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Trump cancels rally amid clashes between supporters and protesters
CBS News ^ | March 11, 2016 | Stephanie Condon

Posted on 03/11/2016 8:46:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The Donald Trump campaign on Friday night canceled a rally slated to take place in an arena at the University of Illinois at Chicago after protesters overwhelmed the event. The campaign cited safety concerns, given the tense confrontations between Trump protesters and supporters.

After the cancellation was announced, fights started to break out at the UIC Pavilion, CBS News' Sopan Deb reports.

Ahead of Trump's arrival, hundreds of demonstrators lined up outside the arena to protest the Republican presidential front-runner. Large groups of Trump opponents also occupied multiple sections inside the arena. The mix of Trump supporters and opponents created a tense atmosphere, and finally a spokesperson for the campaign announced the event was canceled....

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 1justwokeup; 2016election; chicago; election2016; illinois; newyork; tedcruz; texas; trump
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1 posted on 03/11/2016 8:46:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Trump rally Chicago 3/11/2016

2 posted on 03/11/2016 8:47:56 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Trump: Cancelling Chicago rally a ‘very good decision’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj_46kPM0s8


3 posted on 03/11/2016 8:49:16 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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I saw it, thanks..


4 posted on 03/11/2016 8:49:45 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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5 posted on 03/11/2016 8:49:58 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why are you posting this? Surely you’ve seen the multiple threads already posted, relating to this incident.

Those threads are already up into the hundreds and hundreds of comments.


6 posted on 03/11/2016 8:50:17 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

CBS equates “Trump supporters”

with the blacklivesmatter and La Raza and muslim rioters.


7 posted on 03/11/2016 8:50:31 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The inmates are running the large cities.


8 posted on 03/11/2016 8:51:33 PM PST by chit*chat
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To: Windflier

Tonight is a record for FR news forum page. Out of 250 thread titles, 89% either had Trump in the title or were about Trump’s rally today.


9 posted on 03/11/2016 8:52:55 PM PST by Rebelbase (Best election ever. Sick of it already, but best election ever.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Either you or I are late to the party, but it seems that it’s the fault of Ted Cruz.

Go figure.


10 posted on 03/11/2016 8:53:31 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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This will eat up the precious news cycles up to Tuesday. Life is good.


11 posted on 03/11/2016 8:53:47 PM PST by proust (Texans for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, second in delegates to Trump in the GOP race, said late Friday that the billionaire has created “an environment that encourages this sort of nasty discourse.”

“When the candidate urges supporters to engage in physical violence, to punch people in the face, the predictable consequence of that is that is escalates,” Cruz said. “Today is unlikely to be the last such incidence.”


12 posted on 03/11/2016 8:54:21 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Cruz voters: Wake up! Trump is our only chance of stopping the gopE. If not now, never!)
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To: Windflier

No, I was in the hospital.


13 posted on 03/11/2016 8:54:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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This was the right decision, for today, but I’m down for the fight if that is what needs to occur...


14 posted on 03/11/2016 8:55:25 PM PST by RobertClark (My shrink just killed himself - he blamed me in his note!)
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To: MarvinStinson

That’ll be one of their main memes in the morning, a common one for liberals: both sides were equally at fault. Both sides were equivalent. Both sides at fault. Trump’s words MADE them do it.


15 posted on 03/11/2016 8:56:11 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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Marco Rubio, with his absurd comments after Trump’s rally was disrupted by the Leftists, has forever torpedoed his own political career.


16 posted on 03/11/2016 8:59:52 PM PST by allendale
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No, I was in the hospital.

Sorry to hear it.

Poke around a bit. This incident is all anyone's talking about tonight. The forum is chock-full of it.

17 posted on 03/11/2016 9:00:00 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: proust

Trump is a genius. He’s controlling the media like they are his puppets by doing nothing other than be himself. The coverage he’s receiving now and through the weekend would cost millions to buy.


18 posted on 03/11/2016 9:00:11 PM PST by Rebelbase (Best election ever. Sick of it already, but best election ever.)
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To: allendale

Who?


19 posted on 03/11/2016 9:00:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: gg188
That’ll be one of their main memes in the morning, a common one for liberals: both sides were equally at fault. Both sides were equivalent. Both sides at fault. Trump’s words MADE them do it.

But where would the liberals get the idea that Trump's words made them do it? Oh, that's right, Ted Cruz told them.

20 posted on 03/11/2016 9:01:44 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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