{"id":31136,"date":"2016-03-11T20:14:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T04:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31136"},"modified":"2016-03-11T21:06:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T05:06:30","slug":"donald-trump-on-disruptive-protesters-at-a-bernie-sanders-rally-that-will-never-happen-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31136","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump On Disruptive Protesters At A Bernie Sanders Rally: That Will Never Happen With Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

This evening in Chicago Donald Trump was scheduled to appear at a rally at the University of Illinois. However, after protesters arrived and created a significant disruption, Trump canceled the rally leaving thousands of disappointed Trumpsters and an untold number of celebrating protesters.<\/p>\n

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This seems like a good time to recall what Trump said about an incident at a Bernie Sanders rally where some Black Lives Matter protesters interrupted his speech and made some remarks of their own at the podium.<\/p>\n

“I watched Bernie Sanders have a protest. He was up at the microphone and two young ladies came up and took the microphone away from him. That will never happen with me. He walked weakly to the back of the room and I said ‘Isn’t that pathetic? Isn’t that sad?'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What happened tonight is evidence that Trump is a phony who likes to put on a macho image. He frequently taunts his critics and pretends to be prepared to engage in battle. The truth is that he is a coward who shrinks from any conflict that might soil his Ferragamos. This is a man who wears a mask of patriotism as he claims to love our nation’s veterans (who he appears to have shafted with a phony charity event<\/a>). But he received five deferments to avoid the draft during the Vietnam war. This is a man who warns would-be assailants<\/a> that he is armed and that if “somebody attacks me, oh they\u2019re gonna be shocked.”<\/em> He must mean that they’ll be shocked at how fast a dude pushing seventy can run away.<\/p>\n

To be clear, I think Trump did the right thing by canceling his rally. It is not worth taking the risk of violence breaking out and innocent people getting hurt. But Trump is in total denial about why the cancellation was necessary. He continues to reject any suggestion that his hate speech is responsible for setting a tone that is rancid with hostility. He won’t admit that telling his dimwitted followers how much he would like to punch protesters in the face might result in some of them carrying it out as a favor to their hero. He has even promised to pay for the defense<\/a> of anyone who would “knock the crap out of”<\/em> a peaceful protester. That is literally a solicitation of criminal assault.<\/p>\n

The only threat of violence that has ever been exhibited at a Trump rally has come from his supporters. Not a single protester has ever been observed engaging in any violence, contrary to Trump’s bald-faced lie that some protesters were hitting people. So canceling the rally was the right thing to do because of the risk of Trump’s brownshirts assaulting peaceful protesters. And if voters in the Republican Party can’t see what awaits them if Trump is their nominee, they are either living in a fantasy world or they are hoping for the chaos and turmoil that Trump evokes.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n