Barrage of hate from far-right Trumpists to Sikh prayer at Republican convention

Toxic response to prayer from pro-Trump Harmeet Dhillon, leading figure on Republican national committee

A toxic, racist, far-right response to Harmeet Dhillon's Monday-night Sikh prayer at the Republican national convention is just one sign of the difficulties Donald Trump and Republicans have in selling a more diverse version of Trumpism to the party's base.

Social media posts following Dhillon's prayer indicated that some far-right Trumpists had been polarized by the sight of a non-Christian form of religious devotion on the convention stage in Milwaukee.