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First Trump blames President Obama "as a Muslim Kneyan," and now Trump blames Senator Sanders is a Communist but it's Trump who have the faith and following of Holocaust Denier David Duke, Grand Wizard of the KKK.

Donald Trump on Saturday blamed supporters of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders for protests that shut down his Chicago rally, calling the U.S. senator from Vermont “our communist friend”. - article

Much of the mainstream media have had to face the inconvenient news today that, yep, Donald Trump’s racist birther beliefs are alive and well. Inconvenient because, although the MSM has given Trump’s presidential campaign extraordinary amounts of coverage, they’ve largely forgotten—willfully or not—that in his view Barack Obama is some kind of Kenyan-born Muslim.

“We have a problem in this country, it’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one. You know, he’s not even an American. Birth certificate, man.” “Right,” Trump mumbled

“But anyway,” the man added, “we have training camps… where they want to kill us.” - “Uh huh,” Trump said. - “That’s my question: When can we get rid of them?” the man said.

Trump never corrected the guy by stating that president is an American and a Christian.

source: http://www.thenation.com/article/the-media-can-no-longer-pretend-that-trumps-racist-birtherism-is-old-news/

Clear and present danger? Trump and his friends in the Skin Headed KKK.

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What a dope.

No wonder Trump loves "the poorly educated."

Only dopes will fall for this clap-trap.

When we all know, when push came to shove, Trump hasn't got the eggs to push back.

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Cincinnati, Ohio has just been closed to Trump's hatred. Maybe the rest of America will join in their condemnation of his racists and religious prejudice to Make America Hate Again!

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Remember how Bernie handled the BLM protest that disrupted his speech? Notice there have been no further news worthy disruptions of Sanders? Remember how Trump taunted Bernie Sanders and bragged about how he'd strong arm protesters? Notice how his rallies are increasingly a spectacle of violence? We saw Bernie act in a responsible way - we've witnessed Trump acting irresponsibly. Simple really.

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No wonder Trump loves "the poorly educated."

@Black Sabbath

Out of so many inane Trumpisms to choose from, that has got to be one of the most unintentionally hilarious lines he has delivered.

Still, I am sure he does love the poorly educated and ignorant. They are a huge demographic that overwhelmingly support Trump over other candidates. Still, a small percentage of otherwise well educated people also support him, albeit even they are somewhat quiet about their support of him for obvious reasons.

I know a few well-paid career professional university grad types who support him, one of whom is also an evangelical. I will never understand why these people are happy to join hands with Trump's "poorly educated" and bigoted supporters.

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"his (Trump's) rallies are increasingly a spectacle of violence" - comments

Trump fans seem to be arguing that a little racism or religious hatred is called "free speech" "because Trump is just saying what everyone thinks anyway."

Trump's incessant demand to beat people up and his wish to "punch that guy in the face" have combined with the visceral hatred of the Neo-Nazi and the result is a marketing disaster. Cincinnati is CLOSED Herr Trump! (Not sure, think that's how they address him, not sure, heard someone say that . . .")

There is nothing more precious than a phone call from the Chief of Police to Trump's Eagle Nest, "Mr. Trump, we can't accommodate the angry mobs that dominated your rallies at the previous eight cities, yeah, I know, but this is now a matter of Public Safety."

Too bad the RNC didn't see this coming for the past ten monthes. They thought Trump would be greeted as a liberator.

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With Trump riding high in popularity, why is it that a candidate receiving the support of the American people should be shut down? At a Trump rally why should violent protests be accepted? Why shouldn't unbridled immigration be questioned? Like it or not, and Trump is a presidential candidate-violence has no place at his meetings! And If anyone should be taken to task for acting irresponsibly it is the protestors lashing out and causing trouble at his rallies!

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why is it that a candidate receiving the support of the American people should be shut down - comments

Because the candidate for the nomination of the Republican Party, (not the American People) has pursued an endless series of racist, misogynist, religious prejudice and demand violence from his rabid followers while offering to pay them for their legal troubles arising from assault charges.

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So? He might not be PC but Mr Trump has not broken any law. In fact, he is bring protected by the US Secret Service against blatant threats.

Bring it on Don!

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Unlike GOP opponents of Trump, Hillary is protecting Sanders. Same with Sanders toward Clinton.

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Kurisupisu, so people wearing T-shirts of another candidate deserve to be beaten up, or people of color too at Trump rallies? So hateful and intolerant, and you THINK this is all going to work out for you? You will, sooner or later, suffer if he is ever elected.

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Mr Trump has not broken any law.

@kurisupisu

Not true. Inciting violence is a crime that Trump has committed on many occasions, as everyone well knows, but the authorities have yet to press charges against him.

Here is just one example of Trump clearly breaking the law by inciting violence: "If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them," Trump said. "Just knock the hell out of them. I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees."

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With Trump riding high in popularity, why is it that a candidate receiving the support of the American people should be shut down? At a Trump rally why should violent protests be accepted? Why shouldn't unbridled immigration be questioned? Like it or not, and Trump is a presidential candidate-violence has no place at his meetings! And If anyone should be taken to task for acting irresponsibly it is the protestors lashing out and causing trouble at his rallies!

Simple, the lot get a pass, because the standards applied to them are different.

Not true. Inciting violence is a crime that Trump has committed on many occasions, as everyone well knows, but the authorities have yet to press charges against him.

How did he incite violence? Trump is Trump, Do I like how if says things, not all the time, but stop giving a pass for unruly people that won't restrain themselves and think that they can get in your face and tell you to shut up and then physically touch you. I have a fundamental problem with that. When I used to work in clubs as a bartender long ago, we would often get ignorant jerks that wouldn't behave, we asked them to leave, they wouldn't, they would shout and carry on, we would ask them to leave a second time and still FU, the third time was enough and they would be escorted out, some willingly, most forcefully and some needed to get slapped upside the head to get the message across, there were a few times when the cops came and some of the idiots that started the ruckus complained to them and tried to get some of us to pay damages or try to sue us and every time, it was thrown out, because we were within our rights to quell the situation. If you want to protest, great. but when you are at an event, it's not your right to hold it hostage for your personal selfish political agenda. Good on the security for taking these scum out, you don't quietly or willingly, then we will help you, either way, you go peacefully or by force.

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Name calling is Trump'sSpeciality. Many candidattes imitated him to insult him and Trump insulted back and now only Rubio and Cruz left because both lie with ignorance. I don't think Sanders will be trapped by Trump. Trump will talk TPP etc but he will be crushed by Clinnton who know money related policy creation.

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Bernie is very pro-Communist and has been for sometime.

http://youtu.be/sfw5uOWh2vM (Bernie Cuba)

In all fairness Bernie is probably right in that communism is much better than having paid thugs running in the street, protesting and beating people down. Probably not gonna help with the corruption we have in Gov right now. Will all this communist chaos bring about good change or just force a tyranny on the populace.

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Drumpf's antics are enough to make a man puke ! Seriously !

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Simply put...He's got that wrong preaching hate is what has brought that all back to him, in other words Karma is knocking at his door.

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I think Trump is too young that he does not know difference between communism and socialism.

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"I think Trump is too young that he does not know difference between communism and socialism."

Neither do some of the posters here. Bass thinks Sanders and Stalin are the same thing.

History isn't something the rightists like. Tell them that the super rich paid 90% under the Repiblicans Eisenhower and 70% under Nixon and they start posting BerniebolshevikROFL as a riposte.

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@CrazyJoe: Bernie handled the BLM people in Seattle by letting them take over the podium. Surrendering is certainly one way of handling such a problem - if that's acceptable to you.

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Neither do some of the posters here. Bass thinks Sanders and Stalin are the same thing.

Pretty much, but Sanders is more appealing to the eye.

