The thin blue line encounters an unfamiliar last name

Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo was paying tribute to Austin Abdelnabi, a Las Vegas police officer killed the day before, when he said the officer's name aloud. According to Boing Boing, Trump supporters in the crowd began booing at the name "Abdelnabi," prompting Lombardo to pause and clarify that Abdelnabi was the officer being honored. Boing Boing framed the exchange as an awkward test of the "back the blue" slogan.

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