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Posted on 03/15/2016 5:06:47 AM PDT by VitacoreVision
New Poll: Left-Wing Protesters Drive People into Arms of Donald Trump
Trump canceling Chicago event made Republicans more likely to vote for him.
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Donald Trump's supporters aren't fazed by his decision to cancel an appearance at a Chicago rally over the weekend—in fact, they are more likely to vote for him to be the Republican nominee because of it.
That's according to a new poll of likely Republican voters conducted by Monmouth University. It confirms something I've long suspected (and have argued in previous articles): the antics of left-wing agitators are driving ordinary people into the arms of Trump.
The poll noted that pro-Trump and anti-Trump forces clashed in Chicago last Friday, which prompted Trump to cancel the event. It then asked respondents whether this fact made them more or less likely to support Trump. Just 11 percent said they were less likely to support Trump because of this decision. Another 22 percent said they were actually more likely to back Trump, and 66 percent said their views were unchanged.
Leftist protesters who vehemently oppose Trump would do well to remember that in a free society, even contemptible speakers are permitted to be heard. As New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait wrote in a recent piece:
But the whole premise of democracy is that rules need to be applied in every case without regard to the merit of the underlying cause to which it is attached. If you defend the morality of a tactic against Trump, then you should be prepared to defend its morality against any candidate. Now imagine that right-wing protesters had set out to disrupt Barack Obama’s speeches in 2008. If you’re not okay with that scenario, you should not be okay with protesters doing it to Trump.
Indeed. But the Monmouth poll is good evidence that letting Trump speak is not merely the morally correct, philosophically consistent course of action: It's the tactically sound one as well. When the left stops Trump from speaking, Trump wins. He gets to tell his people that the forces of far-left activism and political correctness are trying to silence him. Implicitly, he is suggesting to his followers that when he becomes president, the tides will turn: see his promise to make it easier to sue newspapers for criticizing him. Trump supporters adore this shtick. Stop giving them ammunition.
I find it interesting that no polls since this happened, have been released. I’m sure they will show more people moving to Trump.
No one likes paid violent Moveon.org communist disrupters!
Because people know that they will be next.
New Poll: Left-Wing Protesters, and those who side with them, Drive People into Arms of Donald Trump
The headline speaks to the violent leftists, but the lead attacks Trump on the basis of his decision to cancel. I truly wish they still taught reporters that whole English language writing construction thing...
I moved to Trump after the protests. Having Cruz (who I had supported) put partial blame on Trump made me reconsider who I was supporting. So when I voted today, I voted from Trump.
“the antics of left-wing agitators are driving ordinary people into the arms of Trump.”
Whenever I get second thoughts about Trump, I look at all his enemies:
MSM, Dems, GOPe, BLM, MOO, Vincente Fox, Mexico, China and all the “foreign leaders who want Hillary to win”,
and I feel VERY confident in voting for him.
That is interesting, isn't it?
Today 5 new polls will be released. They are 'The Final Answer' type polls.
Thanks Ted and Mittens and Bill and oh yeah LaRaza Moveon Bernie Sanders and George Soros BLM and all the rest. Chicago exposed Cruz as another typical establishment shill complete with Neil bush running his campaign finance operation.
I can’t believe how wrong Cruz read that. He’s supposed to be so brilliant, he should have known how waffling and saying Trump bore responsibility would work under the laws of cause and effect. It’s actually stunning to me.
And Trump’s moved on to a message of the republican party embracing the movement of people into the party. That was a major theme at the last debate and at his rallies and pressers. He’s left all other candidates in the dust as usual. He’s always a few levels above and steps ahead. We are so not used to that most don’t even see it - including the other republican candidates. They are stuck fighting last week’s battle not even recognizing the battle field changed. That’s how to lose the war. That is precisely what Trump means when he talks about flexibility and adaptability. And so many don’t recognize it for what it is.
‘No one likes paid violent Moveon.org communist disrupters!’
If they’d bring Trump’s #s down, the GOPe would love them.
As predicted.
That site locked up my browser. Stay away.
I'd be happy if they still taught reporters to present a set of unbiased facts instead of trying to 'be' the news. :-)
I’ve never been against Trump but I wasn’t for him until Chicago.
When the other GOP candidates and the MSM blamed those thugs actions on Trump I was furious.
I was evenly divided between Trump and Cruz, although Cruz did tick me off when he adopted the Leftist line and said Trump supporters were low-information and unengaged.
When Teddy-boy defended the disrupters in Chicago, I moved solidly into the Trump camp and will vote for The Donald later today.
Also turned Limbaugh off for good following his slander against Corey Lewandowski.
Actually I don’t think it was the protesters that drove people to Trump.
I for one was highly offended by the other Republican Candidate’s response to the events in Chicago...blaming Trump.
And it wasn’t even so much that they blamed him as it was they didn’t defend his Right to Free Speech or the Right of his supporters to peacefully assemble.
The other candidates broke the cardinal rule of standing on the Constitutional rights of We the People. If they can’t stand up for Trump’s Right, or our assembly Rights they won’t be doing much standing up against a hostile congress or court.
Well said. Cruz supported the leftist brownshirts over free speech. I had supported Cruz until that.
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