History isn't something the rightists like.

And the Left try to revise it, because the Left hate it more.

Tell them that the super rich paid 90% under the Republicans Eisenhower and 70% under Nixon and they start posting BerniebolshevikROFL as a riposte.

Different times, we didn't have all the regulations of today and didn't have the corporate tax structures that liberals have been instituting over the years to the point now where everyone is bailing and moving out of the US.

Bernie handled the BLM people in Seattle by letting them take over the podium. Surrendering is certainly one way of handling such a problem - if that's acceptable to you.

Surrendering and capitulation is the supreme mantra of the Democratic party....as well as the color "yellow."

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It's either Trump is taking advantage of vulnerable people and making them hate, or he's just helping release the hate that's already deeply ingrained in these people. Either way, it speaks a lot about the country.

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Trump in Kansas City and told detailed experience of him one guy threw frying object from behind and praised Secret Service men who promptly rescued him. He is very good entertainer. Some disrupted were escorted out. Maybe that gave full dinner rallies organizers should collect entrance fees like Hillary came to Vegas last year. It was one hundred twelve dollars and dinner was served.

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A lot of the right-wingers on this site seem to think that socialism is taking money from those who are working, and giving it to those who don't. What they don't realize is that's not socialism, it's capitalism.

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A lot of the right-wingers on this site seem to think that socialism is taking money from those who are working, and giving it to those who don't. What they don't realize is that's not socialism, it's capitalism.

Socialism:

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

Income Redistribution:

Economics. the theory, policy, or practice of lessening or reducing inequalities in income through such measures as progressive income taxation and antipoverty programs.

So in other words: Robbing Paul to give to Peter.

What in blazes are you talking about again???? ROFL

Capitalism:

an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

Free Market:

an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.

I prefer the two bottom....

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Hail President Trump! This time next year. What a breath of fresh air.

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"This boiling point that we have now reached has been fed largely by the fact that we have a frontrunner in my party who has fed into language that basically justifies physically assaulting people who disagree with you," - Senator Marc Rubio

"one example of Trump clearly breaking the law by inciting violence: "If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them," Trump said. "Just knock the hell out of them. I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees." - comments

"Mr. Trump flat out told Fox News he was "really concerned" about Obama's citizenship, adding "I'm starting to wonder myself whether or not [Obama] was born in this country." - The Telegraph, 18 Apr 2011

Now in his fifth year of spreading a racist message in Trump's 'birther campaign', (beginning shortly before The Telegraph's article above) Trump supporters are certain this is all the media's fault.

Some others are certain Senator Sander's is at fault.

Some are blaming documented Trump quotes as comments here show.

The downside of inciting racial hatred in a five year campaign promoting prejudice, Donald J. Trump has shown the Republican Party incapable of simply banishing Trump from their debate events for his obvious prejudices.

Trump has wrapped his own beliefs, many times, around the Republicans and they have been derelict in their duty to admonish or distance themselves from Trump. Trump is still welcome at every RNC event.

So, now what? The American Public is seeing an endless pairing of Trump's hysterically out bursts, his own words of incitement, endless videos of protesters punched and kicked and cannot help but see Trump as both unglued and dangerous.

Some here provide another angle. An irrational and psychologically unbalanced defense of Trump's racism.

Trump has also demanded torture in his audition for the Office of President, but that is only part and parcel of the abhorrent persona Trump creates for himself.

How any of these policies and pronouncements are helpful to anyone has yet to be explained as Trump now spends all his time lying about the documented facts. Another disqualification for any further consideration of this bigot's pointless self obsession.

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Now in his fifth year of spreading a racist message in Trump's 'birther campaign', (beginning shortly before The Telegraph's article above) Trump supporters are certain this is all the media's fault.

They're generally a low-intelligence, ignorant bunch, so it's not really a surprise.

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"Neither do some of the posters here. Bass thinks Sanders and Stalin are the same thing."

"Pretty much, but Sanders is more appealing to the eye."

That comment disqualifies you from intelligent conversation about Sanders. It shows your complete ignorance of history and blind partisanship.

Fox News will do that to your brain.

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executive CEOs making as much in a day as workers make in a year = those who aren't working taking the money of those who do.

They should make that money, they should make it for their shareholders, open more locations and they should pay high salaries as incentives to create more jobs, better wages to create more productivity, more incentives. Why do you think Apple is such a powerhouse. Private, powerful, created thousands of jobs worldwide.

How many poor people can and do you know that can make jobs. More jobs, more growth, more spending and putting money into the economy, more taxes are put back into the economy, you are creating growth. You will never create it by over taxing the population and the people have low paying jobs, sit on their money and can't even afford to by milk, let alone pay their rent.

They're generally a low-intelligence, ignorant bunch, so it's not really a surprise.

So what you are saying is ignorant people don't have a right to say anything, do you personally know these people, sat down and had lunch with them, know their pain and their personal struggles in life?

We have a so called smart guy in the White House and turned out to be a liar, fraud, a bully, a divider and a racist. Didn't work out well for the country.

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'A liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a divider.'

This is rich, first thinking that only a haircut differentiates Sanders and Stalin, then projecting all of Trump's qualities onto Obama.

Politically, this summer is going to be so hot, the popcorn might just pop itself.

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pay high salaries as incentives to create more jobs, better wages to create more productivity, more incentives.

Let me get this straight. You're constantly bemoaning the lack of jobs that pay workers a decent salary, and you think this is because CEOs are not making enough?

Under GWs historically massive tax cuts for the super rich (and basically continued under Obama), the middle class and lower class have seen no trickle down at all. The rich get richer and spend it on -- themselves.

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then projecting all of Trump's qualities onto Obama.

But Trump at least loves his country, Obama on the hand seemed to love himself and everyone else before the country. Like I said, I hope he moves to Cuba to live out the rest of his days with his new friends.

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"With Trump riding high in popularity, why is it that a candidate receiving the support of the American people should be shut down? At a Trump rally why should violent protests be accepted? Why shouldn't unbridled immigration be questioned? Like it or not, and Trump is a presidential candidate-violence has no place at his meetings! And If anyone should be taken to task for acting irresponsibly it is the protestors lashing out and causing trouble at his rallies!"

Because if Trump wins the game ends; there will be discussion about unmitigated illegal immigration, trade deficits will be dealt with and a lot of backroom dealing will be ended. Even worse, once an unthinkable Trump administration becomes an invevitable reality the rest of the US might begin to consider other candidates who are not part of the political establishment (Carly Fiorina comes to mind). We might even get term limits for the useless congress members---that's one thing that really scare congress about a Trump presidency. A Trump presidency must not be allowed to happen and there already would have been an "October surprise" in early 2016 if not for the existence of social media which no longer the Democrats and Republicans to control information.

Go Trump!

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But Trump at least loves his country,

Wrong. Trump just loves the power which comes from being the leader of his country. All he cares about is being able to tell people what to do and what to think and the sense of idol worship that comes from it by those who would blindly follow his racist rhetoric. Sounds eerily similar to how Hitler came to power. Trump isn't even in power yet, and already the majority of political leaders from around the world don't want to have anything to do with him; the reason being that he would not be the type of leader who can work with others diplomatically. He doesn't deal, but just forces others to do his bidding. There is no middle-ground with Trump at all.

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John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio who is also running for president, told journalists before a campaign event in Cincinnati on Saturday that Trump has created a “toxic environment”.

No, I'm sorry but this is untrue. Trump didn't create the toxic environment. That's something GOP candidates across party have been brewing for well over a decade. Trump is just exploiting it more successfully than other Republicans.

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Earlier Saturday, Rubio grew visibly frustrated and his voice cracked with emotion when asked by reporters whether he could still support Trump as the GOP presidential nominee. “I still at this moment continue to intend to support the Republican nominee, but it’s getting harder every day," he said.

