Trump Security Reportedly Remove Muslim Students Before Campaign Rally

According to reports on the ground, a group of apparently Muslim students were removed from the venue before a Tuesday morning Donald Trump rally in Ashburn, Virginia.

There were conflicting reports about what precipitated their removal. IJ Review’s Joe Perticone reports that Trump staff told him that students were removed for causing some sort of disturbance.

Trump staffers remove Muslim students from venue pic.twitter.com/GORyVmiFvT

— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) August 2, 2016

Trump staffer tells me “they were causing a disturbance” and that’s why they were removed

— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) August 2, 2016

Another IJ Review staffer Dave Jorgenson reported there was no disturbance at all.

Two Muslim students causing zero commotion were just asked to leave Trump rally. Chants of “USA USA” as they were escorted out

— Dave Jorgenson (@davejorgenson) August 2, 2016

Girl behind me asks her dad “what do you think they were saying?”
They weren’t saying anything.

— Dave Jorgenson (@davejorgenson) August 2, 2016

But reporters for The Daily Mail and NBC News report that they were indeed disturbing the rally and chanting “Hillary”.

Not quite. A) we don’t know he was Muslim and B) he was chanting for Hillary. https://t.co/UldX3AwZpz

— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 2, 2016

Ashburn, VA — Two students, one wearing Palestinian keffiyeh, were escorted out of Trump rally after chanting “Hillary! Hillary”

— David Martosko (@dmartosko) August 2, 2016

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