Trump supporter: “Next time we might have to kill him”

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (IE) – The Trump supporter who was filmed sucker punching a protester during Wednesday’s rally in North Carolina said: “Next time, we might have to kill him.”

Multiple videos show the protester, 26-year-old Rakeem Jones, raising a middle finger to the crowd as security escorted him from the rally – before the unnamed supporter punched him to the ground.

The supporter, 78-year-old John McGraw, was unrepentant.

When asked if he liked the rally, he said: “You bet I liked it. Knocking the hell out of that big mouth.”

And when asked why he punched the protester, he said: “Number one, we don’t know if he’s ISIS. We don’t know who he is, but we know he’s not acting like an American, cussing me… If he wants it laid out, I laid it out.”

He added: “Yes, he deserved it. The next time we see him, we might have to kill him. We don’t know who he is. He might be with a terrorist organization.”

On Thursday, officials arrested and charged McGraw with assault and battery and disorderly conduct, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

Jones saidĀ on Thursday morning that his left eye still hurts from the punch and he remains confused about why he was being taken out by security in the first place.

He added that he doesn’t regret going to the rally for the GOP frontrunner.

“Donald Trump probably doesn’t care about what happened. He is already onto the next thing,” he said. “If I can go to another [Trump] rally, I would go if I can.”

Jones was told about his alleged attacker’s comments and he said he did not have a response.

HeĀ attended the rally with friends.

“The people that are going to his rallies are hateful people,” Jones’ friend Ronnie Rouse said. “Not in general, because you cannot put a label on all of the people – but there is hatred.”

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