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Cruz: Trump Is ‘Encouraging People to Violence’ by Telling Supporters ‘Punch That Guy in the Face’
Breitbart ^ | 03/13/16 | Pam Key

Posted on 03/13/2016 11:52:28 AM PDT by Enlightened1

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” while discussing the recent protests and violence at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rallies, Sen. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Trump was “encouraging people to violence” and pointed to an instance where he said to “punch that guy in the face” as his proof.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: encouraged; rally; trump; violance
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To: Enlightened1

Sniping while hiding under the bed. Could anything be more “establishment”.


121 posted on 03/13/2016 12:41:46 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: longfellowsmuse
A rally is not Trump’s home it is a public venue.

Private property rights extend to the venue paid for and utilized by the party.

122 posted on 03/13/2016 12:43:19 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Yuge 2016)
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To: Chasaway
But by golly, you get to experience anyone else’s freedom right back.

There is no "freedom" to crash and take over a private event using strong-arm tactics. Try that at a wedding, reception or concert and you'd get arrested.

No offense, but your advocating of using strong-arm tactics to shut down people you don't like is troubling and dangerous.

123 posted on 03/13/2016 12:43:24 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: Leto

So, go follow your Pied Piper who plays the flute for the Leftist troublemakers.


124 posted on 03/13/2016 12:43:26 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: neocon1984

Let’s get one thing straight. These same Lefties hounded Ronald Reagan and with your thinking, you would say the he deserved it because of his rhetoric. Right?


125 posted on 03/13/2016 12:45:26 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: dfwgator
They’d be doing the same to Milquetoast Mitt, if he were the front-runner, but Mitt would just stand there smiling like a doofus.

They already did it to GWB. Remember the Bush is Hitler signs, Re-defeat Bush signs, leftists crashing the 2004 RNC convention. Cindy Sheehan sitting on his property demanding to speak to him when he already spoke to her before.

They're just pissed that people are fighting back and supporting a candidate who won't put up with this crap anymore.

126 posted on 03/13/2016 12:45:56 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Yuge 2016)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

And that idiot Bush just sat there and took it, which emboldened them ever more.


127 posted on 03/13/2016 12:46:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Just let security take them out.


128 posted on 03/13/2016 12:48:00 PM PDT by cornelis
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To: longfellowsmuse
A rally is not Trump’s home it is a public venue.

It is a private event that requires a ticket to enter. This isn't a speech on a public street corner - it's a rented out space.

Do you feel that protesters should be able to forcibly enter chapels and disrupt weddings?

129 posted on 03/13/2016 12:48:02 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: 4rcane

I have heard more about this then I ever heard about our President telling people, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.”

This is absolutely disgusting.


130 posted on 03/13/2016 12:48:44 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: dschapin

Trump’s violant rhetoric does not justify what BLM and the Bernie folks did in Chicago but it is definitely part of the poisoning of American politics. I don’t want to see our politics devolve into a street war between Bernie’s communists and Trump’s brownshirts.


“Trump’s Brownshirts”? Disgusting. You should be ashamed of yourself for that comment on a conseravtive website. Just remember that when your candidate is under assault by the Dem mob that Trump supporters WILL NOT have your back.


131 posted on 03/13/2016 12:48:47 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: dschapin

So, follow your Pied Piper while he plays his flute of pacifism to these warriors on the Left. When they get done with Trump, they will want new meat.


132 posted on 03/13/2016 12:48:59 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: JeffAtlanta

I’m not.

Re-read it. Show me where I said that.

You’re falling into the same trap of a lot of Trump supporters. You’re trying to expand what I said into something I didn’t.

BTW...was it a public event or a private event? You brought it up. Were only the invited welcome? Were the people who were supporting Trump but not invited also “crashing”?

Don’t read more into my question than there is. I despise the protesters and what they stand for.

However, I’ll LOUDLY proclaim their right to say what they want.

Look, public events with lots of people INVITE some folks who don’t disagree.

Please tell me you don’t want to withhold their right to say what they like where they like....unless specifically prohibited by law or the constitution.


133 posted on 03/13/2016 12:49:08 PM PDT by Chasaway (Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face!” - President Obama.


134 posted on 03/13/2016 12:49:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dschapin

I call Trump telling people to give the bad guys what they deserve. Political Correctnes is DEAD. Protect yourself and teach the wimps a lesson. The WIMPS who have been destroying men are roasted, toasted and done! Serve em up on a platter or a stretcher. They brought it on themselves. Go Trump. Go AMERICA!


135 posted on 03/13/2016 12:51:43 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: GOPPachyderm

I posted earlier on another thread but will re-iterate here. The left has been getting away with their behavior for decades; what they are being met with is new to them and rightfully so. They have been bullies for decades and now met with resistance are crying all the while a spotlight is being shown on their usual behavior.
I am done cowering to the left and their ways. They don’t like getting socked in the face? To bad, so sad; leave our events alone as well as us. They have pushing their phony agenda on us for far to long; time to fight back and if that means kicking a little leftist ass I am more than behind that. I am freaking tired of being told by the left how I should live all the while they encroach ever more into my freedoms. Get in the fight or sacrifice your liberty. There were more than a few founding fathers who did WAY more than just throw a punch, they liked to visit the harbingers against their freedom in the middle of the night. Those folks didn’t wake up. I want the left in fear because they have put the general citizen in fear for even speaking their minds theses days..Time for a “fundamental change”; one the left and the communists will truly fear and go back into hiding.


136 posted on 03/13/2016 12:52:18 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.”

It's the same thing. It's degrading. A good general picks his battles wisely.

137 posted on 03/13/2016 12:53:15 PM PDT by cornelis
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To: frnewsjunkie

The left.. the GOP.. the media.. they don’t object to Trump because of his talk, his insults, his anything he does. They use that excuse, but that is not the reason they are so against him. They want him GONE because they cannot control him.. he is not in their group.. the group who is President because they gave him the okay to be one.. the group who has their hands around the people out here who are paying their way.. the group who has been in control for years and won’t give it up.

This group is like a monarchy.. like a kingdom... like a mafia kingdom... they rule it with a hard hand... and they know who is theirs and who is not theirs. Trump is one of us.. he is not theirs and they don’t aim to tolerate it. Trump can win this, but the people are being lied to.. being told what the media is feeding them.. As a kid I never could understand how Pravda could do what they did to the people.. I do understand that today, first hand.
The damage was done when they got into our learning institutions and programmed enough people to demand obedience.. and get it.

When I was a kid, not everyone went to college.. not everyone wanted to go to college.. a college degree was not a determiner of who a person was. That happened between then and now.. the 60s were a time when the likes of ayers got a strong hold on the United States and found alinsky’s book... it does work.. and is probably in the end times scenario somewhere. I never was a follower, but there are a lot of them out there.


138 posted on 03/13/2016 12:53:29 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Chasaway

I am interested in your thought process. Could you go step by step and explain how this was not a private event?


139 posted on 03/13/2016 12:53:55 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: norwaypinesavage

I liked the fact that Trump turned to face the aggressor and the attacker is lucky he didn’t lay a hand on Trump. Trump is big and light on his feet. The punk got off easy.


140 posted on 03/13/2016 12:54:08 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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