It's not just Rubio's voice cracking, it is the whole edifice of the Republican Party. Things will get a whole lot worse for them before they get better. Perhaps losing the presidency for the third straight time and losing their Senate majority will bring those with sense the opportunity to clean house.

Still, it's their own fault. Trump did not create this craziness; it is a result of decades of GOP bigotry, deception, pietism, and hypocrisy. This will be the Summer of Schadenfreude for those of us who saw it coming.

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"Trump has also demanded torture in his audition for the Office of President, but that is only part and parcel of the abhorrent persona Trump creates for himself."

An excellent example of the lies and distortions being offered by the Left. What really happened was Trump was asked if he supported waterboarding and he said in certain circumstances, yes. Keep 'em coming; I love your posts!

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But Trump at least loves his country

& vets too. During the initial Iowa caucuses, he confidently skipped Iowa altogether and raised lots of $ for veterans.

At a Trump rally why should violent protests be accepted?

They shouldn't. I thot in America there was this concept of "free elections." Where people can go out and support their candidate WITHOUT fear, intimidation and or being subject to violence.

What's next? Deploying the National Guard to the polls? Where they will protect the voters wearing the "Go Trump" hats and shirts. Ridiculous.

I never publicly harassed ANY obama supporters / voters. Nor the current Clinton or Sanders supporters.

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& vets too.

Unless they are former POA, because they're "losers."

initial Iowa caucuses, he confidently skipped Iowa altogether and raised lots of $ for veterans.

No, he didn't skip Iowa, he held the fundraiser there. Hey, wait, what happened all the funds he raised?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-ever-happened-to-all-that-money-trump-raised-for-the-veterans/2016/03/03/fbafd9a0-e0b2-11e5-8d98-4b3d9215ade1_story.html

They shouldn't. I thot in America there was this concept of "free elections." Where people can go out and support their candidate WITHOUT fear, intimidation and or being subject to violence.

Hypocrital much? You cannot on the one hand cheer on violence against protestors and then make yourself out to be the victim.

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"Hypocrital much? You cannot on the one hand cheer on violence against protestors and then make yourself out to be the victim."

Please point out where Wc626 cheered on violence. I missed it.

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"History isn't something the rightists like."

"And the Left try to revise it, because the Left hate it more."

What in the name of the 20% of Trump supporters in South Caroliina who think the abolition of slavery was a bad idea are you ROFLing about?

That's real hatred of history and people.

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@takeda. Did you wake up on the wrong side of the Futon this morning?

Hey, wait, what happened all the funds he raised?

I don't know, but the gesture was sure nice (to all vets). Do Sanders / Clinton care about the US military? Not at all.

You cannot on the one hand cheer on violence against protestors and then make yourself out to be the victim.

@takeda. Again, I already wore that shoe yesterday in another JT forum. Remember? How many times must I post ""this geezer was wrong for elbowing that heckler""?? It was wrong.

I hope the violent left, protesters, keeps showing up at these rallies. They're the ones making themselves look bad. In St Luis many were arrested too. Prob the same ones from nearby Ferguson. Where the burned & looted their community and shot at police officers. Lovely-

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Far from being arrested, Trump is being protected by the US Secret Service! Obviously, the Justice Department knows more about the law than all you Trump critics here on JT.....

Still, I do enjoy your comical comments-keep 'em coming!

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Republicans, the first step is to admit you have a problem.

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Neverminding the ineffectual bickering in this thread, who in fact do the protesters at the Trump events actually support? Just asking.

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The deference between political realism, political idealism, and the inertia created by the Obama administration foreign policy failures, the dithering and diversity fragmentation of an entire culture and country. Obama has plunged a once great nation to the brink of singular humiliation of growing systematic inequality creating a ever widening gap between the ones that have and have not.

Consequently the 58th, Tuesday, November 8, United States presidential election of 2016, voters will have the choice between a compulsive/pathological liar, and a the billionaire real-estate developer so toxic, obnoxious and offensive, that in the words of John Kasich “And that toxic environment has allowed his (Trump) supporters, and those who seek confrontation, to come together in violence, there is no place for a national leader to pray on the fears of the people who live in our great country.”..........

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No point trying to argue with Drumph supporters, they live in an alternate reality. Their candidate incites violence towards silent, peaceful protestors, yet they are the victims.

The thing the U.S. needs more than anything is to educate our people, something GOP candidates have no interest in. I wonder why?

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The thing the U.S. needs more than anything is to educate our people, something GOP candidates have no interest in. I wonder why?

And the violent provocative protesters at the Trump rallies DO have an interest in educating themselves? Funny, Rakeem Jones doesn't grab me as a PhD / or your typical BA degree holder.

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The leftists tactics are right out of the Communist playbook; the way Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin did things. History has proven Lenin and Stalin murdered over forty million of their own people in their quest for power.

None the less, the riots sponsored by the left are an undeniable attempt to impose their desire to replace the Constitution with "The Communist Manifesto".

Make no mistake about it. Bernie Sanders is a Socialist of the first order. Mrs. Bill Clinton is a devout Marxist, demonstrated year in and year out by her positions on progressive policy.

The United States is a system where government serves at the consent of the people, not the other way around.

The Democratic Party recognizes by convincing the voter they are not entitled to "unalienable rights endowed by their creator", rights to be protected by government; rather they are entitled only to rights granted by government in return for government sustaining their needs from cradle to grave.

Watched a 21 year old Puerto Rican interviewed by CNN last night on TV. When asked who she will vote for, she responded: "I have to wait to see what the candidates will do for me."

Translation: 'the one who will give me the most handouts will get my vote'.

As an undecided voter, IMHO, the actions by the Leftists and their enablers within the LSM will make Mr. Trump the next U.S. President. The further they continue upon this course, the more certain this becomes. Look at what happened after the DNC convention in Chicago in 1968. Because of the riots, the Leftists made Richard Nixon President. If they will continue down the road toward totalitarian tyranny, the American voters will respond in kind by voting for Mr. Trump to be the next American president. . . .

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Funny, Rakeem Jones doesn't grab me as a PhD / or your typical BA degree holder.

If what you say is true, then I'm pretty sure that Mr. John McGraw (the man who threw the punch) definitely doesn't have a degree as his reasoning for throwing it was: "Well, number one, we don't know if he's ISIS." He goes on to add, "The next time we see him, we might have to kill him."

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/272596-man-charged-for-punch-at-trump-rally-we-dont-know-if-hes-isis

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I haven't heard of any instances of Trump supporters filling a couple hundred seats at a Bernie rally, but that's what these supposed Bernie supporters did, filled a couple hundred seats and chanted "Bernie, Bernie" and one man took the podium and started speaking. Pandemonium. They went actively looking for trouble this time. A trump supporter has been shot to death. Sanders would be well-versed to state that these people purposely disrupting Trump rallies to the point that they are cancelled, do not represent his campaign. He didn't though, he blamed Trump. So,are these Move On activists going to continue to act in his name to keep further speeches from happening? I guess it's not facism when it's your own side doing it.

Both sides are a blot on the nation.

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"None the less, the riots sponsored by the left are an undeniable attempt to impose their desire to replace the Constitution with "The Communist Manifesto".

Make no mistake about it. Bernie Sanders is a Socialist of the first order. Mrs. Bill Clinton is a devout Marxist"

Looks like news of the end of the Cold War hasn't reached Texas yet. That's not a shock. News of the end of slavery clearly has but many of Trump's supporters are still angry about that appalling decision.

"Richard Nixon President"

As much of a racist, Jew-hating, warmongering , all-round scumbag Nixon was, he'd be regarded as far too left wing in the modern Republican Party. Seventy percent taxes on the top earners? Sanders is regarded as Stalinist by the febrile right for suggesting these ideas. Ben Carson's biblically-inspired tax had some of the right nodding away in 2016 AD.

