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Published 13:54 30 Nov 2020 GMT
A student has claimed that she was kicked out of her sorority after posting a video of an "all lives matter" sign at a Trump rally.
Jaycie Barton filmed the footage at a Trump rally in August, and the clip featured a number of people holding up signs that read: "All Lives Matter", "Trump 2020" and "Back the Blue".
Barton was subsequently called out on the video in September, with the Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA) sorority stating that the phrase "All Lives Matter" is "extremely hurtful" to other members and "very unsisterly."
In the video below, Barton explains how the TikTok she went on to create cost her a heavy price:
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"I made a TikTok. It was in the middle of August. August 17 to be exact," Barton said. "I was at a Trump rally and Back the Blue rally at my local town courthouse."
"I took a video of some of the posters and signs that were there," she said. "Some random guy - I couldn't even tell you who he was or what his name is - was holding a sign that said 'All Lives Matter. MAGA.'"
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The sorority said in a statement cited by the Metro: "ZTA stands for Black Lives Matter and the statement All Lives Matter goes against ZTA's belief."
The Daily Caller reports that Barton was subsequently removed from her position as Risk Management Chair in September and later kicked out of the sorority.
Barton told the right-wing news website that it said "nowhere" in the sorority's membership rules that people had to support Black Lives Matter and that the group had no preexisting rules which prevented its members from posting content about their political beliefs on social media.
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The student added in another interview with Breitbart: "It's pretty clear that I do support black lives. I don't understand how the sorority cannot see that the word 'all' includes everyone."
She explained that she never joined the sorority to be a part of the BLM movement, but instead, its philanthropic work.
The student added that she has had some support from other members of ZTA over the incident, however, they are too scared to publicly share their thoughts about the incident.
Now that Barton has been removed from ZTA, she has become a member of Turning Point USA, a right-wing organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
