Cruz, Rubio and Kasich criticize Trump for creating ‘environment’ for Chicago protest

The Washington Post ^ | March 11, 2015 | David Weigel

[lonestar67]

"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

[jospehm20]

I hope so too. They snuck the Canadian in, didn’t they?

[lonestar67]

Well Trump is playing into the hands of the radicals by engaging in personal attacks so regularly.

He does not encourage responsible behavior.

Cruz’s criticism is good advice for Donald.

[kiryandil]

That’s why Cruz never disavowed Beck who wanted to kill Trump with a knife!

You mean ol' Stabby McStabber? :)

[JBW1949]

I understand exactly what you are saying and why you are worried...I haven’t mentioned this but there has been a “conspiracy theory” going around that Obama might create chaos and rioting before the election and declare martial law and put off or cancel the election...

I don’t think the American people would allow that to happen, but something like this could be the seed for something like that...

[lodi90]

Newt is really PO'd about this. He got over 1,000 retweets on this. He's close to endorsing Trump, IMO. Newt Gingrich ‏@newtgingrich 1h1 hour ago So the real American fascists stopped Trump rally tonight.Fascism in modern America is on the left--on college campuses, in left wing groups

[Elyse]

I guess that would be more effective if I knew what BFD stood for.

[Yaelle]

Yep, it’s the globalist pro slavery lite group.

[PA-LU Student]

Oh doing better than you apparently, seeing as how I just have my opinion for the current situation, and backed it with sound reasoning and questions. You however are forced to call me name, hence we know who has the better argument. Now I may be completely wrong, but I am offering up complete logical thoughts.

[Solson]

Aw poor baby. Go run to mommy Cruz who will lay hands on you.

[tsowellfan]

It is a legitimate criticism.

Trump says demonstrators should be roughed up. That he wants to punch them.

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Actually it’s not. In the Chicago rally the punching was not done by the Trump supporters (as with all the other rallies unless it was in self defense). It was the demonstrators who did the punching and vandalizing not the Trump supporters. So, your point does not make any sense. Lots of hole in your statement.

Trump supporters do not go to a Trump rally to punch another Trump supporter, nor would any republican go to a republican rally expecting to be stand along side a Bernie Sanders supporter.

[Yaelle]

Stolen - that’s excellent.

[jospehm20]

No, Cruz is a lying Bushy globalist hack. I cannot wait for 2018 so I can vote for an American Senator to replace him.

[DouglasKC]

A lot of violence seems to follow Trump. He has personally threatened demonstrators and asked his supporters to punch them out. His campaign manager attacked a reporter simply for asking a question. His supporters have violently attacked minority protesters. But somehow, that has nothing to do with him.

Amazing how well you can parrot misleading headlines.

[INVAR]

A bloodbath is coming.

Anyone says a negative thing about their king will end up in the guillotine if they are not first torn limb from limb from the mob.

So post no. 2 is correct. Those who do not want a king, whether a Marxist/Communist or a New York liberal populist, are indeed in the minority in this country.

Which means the mob on the Left or the mob on the Trump will seek your head if you do not genuflect to their messiah.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yes. One of my friends called all upset about them tonight and I gave her my standard answer. When the grid goes down they will be in the first die off.

[Yaelle]

So, Cruz is on the side of black lives matter rioters?

Interesting.

Who else is on their side?

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Oh, you know, Karl Rove, all Bushes, Barack, Ayers...

[kiryandil]

You are right, once their was a giant Cruz rally in a Starbucks and the barista looked totally annoyed.

He had to make 15 extra coffees that day...

[The Toll]

5.45 forever

[JBW1949]

You know absolutely nothing about what I would say...

I have thought Sessions a conservative long before any of this started.

You sound so naive...

[wmfights]

And you still believe that Ted is in that room with you? Really?

No doubt about it.

Cruz isn't a "johnny come lately". He was a conservative before he went to DC. He has remained a conservative while in DC. I'm confident he will be a conservative in the future.

Your guy Trump has given huge sums to the Rats and the clinton foundation. He can't even define conservatism. He supposedly became a conservative a couple years ago and can't fully explain the foundation of anything he claims to believe in.