--- title: Protestors at Donald Trump Rally Hold Up Constitution description: Protestors held up copies of the Constitution at a rally for Donald Trump in Maine on Thursday. canonical: https://time.com/4439590/donald-trump-rally-pocket-constitutions/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-04T20:12:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:04.550Z article:section: Politics og:title: Protestors at Donald Trump Rally Hold Up Constitution og:description: Channeling a speaker at the Democratic convention. og:url: https://time.com/4439590/donald-trump-rally-pocket-constitutions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt408ac22b41efbcde/6988a139cf40a8d314c445a4/trump-protestors-pocket-constitution.jpeg?branch=production&width=680&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 680 og:image:height: 383 og:image:alt: trump-protestors-pocket-constitution og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Protestors at Donald Trump Rally Hold Up Constitution twitter:description: Channeling a speaker at the Democratic convention. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt408ac22b41efbcde/6988a139cf40a8d314c445a4/trump-protestors-pocket-constitution.jpeg?branch=production&width=680&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Protestors at Donald Trump Rally Hold Up Pocket Constitutions > Sponsored content. 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As Khizr Khan held up his pocket copy of the United States Constitution, he had a question for Donald Trump. “Let me ask you, have you even read the United States Constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy,” Khan said._ by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Aug 4, 2016 8:12 PM UTC  Twitter by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Aug 4, 2016 8:12 PM UTC Protesters at a Donald Trump rally in Maine held up pocket copies of the Constitution, echoing a dramatic moment from the Democratic national convention. The Republican nominee briefly stopped his speech as protesters were escorted from the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. “A Trump rally is the safest place in our country to be, believe me, believe me. The safest,” he said. “But if we keep going the way it is, our whole country is going to be different.” Then, Trump’s speech was interrupted again by a protestor blowing a whistle. The symbol comes from [a brief speech](http://time.com/4433453/khizr-khan-pocket-constitution/) given by Khizr Khan, an American lawyer whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004, at the convention. After Khan asked if Trump had “even read the U.S. Constitution” and waved his pocket copy, [sales soared online](http://time.com/4433453/khizr-khan-pocket-constitution/). > [](https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/761283506685239296) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/761285454566154240) Maine Gov. Paul LePage opened for Trump, saying the media takes the New York business mogul’s remarks out of context. Trump’s speech focused on his usual themes of immigration and ISIS, vowing to do more to make America safe than Hillary Clinton. ## Transcript Donald Trump you're asking Americans to trust you with their future. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Let me asked you. Have you even read the United States Constitution? [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] I will, I will gladly lend you my copy. [ APPLAUSE ] You have sacrificed nothing and no one. We can not solve, we can not solve our problems by building walls. This is a historic election. And I request to honor the sacrifice of my son. 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