Posted on 03/18/2016 7:14:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
Trump's speeches are very mellow, and he stresses being nice to protesters, disrupters, etc.
What he means by these 'riots' comments are not threats but he is asserting that the movement is real and is not going to be shouted down by the likes of her, Bill Kristol, Glen Beck, and other losers.
Anyone who has seen his speeches knows he is not inciting riots. He actually is very patient in the face of provocative behavior from BLM, etc.
Amazing that the Uniparty has so many members now coming out of their baseboard holes.
Note to Uniparty: Make substantive criticisms of Trump. Demonizing us for liking him and shouting down Trump are not going to do it anymore.
Trump is going to be the next POTUS.
Shut up and like it.
Linda Chavez, you are better than this.
You know it is very interesting here on FR that "The Donald" gets lots of passes on his "loose" use of language, but anybody criticizing him is held to an incredibly precise definition and if there is a little slip, we are told "that is a lie, or the person saying it is a "liar".
So tell me OldEconomy, did Trump lie about being for the war before he was against it, or did he lie when he said we needed to go in? Or did he lie when he stood with the dreamers, or did he just change his mind???
Please don't accuse me of lying, I might just be wrong...
For decades, the elites have been controlling this country through the media and what some have called the "custodial state." People are sick of it. Power does not yield easily; usually, violence is required to unseat tyranny. I suspect America will be no different.
Oh yes... I forgot...
If it is bad for Donald Trump, it is a lie.
Even if you quote Donald Trump directly off a videotape, if it is bad for Donald Trump, it is, by definition, a lie.
“Donald Trump, on the other hand, seems to believe that the way you deal with dissent is to crush it — not with more compelling ideas or more reasoned speech, not with dignity in the face of foul threats but with punches that will see the protesters “carried out on a stretcher” as they were in the “old days.” His models are Bull Connor, Deng Xiaoping, even Kim Jong Un, the latter two of whom he praised as strong leaders adept at dealing with problems. “
Trump’s model seems to be Gen. George S. Patton. Patton’s tough stance on facism rubbed some people the wrong way as well.
On Fox News Friday, Trump was asked whether he would take responsibility for the unrest.
"I don't think I play a role in division in this country," he said.
The day after a man was criminally charged with allegedly punching a protester at a Trump event this week, the candidate declared "We need a little bit more" violence against protesters.
Trump has encountered a number of dissenters since launching his presidential bid last summer — many of whom have allegedly been motivated by Trump's own fiery rhetoric. Protesters have often been rushed out of those events, sometimes violently.
Did anyone protest or act violently over the Rev. Wright's 'fiery rhetoric'? Does anyone ever riot or protest over Louie Farrakhan's fiery rhetoric? No?
I think something else is going on here....it seems awfully one sided...as Trump queried, "whatever happened to free speech"....we look the other way when BLM riot, destroy property....police have a target on their back....Obama's America?!
I decline...
There are as many Speech Police on the right as there are on the left. This election cycle has proven it.
“Donald Trump has predicted there will be riots in the streets...”
She starts off with a mischaracterization of what he said.
"I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots," Trump said Wednesday on CNN's "New Day." "I'm representing a tremendous many, many millions of people."
The Republican Party veered closer to a contested convention Tuesday after Ohio Gov. John Kasich won his home state and deprived Trump, the party's front-runner, of its 66 delegates. That makes it more difficult for the billionaire to reach the 1,237 delegates he needs to capture the GOP prize without a floor fight.
In fact one of Trump's supporters said there would be riots if Trump didn't win the nomination at the convention, though riots themselves "aren't necessarily a bad thing."
"If it means because it's in there fighting the fact that our establishment Republican party has gone corrupt and decided to ignore the voice of the people and ignore the process," Trump supporter Scottie Neil Hughes told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday.
She added, after being pressed specifically on the word "riot," "It's not riot as in a negative thing like what we've seen in the past, it's the fact that you have a large amount of people that will be very unhappy. I don't think they would sit there and resort, in fact I know they would not resort to violence, I know they would not do it. However, they would make sure their voices are heard, that they can't be ignored."
Earlier Wednesday, Cruz said party leaders getting behind a brokered convention would be disastrous.
In addition:
“The media has created the perception that the voters will decide the nomination,” Curly Haugland said in an interview with CNBC. “That’s the conflict here.”
“The political parties choose their nominees, not the general public, contrary to popular belief,” he added.
