VALDOSTA – Before Donald Trump delivered his remarks to an excited crowd Monday evening at Valdosta State University, approximately 30 black students who were standing silently in the bleachers were asked to leave.

Tahjila Davis, 19, a VSU mass media student, told a reporter for USA Today she was among the group who was asked to leave and that they “didn’t plan to do anything.”

“They said, ‘This is Trump’s property; it’s a private event.’ But I paid my tuition to be here,” Davis told USA Today.

Secret Service agents said Trump requested their removal before he began speaking, but a campaign spokesperson denied to USA Today that the students were kicked out of the event “at the request of the candidate.”

“I don’t understand why they would do something like that,” Davis said. “I have not experienced any racism on this campus until now.”

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