New York Daily News

Indelible Nazi stain on his run

- SHAUN KING

We already knewwhite supremacis­ts were endorsingD­onald Trumpfor President andassault­ing young blackwomen at his vitriolic campaign rallies.

Now,inanewvide­ofromPBS, wesee anapparent­neo-Nazi workingin his North Carolina campaign officeand making calls o on his behalf.

Grace Tilly, a 33-year-old woman from Fayettevil­le, N.C., wearingTru­mpgear andworking fo forthe campaign, is seen with m multiple tattoostha­t arecommonl­y lyassociat­ed with whitesupre­mac cists and neo-Nazis.

One,a large “88” on her hand, is awidelykno­wn neo-Nazicode for “Heil Hitler.” The letter “H” is the e eighth letter of the alphabet.

On the other hand, Tillydisp played a tattoo of the Stormfront lo logo, alsoknown asOdin’s Cross. Stormfront is the largest white supremacis­t websitein the world.

Tilly,who says in the interview th thatshe has nevervoted before a andhas beenoutofw­orkfor the p pastsix months, isnow head over heelswith her support for Trump. It’s her first time as a presidenti­al campaign volunteer. Before the NorthCarol­ina primary, her job was to call as many potential voters as possible to rally the troops. It clearly helped.

Itmust benotedtha­t Trump not onlywonthe­primaryinN­orth Carolina, but won it in the very townwhereT­illy isfrom —Fayettevil­le — where multiple AfricanAme­ricanswere assaulted at a March9Trum­p campaignra­lly.

JohnMcGraw­was arrestedfo­r violently striking an unsuspecti­ng blackmanwh­owasleavin­g the Trumpevent­atCrownCol­iseum. Fiveoffice­rs havebeen suspended for ignoring the assault.

Tilly told PBS that her tattoos “are not representa­tiveof neo-Nazipositi­ons but are connected to her family’s Celtic religious beliefs.”TheNews wasnot ableto reachherfo­r comment but the Anti-Defamation Leagueblas­ted theTrumpca­mpaignandh­is controvers­ial supporters.

“Wearenowse­eingwhite supremacis­ts and extremists endorseDon­aldTrumpan­deven get involvedin promoting and supporting­his campaign,” said Mark Pitcavage, a seniorrese­arch fellowat the ADL.

Trumpis 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.

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