Posted on 03/19/2016 3:50:16 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says that the tension Donald Trump cultivates at his rallies is worthy “of the Third World.” He’s overstating the case, and for that, Americans should count themselves lucky.
I have been to eight of Trump’s rallies in several states over the past two months, and I have seen protesters removed or jeered at each one, but I have not seen anything that could be described as a serious brawl.
In Trump’s months of campaigning before growing and fired-up audiences, some of them so large they packed stadiums, no one has been seriously injured — and that includes the police officer and two civilians who were briefly taken to a hospital after the canceled rally in Chicago. A punch, a reporter pushed to the ground: This is hardly the mayhem that sometimes accompanies politics in what Rubio calls “the Third World.”
In younger and poorer democracies, there’s more violence in parliaments than there has been at Trump rallies.
In Greece, demonstrations against pension reform routinely feature Molotov cocktails and tear gas.
In Ukraine in August, a hard-right activist threw a hand grenade at the police at a rally outside the parliament building, and shots were fired, resulting in the death of an officer and 100 serious injuries.
In Russia, attending a rally that is not officially sanctioned carries the risk of beatings and detention. Hundreds invariably are.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestate.com ...
Ping
I started a thread about this a week or so ago
If, given that fact, you think we should do a "link only" post, let me know and I will gladly comply.
Good grief. Don’t give the libtards any ideas!
(Whats going on in America for down-under)
Trump security will filter out the moveon.org groups from his rallies.
Fustrated by their ineffectiveness at attempting to destroy Trumnp rallies, the left will then resort tobomb threats and actual bombs to clear Trump venues.
Yes , its that bad.
But not violent yet.
Trump has to be prepared for bomb threats now and how to handle them without clearing the venues of his rallies.
BTW, the threats to Trump will only increase his voter turnout and they are good for his campaign.
The MSM though is abandoning Trump now because he will not go along with lining their pockets from debates they had planned.This is especially true of Fox News, who now appear to be solidly behind Cruz.Therefore the truth of Trumps non violence, non racism is being over painted by the MSM. Trump needs a way to combat that false image.
alleged? Evidence?
The Liberals already plan violence without the need of suggestion. The goons at the cancelled Chicago rally were all hired thugs (I wonder if Bill Ayers was compensated).
Lil’ Marco is just spewing the DC Uni-Party line that any movement contrary to their sanctioned movement is considered Thuggery.
“Black is White, Up is Down and How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up?” And you better damned well want to see three!
That was the one where a reporter got took down real good - by a secret service agent. Poor guy was probably only asking for directions. It was never reported what he did to,provoke the secret service guy.
Dearest hoosiermama,
Those evil radicals are far ahead of anything posted here.
No doubt.
Otoh more people ARE paying attention to the rallies and therefore Trump
More backfire! Putt putt
The reporter had tried to get past a USSS agent told the agent FU and chest bumped the agent. The agent took him down and frisked him before he hit the ground The next night the agent stood to Trumps right during his speach. Message sent
Ithere was video with sound of the entire incident. Played often. See above for more details Reporter said he was ONLY 18 inches out their designated area. Looked to be more like two feet
Thanks
I knew there was a backstory
And Trump Had the agent next to him next night?
Good
This idiot Leonid Bershidsky is FIXATED on Trump.
Here are some more articles by him:
FROM MUSSOLINI’S SLOGAN TO TRUMP’S SOUNDBITE
TRUMP’S POWER PLAY
TRUMP CHANNELS A SILENT RAGE
KEEPING GERMANY’S TRUMPISTS AT BAY
FLORIDA’S HISPANIC ESTABLISHMENT GRAPPLES WITH TRUMP
TRUMP WOULD BE PALS WITH PUTIN. TRUMP’S GUY, NOT SO MUCH.
TRUMP’S NATIONALIST TALK WOULDN’T FLY IN GERMANY
THE U.S. SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO BEAT TRUMP
IT’S RISKY TO BASH TRUMP ON TALK RADIO
TRUMP’S FAMILY ENDURED ANTI-IMMIGRANT ZEAL
GOD WASN’T ON TRUMP’S SIDE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
LEFTISTS FOR TRUMP? THIS YEAR, ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE
TRUMP’S ONE-MAN SHOW IS A SMASH
Leonid Bershidsky is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is a Berlin-based writer, author of three novels and two nonfiction books. Bershidsky was the founding editor of Russia’s top business daily, Vedomosti, a joint project of Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, and the first publisher of the Russian edition of Forbes. He also founded the opinion website Slon.ru; ran the business book arm of Russia’s biggest book publisher, Eksmo; and worked as managing director at KIT Finance investment bank. He has an MBA from Insead in Fontainebleau, France.
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Geisler looked like a threat to Keane. Killed.
Lewis looked like a threat to Axelrod. Killed.
Baretto looked like a threat to Keane. Killed.
Hampton looked like a threat to Swibel. Killed.
All within a short period of time in the same part of Chicago assassinated for political reasons. And that is just the prominent ones who were a threat. Shall I name the ones who were not a threat but were killed for political reasons to:
Send a message.
Very visible He stands by his people
The secret service is going to enjoy working with this man and his family. What a breath of fresh air.
Perhaps. But as WTP are well aware -American Tradition can be tossed down the rabbit hole over a period of time and completely forgotten/ignored. ie -THANKSGIVING, JULY4 (INDEPENDENCE DAY) PRAYERS and RELIGION -ie.MERRY CHRISTMAS!
If POLITICAL VIOLENCE as a tradition it has seldom been seen by the generation living. Perhaps it should be seen once again, before the opportunity should be lost forever.
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