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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 8 Feb 2017

    "I can't tell you why it happened to me, but I know that I'm Muslim. I have an Arabic name.":http://usat.ly/2ktW7oI 

    8:22 PM - 8 Feb 2017
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      2. Maverick‏ @Shano0012 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        lol. America has become joke.

        1 reply 0 retweets 21 likes
      3. mimi cemile‏ @mary_swisch 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Shano0012 @USATODAY

        we have been a joke for years....

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Maverick‏ @Shano0012 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @mary_swisch @USATODAY

        It's official now..

        2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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      1. Htownlove‏ @htown4ev 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        @IbtihajMuhammad First thanks 4 representing us so well in the Olympics. My heart breaks 4 what you were put through. Stay strong.

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      2. Clay Pettay‏ @CPettay 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        oh the humanity! rather be hassled at the airport than raped & killed by ISIS..but the left certainly would rather have the latter

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. PeaceLove&Hope‏ @WDeane23 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @CPettay @USATODAY

        I'm going to leave this here for you, so you understand that fear mongering doesn't work on anybody but the uneducated.pic.twitter.com/OPIsYf2NsR

        0 replies 2 retweets 12 likes
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      1. BigGrin94‏ @BigGrin94 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY @CharlesMBlow

        The goal is to make people of color self-conscious, introduce self doubt, stunt their growth, and know their place.

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      1. bibliojoan  📖  🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊‏ @bibliojoan 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Advice to commenters on both sides...if you want readers to consider your viewpoint, give it without rude, offensive rhetoric.

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      1. Hallelujah Anasuya‏ @AnasuyaIam 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Shame on America! Dishonoring a citizen as well as an Olympian is the worst of the worst!

        0 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
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      1. producerbert42‏ @BertM42 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        hypocrisy only goes so far in our Country! During the Olympics everyone wants America to win, 👀 at our diversity opposed to the 🌎!

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      2. #notmypresident‏ @mssandman 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        sorry for the betrayal of an American Olympian! #embarassed for our country 🇺🇸😢

        3 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
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      2. Deb B‏ @DebBissen 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        @givemelibby outrageous and just another sign that there's no way Los Angeles will get the summer Olympics in 2024. #nomuslimban

        1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
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      1.  ☮️Mighty Mighty‏ @belinahenderso1 10 Feb 2017
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        @LisaMoraitis1 She will have to use the back entrance, a separate water fountain and restroom at the next Olympics!

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      1. Liri Piper‏ @piper_liri 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        @CharlesMBlow Of course OUR Muslim-American hijabi OLYMPIAN was stopped in Tr**p's America. Bc apparently we are #TiredOfWinning.

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      1. Alexandra Marshall‏ @AlexMAbroad 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY @CharlesMBlow

        hope she is in touch with one of the legal teams fighting the ban.

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      2. Pamela M Voted!  🗳 💙  🌊‏ @Pamela_M072 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        @CharlesMBlow Guess we won't be hosting any international competitions anytime soon.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. I’m President‏ @KramReklaw 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Pamela_M072 @USATODAY

        Nope, still are:https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2017/02/05/1318346/usa-bars-iranian-archers-from-world-cup-official …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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