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Drumpf says it was Bernie's people who started the protest, but the one man they arrested was a Drumpf supporter, so who was the violent one...

I don't think Drumpf had any plans to actually go to the rally, he says the police warned him not to, but the police gave a statement today that they never had any discussions with Drumpf or his people about canceling the rally. I think he chose a place that was so diversified, a place he knew that he had less supporters and more protesters and he planned NOT to attend when he set it up. It was just a set up to cause trouble and it would make Bernie's supporters to look bad, but it was a Drumpf supporter who was arrested. Another set up planned by Drumpf and his people that backfired on him.''

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Heh. All these right-wing comments remind me of what my Grandpa said about a fish I was gutting who suddenly started flapping: "He's dead; he just doesn't know it yet."

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"He's dead; he just doesn't know it yet."

Heh. If we're so friggin' dead, why the droves of anti-Trump supporters showing up at rallies. All this political violence aimed at the right. I'd say the opposite. The fat lady hasn't sung yet.

I used to fish with my gramps too. Except he used to say, "He early bird gets the worm." Trumps early victories, speeches, comments and popularity are just pissing off the Left.

I didn't like it either, when obama won ( . . . and was winning McCain/Palin). But I still dealt with it. No violence.

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Team Trump chose the location, somewhere Republicans do not dwell, to achieve this goal. He's really stirring up the hate.

Trump's brownshirts aren't going to take the decimation well in November. What will they do with all the rage and hate once Trump is safely back up in Trump tower for good?

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No point trying to argue with Drumph supporters, they live in an alternate reality. Their candidate incites violence towards silent, peaceful protestors, yet they are the victims.

Reminds me of when white people pull the racist card when a black person complains about racism towards black people.

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"Trump's brownshirts aren't going to take the decimation well in November. What will they do with all the rage and hate once Trump is safely back up in Trump tower for good?"

Some will join ultra-right groups. I'm being serious. The publicity the KKK and Nazis got out of this is frightening. The "See, we're just like you!" sales pitch isn't completely dishonest.

That could be the legacy of Trump 2016 for some after vague memories of a strange man with silly hair called Reginald Flump or something has passed on.

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I was being serious Jimizo.

Trump released all the racists and bigots from the closet. It's going to be hard to get them back in there, and most of them probably armed to the teeth, well, those not toothless from meth abuse.

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Team Trump chose the location, somewhere Republicans do not dwell, to achieve this goal. He's really stirring up the hate.

"Free Elections" / campaigning means just that. Why should any one candidate / party be be prohibited from any venue within the sovereign borders of the United States of America?

I thot segregation was over?

If you really think he's stirring up hate, that's your opinion. Voice your opinion at the polls. In the meantime: Trump, Cruz, Sanders & Clinton have work to do.

Let's not impede on ANY of their efforts. Let's not intimidate, provoke, or use violence on any of those candidates' supporters. Mmm kay?

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What in the name of the 20% of Trump supporters in South Caroliina who think the abolition of slavery was a bad idea are you ROFLing about?

What about the other 80%? You didn't try to focus on that, right? Of course not. LOL

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/29/white-americans-black-friends_n_5733250.html

A recent study conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute showed that 91 percent of the average white American's closest friends and family members are white, and just 1 percent are black. While black Americans tend to have a more diverse social network, they don’t fare much better. The average African American has 83 percent black confidants, 8 percent white confidants, 2 percent Latino confidants, zero Asian confidants, and 3 percent mixed-race confidants. One of the most glaring statistics from the study showed that when asked to name their closest friends and family members, 75 percent of white Americans didn't name even one person who was not white.

"What I think is clear is as Americans, or as people in general, you look to people who are similar to you, have similar interests, live in the same area [and] maybe work at the same place," she said.

So I guess that means 91% of all Whites really don't have Black friends and are not racists, so what does that make them? You're digging now.

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Wc,

Even Republican strategists are condemning Trump's inflammatory choice of location, chosen surely to get this kind of result.

It's like the KKK holding a rally in Compton.

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Even Republican strategists are condemning Trump's inflammatory choice of location, chosen surely to get this kind of result.

That's okay. Sometimes its a healthy thing to test the barriers and stir the pot. Like when obama preached that whole "change" thing.

Some people bought that line, others didn't. Let Trump campaign anywhere he wants within the US. Let the truth ring out, for better or worse.

I hope more thuggish protesters keep coming and coming. The Executive Branch of the US gov. is ready for them. Law Enforcement, National Guard stand-by. We're a nation of laws, order. So bring it!!

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@Madverts. "Even Republican strategists are condemning Trump's inflammatory choice of location, chosen surely to get this kind of result. It's like the KKK holding a rally in Compton."

OK, I get it; freedom of speech and freedom to assemble is only limited to the Left. Thanks for clearing that up. And if the Left hears something they don't like then they can riot. Got it.

Seriously, we (Trump supporters) are not going anywhere. Feel free to continue to calls us racists (we're not), to call us bigots (we're not), and pretend like we care what you think (we don't). Government is going to be reformed with or without you and your side of the aisle.

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Let's not impede on ANY of their efforts. Let's not intimidate, provoke, or use violence on any of those candidates' supporters. Mmm kay?

Okay, I agree with you there, Wc. Still, don't you find it amazing that several thousand people with diametrically opposed views of reality could confront each other without any violence? - there were only five arrests and no injuries. Given that Trump had assembled his circus in Chicago, that is remarkable.

Trump's problem is that his is a group of nativist supporters. This is not to say that non-whites wouldn't be welcomed, but they would be welcomed in a similar way as us Caucasian foreigners in Japan. Think about it: a black or Hispanic person attending a Trump rally, even if wearing a Trump cap and doing nothing other than what others are doing, would be viewed with suspicion by those around him or her. You can't deny that.

Trump has taken to calling his supporters "my people," which is a frightening turn of phrase, worse than those like Bass calling Obama "your president." While comically calling himself a "uniter," he's already throwing out the dog whistles about who should be considered American - and his supporters reflect that with their chants of "USA!" whenever a protester is thrown out.

Trump will never win the presidency, so that is not a worry. How his supporters handle being abandoned by him (and they will, immediately, upon his eventual defeat) and awaken to a Clinton or Sanders presidency is of more concern. They are still Americans, and outreach efforts must be made.

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"What in the name of the 20% of Trump supporters in South Caroliina who think the abolition of slavery was a bad idea are you ROFLing about?"

"What about the other 80%? You didn't try to focus on that, right? Of course not. LOL"

Bass, for Muslim theocratic presidents declaring martial law's sake, you do see the difference between the data you posted and 20% of Trump supporters believing the abolition of slavery was a mistake. I'll repeat that. Twenty percent, one-fifth, of Trump supporters believe the abolition of slavery was a mistake.

Deflect, try the 'What about...?' side alley and ROFL all you like. That stat is absolutely outrageous in the 21st century. This must sicken you like it should sicken any person with a sliver of morality.

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OK, I get it; freedom of speech and freedom to assemble is only limited to the Left.

Exactly.

It's like the KKK holding a rally in Compton.

& if they're stupid enough to walk into the Lion's den, then I hope they do get killed.

Even that incident recently in Anaheim California. Those kkk guys deserved to get beat up and stabbed.

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I don't know, but the gesture was sure nice (to all vets). Do Sanders / Clinton care about the US military? Not at all.

You don't know? Funny, cuz I posted a link explaining where it went, and many of the charities he said he would donating to hqven't seen a dime of it. Nice gesture? Nope, pure unadulterated self-agrandisement is more like it.

We're a nation of laws, order. So bring it!!

