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Cruz: Trump Is ‘Encouraging People to Violence’ by Telling Supporters ‘Punch That Guy in the Face’
Breitbart ^ | 03/13/16 | Pam Key

Posted on 03/13/2016 11:52:28 AM PDT by Enlightened1

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To: jonrick46
I would if you were yelling obscenities at the batter at a baseball game and when I told you to chill out, you started wailing on me, spilling my beer on my wife and knocking my kid’s teeth out. That’s basically what these yahoos at Trump’s rallies are doing.

And if the club owner at your mythical baseball game grabbed the mic from the announcer and said that somebody needs to punch the offender in the face and that the offender needs to be carried out on a stretcher, don't you think the owner would bear some responsibility for the resulting violence? Be honest.

So chill out about Trump!

What is it with you Trump people? All I did was post a video of what the man actually said and you Trumpbots have gone berserk. You people are acting like mooslims: Chill out about Mohammad or I kill you!!!!!!

281 posted on 03/14/2016 1:33:48 AM PDT by cowboyway (TEOTWAWKI and I feel fine...........)
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To: cowboyway
And if the club owner at your mythical baseball game grabbed the mic from the announcer and said that somebody needs to punch the offender in the face and that the offender needs to be carried out on a stretcher, don't you think the owner would bear some responsibility for the resulting violence? Be honest.

No.

If the club owner wanted the guy punched in the face, he should do it himself.

Every adult in this country knows you are responsible for your own actions.

282 posted on 03/14/2016 1:38:39 AM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: papertyger

I asked for honesty. Obviously I’m not going to get it.


283 posted on 03/14/2016 1:47:13 AM PDT by cowboyway (TEOTWAWKI and I feel fine...........)
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To: cowboyway

You asked for honesty. What you want is validation.

Why didn’t you just ask if those jeans make you look fat?


284 posted on 03/14/2016 1:49:35 AM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: papertyger

Like I said.............


285 posted on 03/14/2016 2:03:37 AM PDT by cowboyway (TEOTWAWKI and I feel fine...........)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
"Trump is unfit for high office. I will never support him."

AND you will never have to...that's what makes the U.S. great.

But...who, besides you, really gives a crap about who you do or do not support!!

286 posted on 03/14/2016 3:04:47 AM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: stockpirate
"Besides you don’t have a right to protest inside a politcal rally."

In Russia or China, maybe. Last time I checked here, we still have the First Amendment.

287 posted on 03/14/2016 4:18:28 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: Pox
"I ave no problem with that statement in that context."

Inciting violence is a felony, regardless of the context.

288 posted on 03/14/2016 4:22:12 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: norwaypinesavage

You are no doubt a liberal. You cannot go into a funtion and protest and disrupt activities.

All Trump needs to do and he is within his rights is advise police he will press charges.

You also cannot do this at an event that the person has Secret Service protection.

Go back to DU, thanks for playing.


289 posted on 03/14/2016 6:55:49 AM PDT by stockpirate (We must burn down the republican party, to save it for “We the People” (Palin Trump is the 1st wav)
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To: Jim Robinson
I really don't see why Cruz is to blame for Trump's demeanor at his rallies. At all the protests that we've attended through the years, I wouldn't have wanted the speaker to instruct the crowd to beat the crap out of us.

If you are looking for Cruz, to clarify his statements on the organized leftists protests, he did so on Sunday:

Meet the Press - March 13, 2016

SEN. TED CRUZ:
Well, let's be clear. Listen, the protesters have no right to engage in violence. They have no right to threaten violence. And these protesters, whether it's Black Lives Matter or Bernie Sanders protestors who are coming in just trying to shout down any speaker, that's not free speech. The First Amendment gives you a right to speak, but it doesn't give you a right to silence others.

So the protesters are behaving abusively and wrong. But, at the end of the day in any campaign, responsibility starts at the top. And it is not beneficial when you have a presidential candidate like Donald Trump telling his supporters, "Punch that guy in the face."

290 posted on 03/14/2016 7:19:17 AM PDT by DrewsDad (Choose Cruz - The Consistent Constitutional Conservative)
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To: Enlightened1

If what Trump is doing is so bad then he will not win the nomination and Cruz should be happy, but it does not seem to be working that way.


291 posted on 03/14/2016 7:23:05 AM PDT by jetson
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To: norwaypinesavage

“First Amendment. “

That doesn’t give you the right to disturb the peace with it. Other people have rights, too. You should have been taught at a young age that you may have the right to speak but not at all times or in all places. Self discipline is lacking with the liberals.


292 posted on 03/14/2016 8:23:45 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: norwaypinesavage

Again, that’s nonsense. Stopping an attack is basically self defense, and I don’t care what they are throwing. He didn’t say beat them to a bloody pulp, he said “knock the hell outta them”.

That’s not inciting violence no matter how hard you try to spin it.

If your narrative were in fact true, Mr. Trump would have been arrested and charged by now for inciting violence. Especially since he’s running as a Republican and is so despised by the current “powers that be”.


293 posted on 03/14/2016 8:24:07 AM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: I-ambush

“My point is there is a reason why Cruz doesn’t get mobbed “

Exactly, Cruz hasn’t, so trying to compare the results to Trump who has been mobbed is childish.

“If” is for children.


294 posted on 03/14/2016 8:26:28 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: DrewsDad

Please post a link or video that has Mr. Trump stating “Punch that guy in the face”.

All I’ve been able to reference is when he said he’d (Trump) like to punch that guy in the face.

It sounds to me like Cruz may be exaggerating or outright lying.


295 posted on 03/14/2016 8:31:21 AM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Pox
Oh My, you caught Cruz paraphrasing what Trump said.

I'd like to punch him in the face, I'll tell you.

So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously, OK, just knock the hell. I promise you I will pay for the legal fees. I promise. I promise.

Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Condone Violence. Footage Says Otherwise.

296 posted on 03/14/2016 8:37:05 AM PDT by DrewsDad (Choose Cruz - The Consistent Constitutional Conservative)
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To: DrewsDad

Yes, and the paraphrasing is intended to imply that Mr. Trump was inciting violence when in fact that was not the case, as I stated above.

As I stated above, why hasn’t Mr. Trump been arrested and charged with “Inciting Violence”?

Also as I stated above, the statement he made is not inciting violence, but basically a “self defense” statement, otherwise he would be facing charges, would he not?


297 posted on 03/14/2016 9:49:44 AM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: CodeToad

Childish?
I was not addressing the question of how Cruz would respond if a mob were to show up, although I expect he would do so a damn sight better than Trump.
I was addressing cause and effect. Namely, how does boorish behavior escalate into worse behavior.
Please give your “mature” insight into the topic.


298 posted on 03/14/2016 10:36:06 AM PDT by I-ambush (Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning.)
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To: euram

Geez this is frustrating!

I have not been a Trump supporter throughout the entire primaries, but here I am totally disgusted with Cruz, Rubio and pantywaist Kasich.

These morons are too stupid to be president if they cannot recognize that these organized leftist idiots are going to get Trump elected and blaming this disorder on Trump is a complete losing tactic.


299 posted on 03/14/2016 10:46:14 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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