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To: MortMan

It really gets old with these people. Anything bad that happens is because of Cruz or his supporters. That is pure idiocy.

These attackers are leftists.


98 posted on 03/12/2016 9:04:56 AM PST by Luke21
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To: Luke21
"The responsibility for that lies with protesters, who took violence into their own hands. But in any campaign, responsibility starts at the top. Any candidate is responsible for the culture of a campaign. And when you have a campaign that disrespects the voters, when you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence, when you have a campaign that is facing allegations of physical violence against members of the press, you create an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discord," Cruz said, citing an event in Florida that had already led to a criminal complaint, but not heretofore been mentioned by a rival candidate.

"But I think a campaign bears responsibility for creating an environment when the candidate urges supporters to engage in physical violence, to punch people in the face," said Cruz. "The predictable consequence of that is that it escalates, and today is unlikely to be the last such instance. We saw, earlier today, in St. Louis, over 30 arrested. That’s not how our politics should occur. You know, the city of Chicago in 1968 saw some ugly days, when politics descended into hatred and incivility and even violence. It is my hope that in 2016 we can appeal to our better angels, to avoid going down that road once again."

149 posted on 03/12/2016 9:11:10 AM PST by kabar
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To: Luke21

Prove that these are all leftists after the GOPe powwow. I have no doubt this violence is from many sides. And no candidate is supporting Trump or his supporters right to freedom of speech. That shows plenty!


294 posted on 03/12/2016 9:33:22 AM PST by nclaurel
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