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To: UnwashedPeasant
If the rules are changed this year and Trump loses, he will call for riots.

If the rules are not changed to let Trump win, he will call for riots.

When has Trump ever called for a riot? Get real.

124 posted on 04/10/2016 5:17:21 AM PDT by txlurker
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To: txlurker
"When has Trump ever called for a riot? Get real."

On March 16 on CNN's "New Day," Trump threatened riot if he gets to 1100 delegates and is not automatically the nominee.

NY times:

"I think we'’ll win before getting to the convention, but I can tell you, if we didn't and if we're 20 votes short or if we're 100 short and we're at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400, because we're way ahead of everybody, I don't think you can say that we don’t get it automatically," Mr. Trump said. "I think it would be — I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. I'm representing a tremendous, many, many millions of people."

He added: "If you disenfranchise those people and you say, well I'm sorry but you're 100 votes short, even though the next one is 500 votes short, I think you would have problems like you've never seen before. I think bad things would happen, I really do. I believe that. I wouldn't lead it but I think bad things would happen."

On March 20 on This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Trump said he will not formally call for riots, but he will expect his followers to riot if he loses.

Huff Post story (full transcript here):

ABC News host George Stephanopoulos had to ask three times to get Trump to say he’d tell his supporters not to riot if he’s denied the nomination at the Republican National Convention this summer.

“I would certainly tell them that, but, you know, look, these people are — are fervent,” Trump said.

“I don’t want to see riots. I don’t want to see problems,” Trump continued. “But, you know, you have — you have millions of people who we’re talking about, George, millions of additional people have gone. You know, I’ve gotten more than 2 million votes more than anybody else, 2 million votes, more than anybody else.”

That's a thuggish barely veiled threat, repeated. It is like saying, "Donate to my protection plan, or you might fall down and get hurt."
139 posted on 04/10/2016 10:48:34 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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