Posted on 03/12/2016 2:26:02 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
One day after well-organized protesters led Donald Trump to cancel a campaign rally before it even started, the Republican presidential front-runner coldly rejected calls on Saturday to temper the tone of his events. He called such protesters a "disgrace" and blamed them for fueling violent confrontations at his rallies.
The intensity of the hostility Trump faces among those opposed to his candidacy was underscored Saturday morning in Ohio. Secret Service agents briefly rushed the stage to form a protective circle around Trump after a man leapt over a barricade and charged toward the billionaire businessman.
The man, later identified by authorities as Thomas Dimassimo of Fairborn, Ohio, was able to physically touch the stage before he was tackled by security officials. He was later charged with disorderly conduct and inducing panic.
Trump's rallies in recent weeks have been marked by frequent clashes between his supporters and protesters, many of whom are young African-Americans and Latinos. Earlier this week, video footage captured a white man punching an African-American protester as police led him out of a North Carolina rally.
On Saturday, Trump's rivals for the Republican nomination harshly criticized Trump for what had been taking place at his events.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Trump had "created a toxic environment" that "has allowed his supporters and those who sometimes seek confrontation to come together in violence." Marco Rubio accused Trump of "dividing both the party and the country so bitterly" that the Florida senator said he may not be able to support Trump if he becomes the GOP nominee.
But Trump on Saturday rejected the suggestion that he or his supporters were to blame, instead laying responsibility at the feet of protesters he panned as "a disgrace."
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Yes I do.
If you try to tell me I can’t I will have one of my henchmen hit you and throw you down.
Oh, wait. That’s not me. I’m much nicer. That’s Trump.
Of all the pictures I have seen of him including the video. He looks like he just woke up from bed.
Yeah, Great Pretender, only when you’re fighting us, not with America’s enemies.
You just take their coats..... ROTFLMAO. Pot meet Kettle.
Yes GO Trump!
“You’re a racist!” “Apologize!” “Tone it down!” and on-and-on
The left, GOP-e, MSM
“Get stuffed.” Trump
Thank you, Donald Trump, for showing us how it’s done.
And in just two words.
You people are really brainwashed and self-destructive.
It becomes more and more obvious that Trump cannot beat Hillary or Bernie or Bozo the Clown.
Why do you want to give us 4 more years of democrat rule just to be loyal to a guy who doesn’t give a dam about you.
He likes the adulation of the crowds at the rallies but he does not like you ... if you are one of the little people.
You will sadly find that out if he’s elected.
I really want a president who says “get stuffed.”
Wow.
He would be great on the playground.
Word to critics: bite me.
LOL.
Silly bastards. Trump might hit 50% in FL and will almost certainly win every other state on Tuesday.
Real men dont knuckle under to leftist thugs.
You are fine to do just that.
Now get back under the gope table with Cruz. No one is impressed with your cuck speech.
Phony? Cruz is the big talking “conservative” who then makes excuses for leftist violence the first chance he gets. Talk about phony!
Cruz is done. People could look past all his lies as being part of the game. But betrayal is fatal.
“Bite me” “Get stuffed”
Words to live by.
Have we really come to this?
He who knows who is in another mans mind is a fool with hubris oozing out of every pore. Forgive him his sins and pray for the poor thing.
LTGM, chapter 5, verse 21.
Don’t back down Mister Trump, don’t ever back down.
“on the playground.
Just exactly how old are you? Nine?
Start calling the lefties “haters”.
I believe you are mistaken.
I am quite impressed with my posts. They make sense.
I admit I don’t insult people personally ... so cute...
and I don’t make eloquent statements like ‘go Trump’
(what does cuck speech mean? ... it sounds nasty. Is it?)
Y0u must be so proud.
You remind me of someone I used to know.
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