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“Maybe Hate Is What We Need”: Part 2 of the Complete (and growing) Timeline of Trump Hatred.
A History of Donald Trump’s racism. Here is part 2 covering the start of the Trump Presidency.
25 January 2017: Trump Supporter attacks Muslim Stewardess:
At JFK International Airport in New York, a female Delta employee, wearing a hijab in accordance with her Muslim faith, was “physically and verbally” attacked by 57-year-old Robin Rhodes of Worcester, Mass., “for no apparent reason,” prosecutors said at the time. When the victim asked Brown what she did to him, he replied: “You did nothing, but … [Expletive] Islam. [Expletive] ISIS. Trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you.”
Rhodes ultimately pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of “menacing,” and he was sentenced to probation.
30 January 2017: Trump fires Sally Yates:
Trump fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates. According to his statement, the reason was that she had “betrayed the Department of Justice” by refusing to defend Trump’s travel ban in court.
