Trump supporter asks MEE reporter: 'Do you have a bomb on you?'
Asked if our reporter being Muslim would change anything, the Trump supporter said 'Yes it does'
Ruben Israel, controversial 'street preacher' (Screengrab)
Published date: 20 January 2017 16:59 GMT
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Last update: 7 years 10 months ago
"You don’t have any bombs on you, do you?" a Donald Trump supporter in Washington shot back at Middle East Eye reporter Osha Al-Mossallami who approached him for an interview on Friday.
The protester, who has been identified as Ruben Israel, the organiser of the Street Preachers network which describes its work as "confrontational evangelism", then asked our reporter: "Are you Muslim?"
"Would that change anything?" she asked.
"Yes it does," he replied curtly.
You can watch our correspondent's full broadcast from Washington here:
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