Gay Hispanic Trump supporter: “It was much harder to come out as a Trump supporter than it was to come out as gay.”
They broke his nose – for supporting Trump.
Those savages broke #JuanHernandez nose not 4 being gay but bc he’s a Trump supporter #SJTrumpRally #JusticeForJuan pic.twitter.com/f3sSONzgOB
— Sophia (@1motomami) June 9, 2016
Juan Hernandez went to the Trump rally in San Jose last week. Protesters broke his nose.
Hernandez told his story in the Washington Post.
Juan said the police directed Trump supporters around the block and right into the violent mob.
These people should sue that city for millions.
And where the hell is Attorney General Loretta Lynch on this?
Last Thursday, I left work about 5 p.m. and drove to the San Jose Convention Center to hear Donald Trump speak.
I’ve been voting for conservative candidates for 15 years and a registered Republican since 2015. Now that the general election is underway, I believe Trump is the best candidate to fix our country’s many problems, and I believe he’s going to be the next commander in chief. So I was excited to hear him, and to show my support. Walking into the rally with a friend, I was a little wary: Trump’s speech to the California Republican convention in Burlingame had been disrupted by protesters, and I wasn’t sure whether to expect a similar scene in San Jose. But we got to the event early, and we must have been inside already by the time a crowd of protesters gathered in the streets near the convention center.
The speech really got me energized. I got a new sense of appreciation and respect for Trump after a Bernie Sanders supporter interrupted him with a sign. Trump didn’t blink: “Darling, there’s no way he can win, but keep your sign high,” he said. That is the president that I want. It was great being around so many Republicans — in the Bay Area, we don’t have a lot of that, so it was great to feel the camaraderie of being part of the GOP.
My trouble began once the rally was over.
My friend and I joined a crowd of Trump supporters who had all left the convention center around the same time. The garage where we had parked our car was right next to the building, but police were directing everyone around the block to another garage entrance instead. The farther we walked, the fewer Trump fans were with us — people began peeling off to go to restaurants or bars in the area, or to other garages nearby.
And suddenly, there were protesters everywhere. Some were holding Mexican flags, or burning American ones. They were yelling “F— Trump!” at us and cornering us. Some of them started grabbing Trump supporters — they were going up and slugging people, sucker-punching people, just picking random people out. As much as we wanted to help, because our fellow Republicans were getting hit, I knew any moment that could be me. So my friend and I just kept walking — sometimes, we’d be running. We saw police standing nearby, but they didn’t do anything. That scared me, because I thought, “Okay, if I’m next, there’s going to be no cops.”
…One of the blows caught my nose, and blood just started pouring out. That kind of stunned them, and they backed off a quick second. My adrenaline kicked in; I felt punches on my head, and I felt the punch that hit my nose, but I was in survival mode by then, and I didn’t realize until later how much it hurt. I called my friend, “Okay, let’s go!”
Read the rest here.
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Turned @twittabrivn 4 assault on Juan Hernandezhttps://t.co/IYSLo18mgL
Keep up pressure pic.twitter.com/rXcrSIuxQp— Emily Bourie (@EmilyEab1998) June 4, 2016
#DETAILS: @LogCabinGOP‘s Juan Hernandez says he was repeatedly punched by anti-Trump protesters at rally. #SanJose pic.twitter.com/rkyniBgbNy
— Chris Nguyen ABC7 (@ChrisNguyenTV) June 8, 2016
