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ou'd think the Donald Trump campaign should consider Jake Anantha an ideal supporter: he's a teenager, and the son of immigrants—two demographic groups the Republican presidential candidate has utterly failed to court. Trump should have taken the kid on tour with him.

Instead, Trump has lost Anantha's vote, and his parents'. That's because security removed the 18-year-old college student from a Trump rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, after presuming that he was there to heckle....

http://reason.com/blog/2016/08/19/trump-loving-indian-teenager-kicked-out



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Teen Trump supporter booted from campaign rally ‘for having dark skin’

An 18-year-old Charlotte, N.C., college student who was ejected from Thursday's Donald Trump rally says he went from avid backer to disillusioned opponent after Trump's security accused him of being a known protester.

Jake Anantha, who registered as a Republican and cast his first primary vote for Trump, was wearing a Trump shirt when police removed him from the Charlotte Convention Center before the rally began. He and his father, Ramesh Anantha, say they believe he was profiled because of his dark skin.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/teen-trump-supporter-booted-from-campaign-rally-for-having-dark-skin/