The founder of an California-based anti-war group tried disrupting Donald Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night.
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Watch footage of Benjamin’s protest, as posted online, below. Instead, he turned away from the mic and the crowd chanted “U-S-A!”
“How great are our police?”
Separate footage showed the activist being escorted off the premises by police after the incident, as she called out “Medea Benjamin, Code Pink” and “Donald Trump is a hater”. “Make Mexicans pay!’ We’re a nation of immigrants [They’ve] contributed so much to our country and to put out that negativity to millions of people is just not fair”, said Benjamin.
Madea Benjamin attempted to unfurl a sign that read, “Build Bridges Not Walls” at Thursday’s final day of the convention. “She’s a code pink protester”.
The GOP presidential nominee paused for almost a minute while waiting for police to remove her. ** Click on the video player above to watch video of the protester **A person on the floor near the woman captured video and posted it on social media: The convention crowd chanted, “USA!” for much of the time as Trump stood silently at the podium.
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Ms Medea has also heckled Barack Obama and former president George W Bush, as well as disrupting both the Republican and Democratic national conventions to protest about the Iraq War.
