Posted on 11/21/2015 3:34:48 PM PST by RoosterRedux
During a campaign rally for Republican presidential contender Donald Trump in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday, a fight broke out between a Black Lives Matter protester and other event attendees.
One video from the event, shot by a CNN reporter, shows several Trump supporters shoving and kicking a black protester on the ground. CNN reports that the man appeared to have been shouting "black lives matter," a slogan that was also printed on his shirt. The network reported that at least six attendees pushed and tackled the man when he refused to leave the event.
One rally attendee can be heard on camera chanting "all lives matter" as the protester was later escorted out by police officers.
The scuffle drew enough attention that Trump interrupted his speech at the rally to address the fight.
"Yeah, you can get him out," Trump said on stage, referring to a protester. "Yeah, get him out. Get him the hell out of here."
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Yeah, no other candidate would say or do that because they would be petrified that the Democrats and the media would call them racists and intolerant bigots. Thus they would let the leftists have control of the rally and the message. They would essentially condone the purposely rude and disruptive behavior of the protestor...who are ONLY doing it so they can paint the candidates as racist bigots.
I LOVE that Trump sends a strong message....a message that he does NOT agree with the message and the tactics of the left.
Don’t patronize us with this “It’s not who we are” BS. You sound like Obama or one of his boot-licking worshippers.
FReepmail.
She has about 13 years on you noob. You read like a hired gun.
Is that you Moochelle?
Probably staged, but still effective.
They won't give up, too much amnesty & trade money at stake. I don't know if Trump will survive but no other candidate could take them on.
I am sure Soros and OFA are flinging around enough cash to get “BLM Protesters” who just happen to be standing near CNN cameramen to interrupt lots of Trump rallies right up until the time he wins the election, and then ... karma.
Kick away at lone black protestors. It'll make for great TV and bring in all kinds of votes.
And - Trump is a Democrat.
I've long suspected that most populist Repubs are Jacksonian Dems and not Lincoln Republicans - so maybe this terrible fight among people on the Republican side will somehow help them take their own party back. :-)
Could be zero, could be the beast, could be GOPe for all we know.
There will be more of these staged events.
Oh horse patooties. BLM is hooking up with Palestinian and ISIS types. They are dangerous. A really bad guy protestor showed up at the last Trump rally. The guy should have been in prison.
Can’t be too careful. Defending rabble like that is ridiculous. These are the same people who were all up in arms that those silly French folks went and got themselves murdered last week and stole their media attention away.
That IS who they really are.
I dislike them, too. I'm not defending him. He was disruptive, and should have been escorted out.
Face it: these BLM guys are going to show up throughout this election cycle. Candidates need to learn how to deal with it. Donald Trump isn't a seasoned candidate - he's never run for anything before.
At first I defended the crowd, too - I couldn't see the kick. I still defend the crowd. I don't defend the kick. The woman ran up and kicked - she wasn't threatened personally.
The rule of physical contact, for me, is don't touch unless you've been touched. Let security escort the guy out.
I've been at plenty of rallies with plenty of harassers.
The next thing you know, someone's going to shoot someone at one of these things, citing "self-defense". Then we'll go down hard. I don't want that.
So a year from now, which democrat will you vote for Donald or Hillary?
You're right.
Problem is, we're damned if we do, damned if we don't. I hate to see anyone sink to the level of these cretins, the BLM crowd. (Same with the college campuses and their current lunacy.) It only gives liberals more fodder to feed on. But if we don't defend ourselves in some way, we're wimps.
I agree with you & Kenny. These people should just be escorted out. Don't even get into fights or name-calling. It's only making a childish situation more childish. Unfortunately this is the younger generation and the current psyche. The only way to react is to stand proud & rise above it.
I don’t give a flip. “This is not who we are” is sanctimonious horse hockey so stuff it.
Way to keep it classy, noob.
My thoughts, exactly!
He's still got harsh negative favoribility ratings and Quinnipiac today has him at a (whopping) 22% in New Hampshire. 78% still undecided.
Iowa is sewn up for an Evangelical like Carson or Cruz.
North Carolina -- Cruz has major ground game there.
Polls also consistently show a few Republican candidates doing much better against Hillary than Trump. People will catch on.
At this time in 2007, McCain had 13% and was losing to Rudy and Romney.
I'll worry about next year when it happens.
Black Lies Matter!
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