A 7-year-old boy and his mother were allegedly targeted by two people outside the Democratic National Convention Thursday night due to their political affiliations.
“Outside the DNC Convention tonight, radical leftists attacked a 7 year old boy,” the Twitter account for the organization Students For Trump posted Thursday night. “Why? Because he was simply showing his support for President @realDonaldTrump. Truly shameful.”
Outside the DNC Convention tonight, radical leftists attacked a 7 year old boy.
Why?
Because he was simply showing his support for President @realDonaldTrump.
Truly shameful.pic.twitter.com/rBFzlg2WFu
— Students For Trump (@TrumpStudents) August 21, 2020
“Last night, Joe Biden supporters viciously attacked Riley, a 7 year-old @realDonaldTrump fan,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted in response to the alleged incident. “Joe Biden supporters stole Riley’s hat, ripped up his sign & made him cry. Watch. It’s on video. This is sick. Wilmington, DE please help us find them.”
Last night, Joe Biden supporters viciously attacked Riley, a 7 year-old @realDonaldTrump fan.
Joe Biden supporters stole Riley’s hat, ripped up his sign & made him cry.
Watch. It’s on video. This is sick.Wilmington, DE please help us find them: pic.twitter.com/nqx061VXMt
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 21, 2020
Riley’s mother, Abbey, released a statement saying that she was waiting for a table with her son at a restaurant after a peaceful protest against the Democratic presidential nominee when she was harassed by two “Joe Biden supporters” upset about her pro-Trump sign and her son’s “Make America Great Again” hat.
“We had just left a peaceful protest against Joe Biden,” her statement read. “I was holding a pro-Trump sign. My son was wearing his MAGA hat. We were standing outside peacefully minding our own business waiting for our table. Suddenly, two Joe Biden supporters began to yell political epithets at my child. They ripped the sign from my arms and assaulted my seven year old son. The Joe Biden supporters laid hands on my child and ripped his ‘Make America Great Again’ hat from his head while cursing at him and pushing him over. The two Joe Biden supporters verbally and physically assaulted my child. My 7 year old child was sobbing and screaming.”
Abbey added that she was “punched in the face multiple times” when she tried to retrieve her son’s hat, which was eventually thrown over a fence.
“Joe Biden owes my son an apology for fomenting the hate that will now scar my son for life,” she said. “If children aren’t off limits to their violence, who is?”
A police report was allegedly filed after the incident.
