I was a Donald Trump supporter. Then I got booted from his rally.

For months, I’ve been excited to cast my first ballot for Donald Trump.

I’m 18 years old and attend college in North Carolina. I’ve been a passionate Trump supporter since the primary, debating his policies on Islamist terrorism and our flawed immigration system with my more liberal friends. I even bought a Donald Trump shirt; I’m extremely proud to wear it.

Then I attended my first political rally. And what happened there shook my faith.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around to see a man in a suit. He told me follow him. I was confused but did what I was told. He did not identify himself in any way. (The Trump campaign later identified the man as Eddie Deck, Trump’s head of security.) He took me to the back of the crowd and told me he knew who I was — a known protester. He didn’t give me a name of who he thought I was, or a picture or a description. He simply said that I had to leave.

I tried to explain that I had never been to a Trump rally and that I was a huge Trump supporter, but he didn’t care. He didn’t ask me for my license or to look at my shirts. He simply said that three people had pointed me out and that I needed to go. Immediately.

I was extremely angry. I told him that this is my first rally and that I am a huge Trump supporter, I would never protest him. But nothing helped. Three police officers showed up and told me that they were going to escort me out. I didn’t know what else to do, so I agreed to leave.

Then I felt another tap on my shoulder from the same man. This time, he told me that he’d let me back if I agreed not to disturb anyone. I felt very uneasy because some random man claimed to know me and made up lies about me. He even had the nerve to tell me that I was being the agitator. “I’m being the agitator?” I yelled. “You’re the one that came to me and told me that I had to leave.” At that point, he told the police officers to get me out. I was escorted out of the building.

I still don’t know why I was asked to leave. But I think it has something to do with my race. My mother is white and my father is Indian. When Deck saw me, I wonder whether he noticed that I look different from most Trump supporters. I wonder whether he assumed that I couldn’t possibly support Trump because of how I look.

Merlot Daruwala wrote:Lol@Jake Anantha at the sheer naivete. Just because he's born American, he automatically assumed that he's native and white.

His account should be a wake up call to some of Trump's followers here. Just because they like guns, Reagan and all things republican, automatic acceptance doesn't follow.