“Wrong, Cruz blamed the rioters for their actions and held Trump accountable for his well documented statements about violence.”
You are being dishonest by attributing the responsibility for the occurrence of violence to Trump and the people who attended his rallies, when in fact they had no influence or responsibility for the violence perpetrated against them by Bill Ayres and his professional gang of violent socialist and communist supporting demonstrators and anarchists. It is precisely that kind of dishonesty and refusal to confront violence that is “eviscerating” support for Cruz and encouraging support for Trump and his frank expression of intolerance for criminal and incompetent behavior.
“But I think a campaign bears responsibility for creating an environment when the candidate urges supporters to engage in physical violence to punch people in the face. The predictable consequence of that is that it escalates, and today is unlikely to be the last such instance. We saw earlier today in St. Louis over thirty arrested.”
I do no such thing. I blame the leftist rioters. I do hold Trump accountable for his statements about punching people.