Lol and all the violence Trump theatens, THAT is law and order? Goofy.

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Sam,

OK, I get it; freedom of speech and freedom to assemble is only limited to the Left. Thanks for clearing that up. And if the Left hears something they don't like then they can riot. Got it.

If that's what your brain ingests from what I wrote then I guess you're a true believer. Republican strategists are on the left?

I'm talking about the strategically chosen location to promote discord amongst fellow Americans. To get more free publicity as we know that there is no bad publicity for the Donald the Divider.

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Lol and all the violence Trump theatens

Yeah. Like bombing the hell out of ISIS. -sounds like a good plan to me. ISIS ain't "contained" and they certainly aren't sum "jv" team. Goofy eh.

I posted a link explaining where it went

I don't trust bogus links, especially on bogus topics. Trump is the only candidate supporting vets, troops and Public Safety. And the vets, troops, law enforcement, firefighters etc.. reciprocate Trump's support.

The hippy-liberal kids (college kids) have this kind of love for Sanders because they're so young and naive. When they're doctors, lawyers and bankers etc . . . they will be wondering why they're waiting in line for a loaf of bread & gallon of milk.

-That's not what america is.

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Just in: NYT True Believer Douthat has just come out for denying Trump the nomination at the convention even if he comes in with a plurality:

So in Cleveland this summer, the ... Republican party may face a straightforward choice: Betray the large minority of Republicans who cast their votes for Trump, or betray their country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/the-party-still-decides.html?_r=0

Wow - good way to put it. And this guy would rather eat his grandmother than vote Dem. Another crack in the timber of the collapse of the GOP.

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@Madverts. "I'm talking about the strategically chosen location to promote discord amongst fellow Americans. To get more free publicity as we know that there is no bad publicity for the Donald the Divider."

I disagree. First, you do not know that the venue was chosen to sow discord among fellow Americans---unless you have information that I don't. If that is the case then I would appreciate a link and, if you are correct, then I will admitt my error as I have done a number of times on this board when proven wrong. But I and many others are done with laws only applying to certain persons and not others. As for the Republican/Democrat angle (you insinuate that Republican strategists are involved) most of Trump supporters are sick of choosing the elephant or the donkey. At the end of the day, both parties pony up to big government in one way or another; it just a matter of degree.

@Takeda. "Lol and all the violence Trump theatens, THAT is law and order? Goofy." Link, proof? You've ducked that question once already today.

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Yeah. Like bombing the hell out of ISIS. -sounds like a good plan to me.

No, I mean saying things like "best the hell out of them (the protesters), I tell you, I will pay your legal bills." And you want this POS to be POTUS. Wow

I don't trust bogus links, especially on bogus topics.

Translation: I am completely uninterested in anything that may challenge my fragile concept of reality.

Trump is the only candidate supporting vets, troops and Public Safety.

Draft dodger Trump is a military supporter how? Mocking McCain as a POW? Supporting troops is about more than sending someone's children to die for no good reason; its about taking care soldiers after they're injured and after the war.

And the vets, troops, law enforcement, firefighters etc.. reciprocate Trump's support

Kind of like the KKK and National Front, eh?

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Sam,

Brad Blakeman: 'Donald Trump should have known better'

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35796560

He rightly blames both sides for the violence, but correctly states that Team Trump chose this location where nobody ever votes Republican to cause this kind of ruckus. More free publicity and then blame others

Trump is on record repeatedly calling for violence against protesters. Offering to pay for their legal bills. He's the anger candidate. A beast nurtured by the Republican party for many years, only now it's off its leash and uncontrollable, even they are cringing at the monster they created.

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for Muslim theocratic presidents declaring martial law's sake, you do see the difference between the data you posted and 20% of Trump supporters believing the abolition of slavery was a mistake.

So now we are back to making excuses and so called misinterpretations? Nice!

I'll repeat that. Twenty percent, one-fifth, of Trump supporters believe the abolition of slavery was a mistake.

Yeah and so what? 91% of Whites don't know anything about Blacks or have Black friends, so generally speaking, am I to conclude these Whites are all racists because of this? Should we be alarmed or concerned? Gee, 91% seems like an awfully high number.

Deflect, try the 'What about...?' side alley and ROFL all you like.

I don't deflect, dude. I'm meeting you dead center

That stat is absolutely outrageous in the 21st century. This must sicken you like it should sicken any person with a sliver of morality.

91% of Whites not having Black friends or knowing anything about them, it's sad, but that doesn't make them all racists.

Even Republican strategists are condemning Trump's inflammatory choice of location, chosen surely to get this kind of result.

Yeah, because THEY especially have a lot to loss.

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Draft dodger Trump is a military supporter how? Mocking McCain as a POW?

Some rich aren't meant to be drafted. Just reality. The poor have always been drafted and screwed by the rich. What else is new? Mocking McCain was wrong- as a republican voter, I think McCain is an honorable man.

Kind of like the KKK and National Front, eh?

Not at all pal. How do you associate the kkk w/ vets, DPS and the military? Are EMT ambulance staff racists too?

No, I mean saying things like "best the hell out of them (the protesters), I tell you, I will pay your legal bills."

That's wrong too. But again, those extreme protesters shouldn't be shaking the hornet nest.

Translation: I am completely uninterested in anything that may challenge my fragile concept of reality.

. . . you're right. My bad. I feel kinda' lazy this evening. I don't feel like clicking-on & researching this link / that link. It's Sunday for crying out loud. So forgive me. @takeda, you won the arguement.

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Wc,

But again, those extreme protesters shouldn't be shaking the hornet nest.

Your "free speech" stance doesn't seem consistent on this thread my friend.

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@Bass

You're not dealing with this head on. The only comment you made directly addressing the fact that 20% of Trump supporters in South Carolina believe the abolition of slavery was a mistake was....

"Yeah and so what"

That's pretty chilling.

Here's another heart-warming stat regarding Trump supporters in South Carolina. A third believe homosexuals shouldn't be allowed to enter the land of the free.

You have to say there are some atrocious ideas not uncommon among these people. Why can't you bring yourself to savage these disgusting ideas? I'm sure you regard them as disgusting.

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@Madverts. First, I need to write that you, like the majority of posters on this board, is intelligent and not racist,sexists or driven to bigotry. This is important because I don't want what I write to be misinterpreted.

Thank you for the link which reinforces my point, which is: Trump has every right to campaign where and when he wants to. Same as Bernie, Hillary, Ted and any one else who chooses to run for presidents. Applying this logic (he should have known that it wasn't a Republican city) is one of the grossest attempts at denying freedom I have seen in a long time. Furthermore, I bet if someone like me ( a fiscal conservative and a social centurist) had said the same thing to a person who was shot or mugged in Chicago I would have been called a racist or bigot and called out for using "code langauge." (Again see my first statement; I don't believe you are one of those people.

But back to Trump. The man can campaign where he wants to and should be able to do without the threat of violence and to say that he brought it on himself is just evidence of how far down the wrong road we have travelled. We are a nation of laws and that should not be debatable. It is the protestors who are wrong;not Trump.

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Your "free speech" stance doesn't seem consistent on this thread my friend.

@Madverts. Lets's be reasonable adults for a sec. Mmm kay?

"Free speech" is one thing. (I'm all for it). But when you go into public cursing, flippin' the middle finger and provoking a lawfully assembled crowd at a political rally in "free america" -then ur wrong.

There are laws that say once ur freedom of speech is likely to provoke or incite riots / violence, then its illegal.

Look at how Micheal Brown's (thuggish) step-dad invoked his free speech after Officer D. Wilson was not tried for justifiably shooting and killing Micheal Brown. He encouraged the looting, violence and burning. Disgusting.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd6eRRjthxY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Everyone is talking about 'Freedom of Speech," but how about "The right to Peaceful Assembly?" Is this main peaceful? Nahhh

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Sanders is an honest man,he is my favorite presidency candidate,i believe he sincerely wanna big change,i wish him to win,but if not,then i prefer Trump with all his contradictions to Hillary.

