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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump loses another delegate as anti-Muslim pastor 'takes one for the team'
Source: The Guardian
Trump loses another delegate as anti-Muslim pastor 'takes one for the team'
Guy St Onge, an anti-Muslim pastor, stands down as a California Trump
delegate, 24 hours after a white nationalist resigns from same delegation
Julia Carrie Wong and Nicky Woolf in San Francisco
Wednesday 11 May 2016 23.53 BST
The chaos over Donald Trumps California delegation to the national convention escalated on Wednesday after a controversial, anti-Muslim pastor said he was standing down from the Republican presumptive nominees delegation to take one for the team.
Pastor Guy St Onge, who proselytizes frequently on Youtube, told the Guardian he was no longer a delegate. Onge has in the past shared social media postings appearing to advocate the killing of Muslims and last year claimed: Barack Hussein Obama and his tranny wife Michelle hates the U.S.A.!
St Onge, who is listed on the California secretary of states official list as one of three delegates pledged to Trump from Californias 35th Congressional District, declined to say precisely when he stood down. The list was formally submitted by the Trump campaign on Monday night.
However St Onge informed the Guardian of his decision to relinquish his delegate spot hours after reporters contacted the Trump campaign asking for confirmation the controversial pastor was among a colorful list of delegates, some of whom have a controversial past.
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Guy St Onge, an anti-Muslim pastor, stands down as a California Trump
delegate, 24 hours after a white nationalist resigns from same delegation
Julia Carrie Wong and Nicky Woolf in San Francisco
Wednesday 11 May 2016 23.53 BST
The chaos over Donald Trumps California delegation to the national convention escalated on Wednesday after a controversial, anti-Muslim pastor said he was standing down from the Republican presumptive nominees delegation to take one for the team.
Pastor Guy St Onge, who proselytizes frequently on Youtube, told the Guardian he was no longer a delegate. Onge has in the past shared social media postings appearing to advocate the killing of Muslims and last year claimed: Barack Hussein Obama and his tranny wife Michelle hates the U.S.A.!
St Onge, who is listed on the California secretary of states official list as one of three delegates pledged to Trump from Californias 35th Congressional District, declined to say precisely when he stood down. The list was formally submitted by the Trump campaign on Monday night.
However St Onge informed the Guardian of his decision to relinquish his delegate spot hours after reporters contacted the Trump campaign asking for confirmation the controversial pastor was among a colorful list of delegates, some of whom have a controversial past.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/11/anti-muslim-pastor-donald-trump-delegate-guy-st-onge
Also from The Guardian: Reality stars and xenophobes: Trump's California delegates mirror their maker
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Trump loses another delegate as anti-Muslim pastor 'takes one for the team' (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2016
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(3,263 posts)1. K&R I think that second link is a great read! Thanks
Eugene
(61,974 posts)3. I posted the second article to Good Reads.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)4. That sure is a group of real creepy crazies !
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)5. K&R it qualified
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(22,913 posts)6. I love reading about all the controversy swirling around Der Drumpf
Keep it coming!!!!!!!!!