Looks like people at the McCain rallys are being asked to leave when they look like they don’t belong.
Elborno said after seeing the people who were asked to leave, she was concerned that McCain’s staffers were profiling people on appearance to determine who might be a potential protester.
“When I started talking to them, it kind of became clear that they were kind of just telling people to leave that they thought maybe would be disruptive, but based on what? Based on how they looked,” Elborno said. “It was pretty much all young people, the college demographic.”
Elborno said even McCain supporters were among those being asked to leave.
“I saw a couple that had been escorted out and they were confused as well, and the girl was crying, so I said ‘Why are you crying? and she said ‘I already voted for McCain, I’m a Republican, and they said we had to leave because we didn’t look right,’” Elborno said. “They were handpicking these people and they had nothing to go off of, besides the way the people looked.”
McCain doesn’t thave that many supporters as it is, should he really be trying to piss them off. Part of the problem for the republicans is that they have managed to exclude almost everyone but white America over 40. My guess is that is not enough people to win many elections, so as a dedicated liberal I hope the republicans keep doing what they are doing.