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Wc,

OK let's just agree to ignore the way you utterly contradicted yourself. Done.

There are laws that say once ur freedom of speech is likely to provoke or incite riots / violence, then its illegal.

That is exactly what is happening at Trump rallies, caused by Trump's speeches. Charges should be brought against him for that and for preying on the angry weak-minded who know no better.

Sam,

Trump has every right to campaign where and when he wants to. Same as Bernie, Hillary, Ted and any one else who chooses to run for presidents. Applying this logic (he should have known that it wasn't a Republican city) is one of the grossest attempts at denying freedom I have seen in a long time.

Nobody is saying he doesn't. The choice to hold a rally there was Team Trump's decision, and I am alleging it was intentionally done to create more of a scene than usual. His whole campaign is based on dipping into the bile and anger created by the Republican party for many years. There is no consistency in anything he says apart from his two main issues. Immigration and deportation. When you stir this pot of an angry minority expect them to be vocal, and expect a lot of other people to be dragged down to the same level.

Basically Trump has flat-lined. Some time ago. The hardcore base of supporters will change now, you're simply a loud minority. The whole campaign from Trump has been to brush with controversy, this is simply taking it to the next level. Trump's rallies are going to get more and more difficult to defend as this campaign degenerates further into reality TV.

We are a nation of laws and that should not be debatable. It is the protestors who are wrong;not Trump.

One last time. Trump has called for his supporters to beat protesters. Offering them free legal council if they do. He's inciting hate and he's inciting violence, both illegalities in a nation of laws such as your own.....

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That is exactly what is happening at Trump rallies, caused by Trump's speeches. Charges should be brought against him for that and for preying on the angry weak-minded who know no better.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

You mean the crooks, thugs, gangbangers, drug dealers?? Those thugs could care less for america. Most of them don't even pay taxes, child support, alimony. They just want free "county" checks. Obama care. EBT etc. . . . . this has been going on for generations. They should go to the polls (like all good Americans) and V-O-T-E !!

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@Madverts. "That (inciting violence) is exactly what is happening at Trump rallies, caused by Trump's speeches. Charges should be brought against him for that and for preying on the angry weak-minded who know no better."

I haven't researched the videos yet but I would like to know if Trump is calling for violence or if people are reacting violently to ideas they don't like. Again, I don't know but if it's anything like Concerned Students 1950, BlackLivesMatter, etc. then it's not Trump's fault that the certain default position of certain people is to riot.

"Nobody is saying he doesn't." No but you and others are inferrring it.

"The choice to hold a rally there was Team Trump's decision, and I am alleging it was intentionally done to create more of a scene than usual." Big change of tune: you wrote, "I'm talking about the strategically chosen location to promote discord amongst fellow Americans. To get more free publicity as we know that there is no bad publicity for the Donald the Divider."

"His whole campaign is based on dipping into the bile and anger created by the Republican party for many years. There is no consistency in anything he says apart from his two main issues. Immigration and deportation. " Republicans hate Trump. You must try to get your mind around the fact that Trump is not a Republican. He may run on the Republican ticket but he is not a Republican. And yes, immigration and deportion (and unfair trade agreements and military welfare for other countries, etc.) have been consistently pounded by the Donald. That's why he is running high in the polls; the majority of America does not care about "family values," "gay marriage" and a whole host of other non-consequential issues. Notice that Cruz and Rubio didn't even register until they started copying Trump on these issues.

"When you stir this pot of an angry minority expect them to be vocal, and expect a lot of other people to be dragged down to the same level." The laws are the laws. If you want us to apologize because we want the border secure or to screen for potential terrorists and etc. all I can do is shrug my shoulders because it's not going to happen. Again, we have the right to assemble.

On a side point, many people worry about Trump being a fascists and compare him to Hitler (an insult to survivors of the Holocaust if there ever was one). WHile I also am sometimes appalled at the vulgarity of Trump I know two things; he will surround himself with good people instead of handing out political favors and he will grow into the job (much like Winston Churchill) and he will also be kept on a leash by the checks-and-balances of the US government.

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all extremes are bad, right and left wing. but drump's extreme right far surpasses sanders liberalness. pity on this world if drump wins. anything but drump, even a kardician would be better than drump

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Because, strangerland, that is the right-wing definition of "thug." (Unstated is that they must be black; white people who act the same are by definition "downtrodden victims of Obama Islamo-fascisim.")

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samwatters Mar. 13, 2016 - 07:54PM JST I haven't researched the videos yet but I would like to know if Trump is calling for violence or if people are reacting violently to ideas they don't like.

There is no place for discussion until you have.

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35793103

I'm amazed you claim not to know about his repeated demands for violence against dissent to his speeches.

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You mean the crooks, thugs, gangbangers, drug dealers?? Those thugs could care less for america. Most of them don't even pay taxes, child support, alimony. They just want free "county" checks. Obama care. EBT etc. . . . . this has been going on for generations.

Glad you are finally showing us how you really feel.I see Drumph is a mastermind to let this all come to a head in a city that demographics support the biggoted beliefs of people that support him.

I hate to stoop to your level, but how do you explain all the white folk, with jobs and insurance who paid for their university that are backing Sanders?

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@Madverts. OK, I watched the video and read the reports--thanks for the link! Seriously; I like debate and think we can all learn from each other.

In the report I didn't read any quotes or see any pictures of Trump inciting violence. I read about Ted Cruz and a few others complaining about Trump inciting violence but nothing I would consider evidence. During the 12-plus-minute video were ultrta-left wing Rachel Maddow waxed on about her feelings/beliefs/ etc. I saw and listened to Trump for about 2 minutes. Here is what I saw. 1.) I saw a 78-year-old Trump support arrested for a sucker punch (as well as he should be, he was wrong and should go to jail). 2.) I saw Donald Trump remove people by telling security to "get him outta here." The ones "getting him outta here" were security personnel reacting to items being thrown or obsentities being screamed. 3.) I saw Donald Trump a number of times say he would like to punch someone in the face, etc. 4.) I saw Donald Trump joke---yes it was a joke!---that he would pay legal fees for anyone who punched someone and was arrested.

Now, 3.) is like me saying I would love to run over the girl crossing the street at a snail's pace because she is looking at her iPhone and preventing me from driving. Am I inciting violence? No reasonable person would say yes. The fact that violence does occur is wrong and does seem to be punished. Of course, I would also like to use your previous line of logic and say that shouldn't the protestors known Trump would be violent and that his rallies are sessions of hate and bigotry? I mean, it's all we here and see on the news. Does that no mean that any violenced towards protestors is deserved because they should have known better? Your previous position, not mine!

4.) was a joke. Again, any reasonable person would know this. If you or anyone doesn't and really thinks this is inciting violence then you really need to get out of the PC world. If I am walking down the streets of Japan and someone yells at me "baka gaijin" and I go across the street and break his jaw, I am wrong not the jerk yelling at me. His words do not cause me to be violent, triggered or repressed. On the other hand, if he is exorting people to kill me and a mob rushes towards me then I have every right to use violence to protect myself because he is inciting violence. Trump is not---repreat, is not---inciting violence. The videos do not show that; they show a novice campaigner who speaks before he thinks---and who is not playing to the PC crowd or a special interest group. Yes, sometimes he is out of line but he will learn.

Oh, I saw and heard one more thing. 5.) I saw Donald Trump call off a rally because he was worried about someone getting hurt. Strange move for a person who wants to hurt people.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd6eRRjthxY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This was a joke? Who the hell do you think kidding? Tell me, was he also joking about how today we have to be "nice to people, but back in the day, he woulda been out of here on a stretcher.."?? Was that a joke, because I sure missed the punchline and so did the crowd.

