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At Trump's presidential rallies, a combustible mix of glee, fear
Reuters ^ | November 25, 2015 | Luciana Lopez and Jonathan Allen

Posted on 11/26/2015 8:55:51 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

"We're not gonna take it anymore," a crowd of thousands sang as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump entered a South Carolina convention center on Tuesday night as a 1980s heavy metal song by the band Twisted Sister blared from speakers.

The billionaire real-estate developer's packed rallies have been among the liveliest events in the long build-up to the November 2016 U.S. presidential election.

But they are increasingly becoming known for their undercurrent of aggression, which escalated into a physical altercation over the weekend when white Trump supporters attacked a black protester at his rally, to the candidate's approval.

Out in the crowds, the mix of emotions is heady, setting a Trump rally apart from those of virtually all the other Republican and Democratic White House hopefuls. The rallies combine a gleeful rejection of establishment politics, a fear that the country is about to be transformed into something un-American, and a simmering aggression toward those who dissent from Trump's world view....

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: elections; trump; trumpwasright
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1 posted on 11/26/2015 8:55:52 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Note: Sheet this bad required two liberal authors

Trump +1


2 posted on 11/26/2015 8:59:01 AM PST by Eddie01
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Maybe the person who wrote this can go @#$@#$ himself.

We’re CRAZY. us white folks. And not just dem dere southerners.

I’m a new yawker and I would do the same thing.

Because I’m a CRAZY Italian conservative white man. And everyone knows what that means.

Get the @#$@#4 out of here. Blacks act like animals here and if the reporter wants to see aggression, he can drive around with a livery driver in Stapleton out here.

they live like animals and that’s an insult to animals.

They will pummel you for five dollars and leave you for dead if you are not careful. I’ve seen it when I drove.

Go report on that instead of this one incident you @#$@#$ing moron.


3 posted on 11/26/2015 9:00:06 AM PST by dp0622 (..)
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“when white Trump supporters attacked a black protester at his rally, to the candidate’s approval.”

A narrative that has gone nowhere.

Maybe if BLM wasn’t already universally hated then the press could have spun this sob story.


4 posted on 11/26/2015 9:00:41 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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a fear that the country is about to be transformed into something un-American

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It’s happening in front of our eyes.


5 posted on 11/26/2015 9:03:06 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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But they are increasingly becoming known for their undercurrent of aggression, which escalated into a physical altercation over the weekend when white Trump supporters attacked a black protester at his rally, to the candidate's approval.

Gosh, I looked and looked in that link for a video of this, but couldn't find it! I was sure they'd have evidence of such an awful, awful thing occurring...

6 posted on 11/26/2015 9:04:08 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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Gosh, I gave this piece of junk site a “hit” and read the article, too. There are no words to describe it.

Glee and fear, unlike a “black lives matter” rally.


7 posted on 11/26/2015 9:06:31 AM PST by oldplayer
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The only video of the “incident” I’ve seen shows the guy deliberately throwing himself to the floor to make it much harder to hustle him out of the building. I didn’t see anyone attack him, and I seriously doubt if anyone did.


8 posted on 11/26/2015 9:09:47 AM PST by euram
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a fear that the country is about to be transformed into something un-American
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How many of you have felt like a stranger in a strange land in your own country?


9 posted on 11/26/2015 9:10:14 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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LIES LIES LIES!!!!!!
Is the press so mentally impaired to not tell the truth!


10 posted on 11/26/2015 9:10:17 AM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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undercurrent of aggression????"""""""......

they ain't seen nothing yet. Just a start. What part of We're mad as Hell and we ain't gonna take it anymore do they not understand? Get out of our playhouse and stay out.

Wonder what they would do to us if we invaded their playhouse, can't imagine, duh.

Choices have consequences........

11 posted on 11/26/2015 9:12:13 AM PST by annieokie
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But they are increasingly becoming known for their undercurrent of aggression

What is the author saying? White Lives Matter, too?

12 posted on 11/26/2015 9:12:19 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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The prime audience for this bilge is the low-information voter, particularly the Republican kind. Unfortunately there are way too many of them.


13 posted on 11/26/2015 9:13:08 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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Is the press so mentally impaired to not tell the truth!

Actually it's the exact opposite.

They are very mentally 'aware' that if they don't lie, they won't have a job, or career.

14 posted on 11/26/2015 9:15:10 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Her blog page is a Hillary campaign site.

http://blogs.reuters.com/luciana-lopez/


15 posted on 11/26/2015 9:15:38 AM PST by samtheman (I will build a great, great wall on our southern border... - DT)
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to the left...

Obama rally = second coming of Christ

Trump rally = Nazi rally at Nuremburg


16 posted on 11/26/2015 9:16:23 AM PST by SpaceBar
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But they are increasingly becoming known for their undercurrent of aggression, which escalated into a physical altercation over the weekend when white Trump supporters attacked a black protester at his rally, to the candidate's approval.

From what I have read here on FR, this statement is an abject lie.

17 posted on 11/26/2015 9:18:06 AM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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18 posted on 11/26/2015 9:21:02 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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Boy, you’re not kidding!


19 posted on 11/26/2015 9:21:11 AM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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Trump supporters punched and kicked a black civil-rights activist who shouted "Black lives matter!" as Trump called from the stage for the activist to be thrown out.

The beating is provably untrue.

HOWEVER, just as they promoted the idea that Reagan was dangerously too crazy to have his finger on the Red Button, I think it's alright to promote the idea that it's a bit dangerous to try and raise hell at a Trump rally.

Notice that since that nutcase Hispanic reporter got thrown out from a press briefing no other reporter has gone postal at a Trump press conference?

Unpredictable things await those who decide to behave like animals at a Trump rally.

Thank God America is awakening, the signs can most easily be seen at Trump rallies.

20 posted on 11/26/2015 9:30:30 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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