"472" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong>Rose Hamid pictured with 18-year-old Jake Anantha being escorted out of the Trump rally in August<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Anantha believes he was racially profiled because he is half Indian&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A registered Republican from Charlotte&comma; he was approached by security and told he resembled a known protester who had disrupted Trump events in the past&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I still don’t know why I was asked to leave&period; But I think it has something to do with my race&comma;” said Anantha&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My mother is white and my father is Indian&period; When &lbrack;Trump&&num;8217&semi;s head of security Eddie&rsqb; Deck saw me&comma; I wonder whether he noticed that I look different from most Trump supporters&period; I wonder whether he assumed that I couldn’t possibly support Trump because of how I look&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;A disappointed Anantha was so shaken he told <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;edition&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;19&sol;politics&sol;indian-man-ejected-trump-rally&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow">CNN<&sol;a> he was now reconsidering his support for the GOP candidate after his remonstrations fell on deaf ears&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I told him &lbrack;Eddie Deck &rsqb;&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve never been to another rally in my life&&num;8217&semi;&period; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m a huge Trump supporter&period; I would never protest against Trump&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Anantha even said he was wearing not one&comma; but two pro-Trump shirts at the time he was evicted from the rally&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I do think it&&num;8217&semi;s because I&&num;8217&semi;m brown&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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