So, before you whine about violence and thinking its not fair, remember a few things. 1) Trump has used racism to fuel his campaign 2) Donnie has been endorsed by the KKK as well as other organizations. 3) Donnie's rallies are the only ones that have seen such violence.

Tell me, is this all just happy coincidence? Of course, we all know it is not. So, Donnie boy egged all of this on. What did he expect? Donnie ain't qualified to be president.

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@takeda. "This was a joke?" Yes. It's a figure of speech we use in the US.

"Who the hell do you think kidding?" Nobody. I think you're kidding yourself.

"Tell me, was he also joking about how today we have to be "nice to people, but back in the day, he woulda been out of here on a stretcher.."?? Was that a joke, because I sure missed the punchline and so did the crowd." No, that was an exaggeration. And the crowd did get it; if they had taken Trump literally there would have been a dead body. It's called sarcasm.

"So, before you whine about violence and thinking its not fair, remember a few things. 1) Trump has used racism to fuel his campaign 2) Donnie has been endorsed by the KKK as well as other organizations. 3) Donnie's rallies are the only ones that have seen such violence." Are you related to KCJapan? Your post contains about the same level of thought and intelligence.

"Tell me, is this all just happy coincidence? Of course, we all know it is not. So, Donnie boy egged all of this on. What did he expect? Donnie ain't qualified to be president." What can I say? If he wins are you going to live in Canada or just hole up in your apartment and pout?

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Calling people Communists? Trump needs to set his clock forward to the year 2016.

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My,my Sammy, we certainly have come a long way off the "I like debates and I think we could learn from eachother." Not the best at "jokes," but forever hoping you can help my hapless soul.

It's a figure of speech we use here in the US. Ermmm, I'm American, from the great State of Illinois. Not gonna work, champ. Well familiar with the "vernacular" du jour. Not cutting it, not no other politician uses this violence and no other politician saw this kind of violence.

Nobody. I think you're kidding yourself.

Zinger, well done. This was a good one, really put me back in my place. If I were 5.

No, that was exagerration and the crowd did get it; if they had taken it literally, there would hsve been a dead body.

Tell it like it is, Trumpets are violent opportunistic jackals, willing to kill on master's whistle.

Are you related to KcJapan?

No, but we is quite the crack. Given this is all the rebuttal you could muster, it be fair to say you do not have any disagreement with what I have said?

What can I say?

Your opinion. Is it just a coincidence? After being goated into it, I proved links for you. I do believe that if you believe that owe it to you to give you links, that you too owe it to me. to give an answer. Waiting, chief.

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"Calling people Communists? Trump needs to set his clock forward to the year 2016."

It's a good ploy. Read some of the posts above. For many, Sanders and Stalin are the same thing. Trump knows that he will not lose his audience by appealing to paranoia, bigotry, ignorance and stupidity.

Why change a winning formula?

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There has been much "discussion" here about the violence endemic in Trump Loyalty Rallies.

One observation is clear enough for everyone to agree on.

What Donald J. Trump says is the only thing that matters.

Agree or disagree, the violence and composition of Trump Rallies is the symptom, not the disease.

Trump is 100% responsible for what he says.

Here a suggestion: It is worth considering that protesters could change tactic.

Let Trump and his Neo-Nazi and KKK fans have their meetings peacefully preaching hate for Mexicans, Muslims, Women, Blacks.

Let Trump's words inform as to the content of his character and suitability for the Office of the President.

So far it is impossible to tell if Donald J. Trump is running for the Republican Party nomination or Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, but that confusion is the result of what Donald J. Trump says, not the revulsion most feel at his five year long campaign of racism.

Let Donald J. Trump alone. That is what he hates the most, being ignored.

"Make America Hate Again!" is a terrible campaign slogan anyway, but it is the slogan Trump preaches daily.

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good point jimizo! but let me add, if sanders is equal to stalin, then without a doubt, as someone else already pointed out, drump=hitler (not my words, but they do come to mind)

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"Let Trump and his Neo-Nazi and KKK fans have their meetings peacefully preaching hate for Mexicans, Muslims, Women, Blacks."

Excellent analysis, as usual. Here is a rebuttal (granted it's from last year December but it's still relevent since you claim Trump hates minorities).

「As Gateway Pundit reported: A previous SurveyUSA poll released in September showed that 25% of black respondents said they would vote for Trump over Clinton. According to The American Mirror Trump would more than double the best result for a Republican in modern American history. Looking at the last 10 presidential election cycles, the highest black vote share for a Republican was 12% for Bob Dole in 1996.

The new poll? Stunning…Now there’s even better news for Trump. A new poll reported a stunning 40% of black voters and 45% of Hispanic voters say they would support Donald Trump. If these numbers hold up Donald Trump would win the 2016 election in a landslide.」

The point I want to make is that it is not hatred for any one group of people that united Trump followers. Rather it is the intense hatred of "typical Washington" that is doing that.

Here's the link. http://toprightnews.com/shock-poll-of-donald-trump-and-minority-groups-has-democrats-in-a-panic/

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Wow! Those anti Trump protesters are really violent and destructive. Trump like it or not his words are not breaking the law. It's his method of media attention and he gets it.

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No matter how you slice it and how much you hate or love Trump, his campaign has drawn more interest than the first Obama round of campaigning. The media is loving this and the fighting will only bring more viewership to Trump's campaigning.

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http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/12/here-are-the-radical-leftist-anti-tump-groups-behind-the-chicago-protest/

You can't blame Trump for openly hateful groups that want to incite violence. =Why isn't Chicago doing something about these "openly" hateful and racist organizations? Do you job Rahm Emmanuel.

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The trouble with walking down the middle of the road is that you get hit by cars going in both directions. The left paints you for being on the right, and the right paints you for being on the left. If you are not a rabid Republican, you are accused of being a Communist! That fear of 'supporting' Communist has lead America into supporting totalitarian leaders that have often failed because they did not support the people. Check our failures: China, Philippines, Cuba, Vietnam, etc.

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Beyond the low IQ and poorly educated white Bundy types who else will be willing to vote for Trump? Also, can he actually get votes from the non whites? I don't really see any in his events. The white population is decreasing so I wonder if it is really possible for enough people to vote Trump in the WH.

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Beyond the low IQ and poorly educated

Isn't that half the population?

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." (Winston Churchill attrib.)

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Tuesday prediction... GOP Ohio Kasich others Trump DEM all Clinton

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"Isn't that half the population?" Well, when bitter Conservatives call Liberals "elites" they are implying they themselves are the opposite of that and this is verified by recent Conservative clowns like the Bundies. These white dudes who feel like they have been left out in the pasture (and many have been- it's not just their imagination) see Trump as their hero president to be as their savior to make the white man supreme again. Can Trump do it?????

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NBC report showed video scenes in which several people were escorted out for disrupting Trump speech.. They all had huge Bernie placard

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He is about 30 min. from my place right now. Watching on TV. All that extra SS watching over him. I guess he let his mouth write a check that his a-- can't cover, huh ?

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One of Trump advantages-no matter if some agrees or not-is that he revealed big anger among Americans against corrupted politicians of both parties.Its obvious,his supporters dont care a clue about how he speaks his mind,but they see speaking their minds.Forget about his vulgarity-in case its considered so-and lets ask ourselves honestly and frankly,does he have sense of what is he saying?mostly yes. He is succeeding up till now,his remarkable success shows there are big part of AMERICANS support him,why lots of people look at them in an inferior way?!Dont they have same rights like others?If he is that bad,let Americans show it when through voting,not through violence.

