Posted on 03/12/2016 2:26:02 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
One day after well-organized protesters led Donald Trump to cancel a campaign rally before it even started, the Republican presidential front-runner coldly rejected calls on Saturday to temper the tone of his events. He called such protesters a "disgrace" and blamed them for fueling violent confrontations at his rallies.
The intensity of the hostility Trump faces among those opposed to his candidacy was underscored Saturday morning in Ohio. Secret Service agents briefly rushed the stage to form a protective circle around Trump after a man leapt over a barricade and charged toward the billionaire businessman.
The man, later identified by authorities as Thomas Dimassimo of Fairborn, Ohio, was able to physically touch the stage before he was tackled by security officials. He was later charged with disorderly conduct and inducing panic.
Trump's rallies in recent weeks have been marked by frequent clashes between his supporters and protesters, many of whom are young African-Americans and Latinos. Earlier this week, video footage captured a white man punching an African-American protester as police led him out of a North Carolina rally.
On Saturday, Trump's rivals for the Republican nomination harshly criticized Trump for what had been taking place at his events.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Trump had "created a toxic environment" that "has allowed his supporters and those who sometimes seek confrontation to come together in violence." Marco Rubio accused Trump of "dividing both the party and the country so bitterly" that the Florida senator said he may not be able to support Trump if he becomes the GOP nominee.
But Trump on Saturday rejected the suggestion that he or his supporters were to blame, instead laying responsibility at the feet of protesters he panned as "a disgrace."
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I didn’t see one incident in Chicago where a Trump supporter just started throwing blows.
Lack of the availability of personal hygiene products won't really be an issue for Bernie supporters.
Food might be a problem, bet we've already seen with OWS, they're perfectly willing to eat their own if necessary
Go Trump!!
NEWSFLASH: You don’t get to define what real men do.
Beyond sexually?
Yep!
ewww.
I don’t think I want to go there.
There was nothing nasty in my post.
I simply pointed out the difference between a real man and Donald Trump.
The differences are vast and obvious.
Now, the next personal attack on me for posting truth will result in your being sent out in 20 degree weather with no coat.
Cruz’s surrender to leftist extremism really came as a shock to me. I’ve been telling friends and family for over a year that Cruz was the only one we could count on to stand up to the left and fight back.
Boy was I wrong! Had to call ‘em all back today to apologize.
That did not happen.
Trump talks.
His opponents start the violence.
And the media (and Cruz, and Rubio, and Kasich) want everyone to think Trump is the problem??
First Amendment anyone? Politics anyone? Jeez — I guess the outsiders should just shut up so the Establishment can cruise to victory.
Let me guess, you want to elect a guy that was born in Canada!
You aren’t the only one. I used to like DetesTed! too.
What a phony post.
Cruz simply pointed out that Trump has been indulging in fighting words for months.
I don’t think that had anything to do with the riots and he didn’t say it did.
But it is not a good way to run a campaign.
Sorry for the thousand phone calls you were forced to make.
As if. hahahahaha
Actually, nobody got killed at that Trump rally. So statistically speaking, it was probably one of the safest locations in Chicago to be the night. Oh the irony!
Of course it did. Nobody is buying your crap.
May I kindly point out who said to throw people out of his rallies and keep their coats. ;-) check... no, check mate.
This is the “rhetoric” Trump is “spewing” that has the left so alarmed: Make America Great Again!
They know Trump means it while all the rest are faking lip service.
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