Three Republicans, desperate to cast front runner Donald J. Trump behind them in unbridled ambitions to lead America from the Oval Office, have thrown completely in with the Democrats in blaming main street Americans for Friday night’s George Soros orchestrated Chicago protest.
In the aftermath of the Chicago protest, for which Soros’ group MoveOn.org took partial responsibility, never once did Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio or Governor John Kasich call for public safety in presidential primary rallies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFGYgHFMJkA
Shame on them!!!!!!!
Per orders from the Establishment.
All three have proven they are not leaders. They are followers afraid not to be PC.
"Earlier today over thirty people were arrested at one rally. And then tonight as violence broke out the rally was canceled altogether. Now, the responsibility for that lies with protesters who took violence into their own hands. But in any campaign responsibility starts at the top. Any candidate is responsible for the culture of the campaign." (Emphasis added.)
What you see here is blame for the violence being places squarely on the protesters. As to responsibility for the tone of the campaign. Is that not a truthful statement? Do Trump supporters hold Cruz responsible for the tone if his campaign? It would certainly seem so based on many, many posts on this forum.
One of my clients made a comment on Friday about the incident in North Carolina and her fears that Trump was setting a tone that would lead to violence. I was surprised when I did a quick Internet search at the number of notable incidents.
Trump Supporter Charged: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/10/trump-protester-sucker-punched-at-north-carolina-rally-videos-show/
Trump Throws Man Out Without Coat.http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-01-08/donald-trump-threw-a-protester-out-of-a-vermont-rally-without-his-coat
Crowd Cheers as Muslim Woman...: https://news.vice.com/article/muslim-protester-kicked-out-donald-trump-rally-south-carolina
Trump on Protestor. I'd like to punch him in the face: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/donald-trump-nevada-rally-punch/
And of course, the tomato comments.
Let's be real about human nature. Individuals who are inclined to respond with violence do NOT hear Trump say "don't hurt anyone" as something Trump really means. They hear the "punch in the face" and the "throw him out without his coat" and the roar of approval from the crowd as what Trump REALLY means. This applies to both those who support Trump and those opposed to Trump.
The kind of passion this political stuff inspires is not something Trump has dealt with before. Whatever outrageous thing he said on his TV show resulted in better ratings - no downside. To this point the things Trump has said at his rallies have had no downside. That will certainly be changing and Trump may need to quit playing the showman.
The notion that Trump was going to go unchallenged in places with large leftist populations is simple-minded. Trump's over-the-top crowd pleases are going to be used to define him by people not nearly so reasoned as Ted Cruz and those groups will not be limited to just the participants in Chicago.
Ted Cruz's comments were neither in support of protesters who resorted to violence or in denial of free speech and assembly rights to Trump supporters. While Trump supporters are having a field day deliberately misunderstanding those comments said comments point straight at a serious issue in Trump's campaign. Getting all bent out of shape at Cruz doesn't change the situation.
The willingness of so many on this forum to ignore the consequences of Trump's actions and to instead participate in an untruthful accusation against another is mind-boggling.