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Related: About this forumBasket of Deplorables - Sunday WI Badger Edition
http://www.startribune.com/costumes-of-fans-at-badger-football-game-portray-trump-leading-obama-around-by-noose/399214031/Costumes of fans at Badger football game portray Trump leading Obama by noose
Costumes around Halloween at football games are a common sight, but a noose around the neck of a President Obama character being led by a fan with a Donald Trump mask certainly caught the attention of University of Wisconsin officials and millions of others.
A fan sporting the Trump mask attending Saturday's game at Wisconsin vs. Nebraska clutched a rope with a noose around the neck of an another fan wearing a mask of Obama, the nation's first black president, in prison garb. At times, the second fan donned a facial likeness of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Herb said stadium staff members approached the man responsible for the get-ups and "asked him to remove the offensive components" of the costumes. "He complied."
Costumes around Halloween at football games are a common sight, but a noose around the neck of a President Obama character being led by a fan with a Donald Trump mask certainly caught the attention of University of Wisconsin officials and millions of others.
A fan sporting the Trump mask attending Saturday's game at Wisconsin vs. Nebraska clutched a rope with a noose around the neck of an another fan wearing a mask of Obama, the nation's first black president, in prison garb. At times, the second fan donned a facial likeness of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Herb said stadium staff members approached the man responsible for the get-ups and "asked him to remove the offensive components" of the costumes. "He complied."
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Basket of Deplorables - Sunday WI Badger Edition (Original Post)
MineralMan
Oct 2016
OP
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)1. The whole incident disgusts me.
I don't care if it is free speech, it crosses a line.
MineralMan
(146,324 posts)2. It does indeed cross a line.
A bright, shining line!
gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)3. asshole should be arrested for inciting violence
MineralMan
(146,324 posts)4. He should get to meet some men in dark suits.
Perhaps he will.
gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)5. I totally agree
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)6. I am glad to see that
from the picture it looks like the fans ignored him. On the other hand, it makes me wonder about WI. But that has been going on for a while (my wondering) since Snotty Wanker and his gang took over.