Posted on 03/06/2016 5:35:36 AM PST by RoosterRedux
A group of Sikhs and Muslims mostly from South Asian countries have joined the Donald Trump bandwagon in the US state of Maryland, asserting that the Republican presidential front runner is “not against” their communities.
Under the banner of “Sikh Americans for Trump” and “Muslim Americans for Trump” scores of Sikhs and Muslims held their first meeting in a suburb of Washington DC in Maryland, wherein a representative from the Trump campaign addressed them.
Organisers of the event from both the Sikh and Muslim communities argued that the view of Trump about minority community has been “twisted” and “taken out of context” by the mainstream media and claimed that the 69-year-old billionaire real estate magnet would create more jobs in the country which would benefit the minorities.
“He (Trump) is not at all against the Sikhs or the Muslim community. What he says is given spin. The mainstream media gives a spin. Because they are scared of him. He is not the status quo. He is not taking anybody’s money,” said Jasdip Singh, who helped organised the “Sikh Americans for Trump” in Maryland.
A prominent member of the Sikh community, Singh is Chairman of the Maryland Governors Commission on South Asian Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Sikh Associations of Baltimore.
“When he talks about Muslims, he does not talk about all Muslims or American Muslims. He spoke in the context of the refugee crisis that was happening in Syria. We (Sikhs) agree with him. Muslim (Americans) agree with him that we should not bring people into this country before we can vet them. And this was a temporary measures proposed by him,” Singh said.
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I agree.
I'll give it a try. It was held at the Homewood Suites in North Laurel, MD. For you locals that is at the intersection of Rt 29, just north of 216.
The Muslim leader present, Dr. H., fled Iran in the 1970s. He gives a very powerful speech about what America has to offer and what it can lose with the wrong leadership. The Sikh leaders present were generally also immigrants who have been here some time and established themselves in business. All are troubled that poorly vetted immigrants coming through an uncontrolled spigot would seek to impose their cultures and laws on our system.
There were perhaps 150 people in the room with some minor press coverage. It was part of a more general effort leading up to the Maryland primary on Tuesday April 26.
If there are any Marylanders out there who would like to join the cause, please Freepmail me and we can talk about it.
Jim, Trump Alternate Delegate Candidate, Maryland CD-04
Thx for that, Jim. That sounds great!
Sending this to Chris and Larry.... Thanks!
Sikh support doesn’t worry me. They’re not the bad guys in all this.
Rumor has it he’s going to be endorsed by BOTH the Palastinians AND Israel at the next news conference!
This is YUGE!!
Go Trump!
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