Sarah Palin refuses to believe Ahmed Mohamed really did just build a clock

Ahmed Mohamed
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Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Texas boy arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that teachers and police apparently thought was a hoax bomb, has a ton of supporters, including President Obama. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) isn't having any of it.

She wrote a Facebook post early Saturday criticizing the Muslim teenager's groundswell of support compared to other kids punished by schools:

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.