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no matter if some agrees or not-is that he revealed big anger among Americans against corrupted politicians of both parties

I agree. But will those established politicians learn from this? So far, it appears not, and so Trump's chance of becoming president remains a distinct possibility.

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Trump and the American people vs the globalists. Trump is winning!! Haha. Take your MIC/war mongering/central banker Hillary and move to Canada please.

GO Trump!!

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Trump and the American people vs the globalists

Trump's business empire is global. Trump is a globalist, a member of the US nabob establishment who's never in his life shown one iota of care for the American people, or any people anywhere for that matter.

Take your MIC/war mongering/

Is the MIC you're referring to Made in China, another country where Trump has products made? Re 'war mongering', are you referring to Trump's call to send 20,000 - 30,000 troops to MENA and bomb the h@ll out of them?

Bernie!

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Illinois tight race between Clinton and Sanders but the way Clinton gather super delegates She will win. As Sanders is Independent and not Regular Dem member, super delegates will choose Clinton.

GOP Trump will outdo Cruz and Rubio and Kasich.

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Please, let Trump be judged by his own words.

The Americans don't need any filter.

Mexicans, bad. Muslims, bad. Women, bad. on and on. Do not twist Trump's own words! That is really the problem.

Trump has made it very clear. For instance, torture is his goal for Trump's United States military policy.

Religious Prejudice is Trump's goal, those Muslims are banned. Black People are 'dirty, dirty, bad people, bad guys, done bad things.' Why can't everyone see the world as Donald J. Trump sees it?

Only an ISIS Lover would protest, and that's why that brave American sucker punched the black fellow and said "next time he should be killed."

Can't Americans put aside the facts and simply bow to whatever Trump says?

Donald J. Trump cannot tolerate any questioning of his gang of truth and no one else should. Billionaires know better than any stupid poor black fellow, duh!

Come On!

Trump is super rich and the rest of the Americans are, in Trump's words, "Losers".

For goodness sake. Cancel the election.

Trump has already proven the dark truth of what makes everyone at his Loyalty Rallies so angry.

THOSE People are bad dudes. Duh?

THANK GOD! For Donald J. Trump!

As the slogan says: "Make America Hate Again!"

And that cannot happen soon enough to make Donald J. Trump, Billionaire, happy.

Americans should sit down, shut up and hate anything Donald J. Trump tells them to.

For goodness sake. The guy didn't become rich using slave labor at his clothing and bedding factories!

He just paid the prevailing wages in China. Get over it!

The man is a genius and anyone who questions him is Al Katie or those other people, dirty, dirty people.

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Beyond the low IQ and poorly educated white Bundy types who else will be willing to vote for Trump? Also, can he actually get votes from the non whites? I don't really see any in his events.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9MCvK2MGs (5:30 guy that jumps in is not even from Chicago, primary speaker seems to be and a Trump supporter -had some good points also)

=If you are thought of as a minority and a Trump supporter or even worse if you are anti-corruption you will be shouted down by this group that is mainly comprised of outsiders that are most likely part of a large group of well connected political operatives. Will we have the SEIU (union) violence the predicated Obama's election?

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. Good on the security for taking these scum out, you don't quietly or willingly, then we will help you, either way, you go peacefully or by force.

Ah, Bassfunk, calling people who disagree with your fascist tendencies "scum" is so uplifting and noble, why I dare say at he North Koreans and Nazis would be proud of you and would approve!

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The facts are clear: those inciting the violence at the rallies are supporters of democrat candidates. It is they who are violating the Right to Peaceful Assembly. Did you hear about the mob of Trump supporters that disrupted the Clinton - Sanders rally shouting "Trump! Trump! Trump!"? No? Not yet, perhaps.

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@Frederic: On the videos. those arrested had Sanders placards. Media commented there is no Trump suporters began disrupting. Anyway, I think Sanders should tell his supporters not disrupt any rallies.

Ohio and Florida are winner take all for GOP candidate. Media analyst says Kasich will win Ohio and Trump will win Florida.

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It's either Trump is taking advantage of vulnerable people and making them hate, or he's just helping release the hate that's already deeply ingrained in these people. Either way, it speaks a lot about the country.

This is copied from the alternet: “The mob—not to be confused with Married To the Mob, an unsuccessful satire of The Godfather—responds best to totalitarian rhetoric that the party leaders deem taboo, or that even the game Taboo deems taboo. Someone truly dangerous like Donald Trump will do anything to get elected. If he ever runs for President, he’ll win with a joke about ejaculating on a stripper’s tits. Respectable society will sniff, but the mob will vote him in, like hungry dogs jumping on his throbbing bone.”

The complete article will give some more insight into the vilest candidate for president of the USA.

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"Yeah. Like bombing the hell out of ISIS. -sounds like a good plan to me. ISIS ain't "contained" and they certainly aren't sum "jv" team. Goofy eh." The Republicans created ISIS. Donald Trump confirmed this. This agrees with Obama's policy (he voted AGAINST the war) and it shows that Obama is a great president and people just don't like him because he's black and want to believe he was born in Kenya.

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The Republicans created ISIS.

The Republicans have created most of the problems in the US today, including Trump, and now it's coming back to bite them in the a$$.

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You hardcore right wingers are hilarious. It would be funnier if it wasn't so serious though.

Complain Obama isn't a good leader but support the republicans blocking everything they try to do.

Complain that Obama is divisive but support one of the main perpetrators of this whole bananas birther no-sense.

Act like any form of social democracy is equivalent to some bizarre 1950's red scare.

(Quick better put a whole lot of in god we trust on the money and change the national motto so 60 yrs later a bunch of uninformed fanatical religious people can pretend the country is something it never was... )

Make america great again, its the same sort of nonsense the same people accuse Abe for on here, looking back with rose tinted glasses and serious amnesia. Which part do you think was great, War? Cold war? Institutionalised Racism? Blatant sexism?

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This open letter to Trump is good https://twitter.com/humansofny/status/709406770091970560

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The facts are clear: those inciting the violence at the rallies are supporters of democrat candidates.

Amen.

Did you hear about the mob of Trump supporters that disrupted the Clinton - Sanders rally shouting "Trump! Trump! Trump!"? No? Not yet, perhaps.

Hallelujah !

The Republicans have created most of the problems in the US today, including Trump, and now it's coming back to bite them in the a$$.

The Republicans said: "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down this wall."

The Republicans faught AGAINST the pro-slave states of the south.

The Republicans armed Saddam vs the Iranians. Then they armed the Iranians . . . seemed like they know what they were doing. Saddam "invaded" Kuwait. Not the Republican administration at that time.

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"the American people vs the globalists. Trump is winning!! Haha. Take your MIC/war mongering/central banker Hillary and move to Canada please."

You're doing it again. Trump favours torture. Trump talks about kicking ISIS ass. Trump talks about tens of thousands of troops on the ground in the Middle East. I agree that Hillary is in the pockets of the bankers and a foreign policy hawk. She is one of those with blood on her hands for voting for the catastrophe in Iraq.

Either Trump is lying about his tough guy foreign policy or will make good on his promises.

Which is it? Liar or warmonger?

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Donald Trump is really a nice guy. He really cares about people and is generally an easy going and generous guy. Trump employs thousands of people and really knows business well. He knows trade and how to negotiate from strength. The Democrats on the other hand (the party of George Wallace and the KKK) usually resort to inciting hate and violence because they are wrong, scared, and hysterical. You can see for yourself based on the works they do who is at fault. Blaming Trump for the violence means he has more power over them and is living in their heads. But the real evil is the source of funding for the rioters, yes, they are paid thugs of George Soros.

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1930s Germany all over again. Glad I'm getting off the North American continent for three months, to where all the newspapers are in Japanese, which I can't read all that well.

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