Yes there may indeed be riots. As to whether they would be violent or not remains to be seen, however, most are working people that do not have the time or inclination to actually take to the streets and riot. Instead the riots will come in forms of leaving the Republican Party in mass numbers. Refusing to participate in elections, and preparing for the chaos that will be coming as this country starts it's disintegration.
That will all be on the Republican Party dear Linda, not Trump. The Republican Party will have provided the catalyst by their petty instance to ignore the people and save us from our stupidity. Stupidity that would be real if we kept electing the same tired leaders this country has been afflicted with far too many times in recent history of the last 50 years. Leaders that have enriched themselves at the expense of many Americans who are fed up with it. Their only true motivations for not wanting Trump is their fear that they will lose their sweet deal of fleecing America and her citizens.
That is it! Cling to the notion that people reacting badly to being disenfranchised is “fascism” instead of recognizing the fundamental idiocy of that position.
So the idiots have to blame Trump for organizing disturbances against him and blame him for commenting on same.
They just can’t help themselves.
So the idiots have to blame Trump for organizing disturbances against him and blame him for commenting on same.
They just can’t help themselves.
Correct
Trump is being misquoted and pilloried for making the same comment beng made by numerous political pundits
And just what is the citizenry to do when it becomes abundantly clear that the government has become corrupt and totally unresponsive to the people it represents? There comes a time when legal channels and peaceful means have all been rendered ineffective and useless. What is it about some Americans that really believe that this or any nation is too “civilized” to ever need to fight in the literal sense against evil and tyranny? It ain’t so!
It’s kind of embarrassing to see all these conservative pundits whose opeds I used to enjoy jumping off the deep end. But as I think about it I realized something that is so obvious in hindsight. The right wing pundits need the left wing loonies to exist at all. They have no desire to actually DO anything about the left. Their popularity and rice bowls require a never ending state of conflict. So for years they’ve written pieces that make us hopeful that someone “gets it” but in reality they are just buddies of the lefties. Carville and Matalin are the prime example. They probably help each other with with their opeds all the while laughing at the “fools” on both sides. To hell with Chavez and Goldberg and Medved and the rest of this clique of buddies with their phony conflict. All of them live in luxury while my son tries to make ends meet.
You haven’t read that the anti Trump jobs are being organized by moveon.org and other soros funded mobs? That Soros poure d $33 million into the BLM riots in Jefferson Missouru ( where was trump during the riots in Missouri and baltimore? Crickets)
That BLM activitists have had meetings IN the White House? With who and to what ends?
Mass riots are always hosted by the left.
If Trump is denied the nomination because of GOPe shenanigans the voters for Trump will riot by staying home.
I’m a Cruz supporter.
My thoughts on trump have gone through many revisions. At first I thought he was a breath of fresh air. Lively if a little nutty he was saying things in a way that no one else would dare. It was good to hear.
Then the bullying and name calling started and my opinion changed. I didn’t like the fact that he was tearing people down on ‘our’ side to get ahead. Instead of making his own points clear he simply called the others names. I understood it to be an ‘offence is the best defense’ strategy but I thought it unhealthy.
Then his fans starting using the same tactics and I knew I was right that it was unhealthy and I tried to figure out exactly what he was saying to gather such support. What I found was that he often says nothing at all but says it in a very positive way. It is an amazing spectacle to watch people nod in agreement to a completely broken sentence with no meaning.
That’s when I figured out a couple of things:
Trump doesn’t filter much at all
Trump fans import meaning into what he says when he says nothing.
Trump learned a whole lot from Vince McMahon and the WWE
Trump runs on instinct not study. What he knows he knows very well - what he doesn’t know he bluffs and guesses.
Trump has learned how to make people feel good and how to make people angry. Excellent traits for business dealings where most parties will sacrifice a little pride to make money. Not great in politics where one bad optic can ruin someone’s career. His opponents will have real enmity as a reputation is far harder to fix than a slightly lower margin.
I don’t think he’s evil. I admire some of his talents. I just can’t stand what he’s done to several good men on the campaign. I do not think he understands that his actions and his type of rhetoric have consequences beyond the current ‘Deal’. I do not think politics is his element. In order for him beat Hillary he will need to patch roads deeply pock marked and scarred by his campaign and his followers. That isn’t something you can do by being 100% on offence. I do not think he can teach America what America should be because he doesn’t know.
We have an opportunity with Cruz to move the country closer to the right direction. I fear that many are looking at winning the game - even if it costs us the tournament.
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