BYSHAUN KING
KING: Donald Trump clearly bringing out worst of our country, including campaign worker sporting neo-Nazi tattoos
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Thursday, March 17, 2016, 11:14 AM
We already knewwhite supremacists were endorsing Donald Trump for Presidentand assaulting young black womenat his vitriolic campaign rallies.
Now, ina new video from PBS, we see an apparent neo-Nazi working in his North Carolina campaign office and making calls on his behalf.
Grace Tilly, a 33-year-old woman from Fayetteville, N.C., wearing Trump gear and working for the campaign, is seen with multiple white supremacist and neo-Nazi tattoos.
One, a large “88” on her hand, is a widely known neo-Nazi code for “Heil Hitler.” The letter “H” is the 8th letter of the alphabet.
Grace Tilly displayed a tattoo of the Stormfront logo, also known as Odin’s Cross.
On the other hand, Tilly displayed a tattoo of the Stormfront logo, also known as Odin’s Cross. Stormfront is the largest white supremacist website in the world.
It must be noted that Trump not only won the primary in North Carolina, but won it in the very town where Tilly is from — Fayetteville — where multiple African-Americans were assaulted at a March 9 Trump campaign rally.
John McGraw was arrestedfor violently striking an unsuspecting black man who was leaving the Trump event at Crown Coliseum.Five officers have now been suspendedfor ignoring the assault.
Tilly also has a large “88” on her hand, which is a widely known neo-Nazi code for “Heil Hitler.”
Another black man, a 20-year-old college student who wasnot even there as a protester, but merely a curious onlooker, was accosted by a different Trump fan.
Trump is clearly bringing out the very worst of our country. While he belatedly disavowed the endorsement of David Duke, he has continuously refused to disavow the support he’s getting from a wide variety of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
In Cleveland,a Trump supporter was recorded telling protestorsto “Go to Auschwitz. Go to f---ing Auschwitz.”
Donald Trump has refused to disavow the support he’s getting from a wide variety of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
Before saying that, the man could be heard saying "Rahowa" which is a white supremacist code for “racial holy war.”
All of this is almost surreal.
Trump is not a fringe presidential candidate, but rather the leading Republican in the field and is likely to be the GOP’s nominee.
He’s not popular in spite of his bigotry but because of it.
Tar Heel family explains why they support Trump
JUDY WOODRUFF: And now to North Carolina, where Donald Trump leads in the polls by double digits. Despite controversy surrounding his campaign, he continues to attract strong support.
We talked to one family with differing politics spanning three generations to hear why they’re going all in for Trump.
GRACE TILLY: This is my first time voting. Being 33, that’s kind of crazy, but it says a lot.
FARRON TILLY: I’m actually a registered Democrat, but I’m voting for Trump this time.
PETE TILLY: This is my first time I have ever worked on political campaign. My family members are joining me, my son, my daughter-in-law, and my grandchild. It’s been such an awesome experience.
And, father God, we just thank you that you’re going to use Donald Trump for your glory in your kingdom, oh, father God.
MAN: Amen.
PETE TILLY: My biggest point is, if you want to be here, conform to the country. If you don’t want to be here, go home. I was born in Montreal, Canada. And when I started school, for us, we were told, look, you either speak English or you’re not going to pass your class.
And in today’s society, it’s like we cater to the people, whatever language they speak. I came in the States, I joined the military, and then I even went and got naturalized, and I’m very proud to say I’m an American citizen.
GRACE TILLY: Hello. My name is Grace. And I’m a volunteer for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign here in North Carolina.
Fayetteville is a very big military town with Fort Bragg being right there. My father-in-law and my husband are both veterans, and the whole idea of the care of the veterans being subpar is very true. My whole family is supporting Trump, down to my 11-year-old.
BOY: No other candidate stands up for Americans like Donald Trump.
GRACE TILLY: It was both our idea for him to stay home from school today, so that he can see democracy in action.
DONALD TRUMP(R), Republican Presidential Candidate: Do we love North Carolina? Do we love it?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DONALD TRUMP: Beautiful. Beautiful.
GRACE TILLY: I definitely think, with Trump’s business savvy, his mind, I think that he’s going to be the best one that’s going to be able to help us.
Our family has been impacted in a very big way by the recession. We definitely at times are living paycheck to paycheck. And my husband is having hard time finding work as well.
FARRON TILLY: It hurts my pride. I’m a person that is used to being able to take care of my family. One of my biggest goals in life is to give my children an easier life than my own, send them to college, get them good degrees.
And right now, with what I’m making and how little I’m working, I don’t know if I’m going to be able to do that.
DONALD TRUMP: We built a massive company. Oh, no. Get out of here. Go home to mom.
PETE TILLY: All these protesters and all this stuff, and people saying he’s racist, and then the Black Lives Matter, you know what? Red lives matter, because, when you bleed, we all bleed red.
MITT ROMNEY(R), 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee: He cheers assaults on protesters. This is the very brand of anger that has led other nations into the abyss.
GRACE TILLY: What Mitt Romney is doing is only solidifying our reasons why we love Donald Trump, why we’re going to vote for him.
PETE TILLY: Donald Trump is on point when he says this is for the people, this is not for him, that he represents the people, and without his people, he wouldn’t have nothing.
So, now we’re ready for another day of riding and going out and helping Donald Trump.
GWEN IFILL: You can follow all of today’s races on our live results page and on our home page, PBS.org/NewsHour.
