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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(Private whisper: When you get really really old you turn back time mentally. Doesn’t need to be the dreaded Alzheimers, it is just it happens. The cow paths of the mind break down. It is a shame, and I am sure altura is a good person, so lets just be nice and nod a lot and make sure they don’t eat the paste.)
She was a woman with power.
“what does cuck speech mean? ... it sounds nasty. Is it?)”
...?
Are you 7?
It means SUBMISSIVE.
Sounds “nasty”? Good lord...
(I’m trying to gin up a little Socratic dialogue here.)
Like him or not, he has the stones to say a lot that needs saying. He has tapped into a very deep well of anger with the establishment.
They are angry that Trump won’t wear the muzzle our overlords have affixed to their media; Trump has singlehandedly returned illegal immigration to the public discourse (after our overlords told us to shut up and bear it, then shut down the discussion), and he can’t be bought.
You people just cannot take it, can you.
You have truly become Trump zombies and nasty ones at that.
I haven’t said anything horrible but I have been personally insulted.
What are you gonna do when Trump doesn’t win?
There was almost mass suicide in here the other night when the trumpies thought Cruz was winning the Drudge poll.
I thought I would have to take away the guns and sleeping pills.
You people need to think seriously about your mental and emotional states.
You have become so invested in a worshipful way in this unworthy man.
It is not healthy.
He will disappoint you. He in no way resembles either God or the savior you think he is.
Step back, get a grip and try to have a life without Trump.
Believe me, he has one without you. You mean nothing to him.
Feelings mutual on that last sentence.
Let me guess. You read you’re Bible and you believe that Cruz is “a King” like his daddy falsely prophesied over him. Just like Farrakhan before Obama was elected called him ‘ the Messiah.’ Trump is just a man. Flawed as he is, is infinitely better than Cruz the king.
See my post above yours VDK. Lets all make sure there is nowhere altura can hurt him/her self. Cover the outlets, pad all corners and hide the knives and forks.
Be nice to altura. If it wasn’t for generation almost dead, we would not have any rights today.
;-)
She had the power of (swallowing) hoo doo, Altura.
Not gonna bite, huh? I don’t blame you.
Looks like the list of Republican Nominees who could be chosen as Trump’s Running Mate is getting pretty short.
Looks like Carson or Christie, but I would think Carson as V.P. and Christie as AG.
Maybe Cruz can help pick a SCOTUS Nominee, because it won’t be him especially after siding with the Anarchists, the Bernie Supporters and MoveOn.org Vermin in Chicago...
Cruz has deeply disappointed me with this and he has lost my Vote in the Primary.
Yes. This and more.
If you had to ever be the sole caretaker for a “dreaded” Alzheimer’s patient you would never make a moronic statement like this! Even it jest it “ain’t funny” or to be joked about!
Go to an Alzheimer’s Support Group and say something nonsensical as this AFTER hearing some of the experiences caregivers go through.
You ask why I say this...............BEEN THERE DUN THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! (cfeo!)
You call someone who goes through it a SURVIVOR!!! Proud to say that I SURVIVED!!!!!! You want to hear some ‘heartwarming’ stories................just ask!!!!!!!!!! (cfeo)
It blows my mind that such a PC person (PC = Pearl Clutcher) is trying to lecture anyone here on this!
We recognize we are in a very real civil war and this person is worried about potential “naughty words”?
OK. I’ll stop. But just for you.
Shhhhhh Be nice. Don’t tease the old codgers. They are likely to keel over dead. You don’t want that on your conscience.
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