Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Mayhem That is Trump's Campaign - "We the People" are responding

...Donald, this is what happens when you stoke the embers of  violence and hate.  It usually spills over as seen at your latest rallies. 
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Trump left visibly shaken by Ohio rally scare as his bodyguards race to surround him on stage minutes after he brushed off last night's Chicago racist violence as 'planned attack' by 'professional wiseguys'




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Trump's speech was disturbed after one crowd member tried to rush the stage and threw an object -it is unclear what

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 The disturbance caused four Secret Service personnel to quickly leap to the stage in his aid

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The Secret Service agents then form a protective shield around Trump after someone tried to jump the barrier

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He added: 'They wan't me to stand up today and tell my people to be nice, my people are nice! 
'They were taunted, they were harassed. A lot of those represented Bernie, our Communist friend. Not too many Hillary - no fervor.'
But those who were expecting the Republican candidate to extend a peace offering, will have been disappointed. 
Trump showed no signs of backing down on his most divisive policy: The building of a wall around the border of Mexico.
He said: 'We have people that are so amazing, loyal to the country and want to see things happen. 
They want great security, strong military, care for our vets... they want a border and they want a wall!'
The jubilant crowd then erupted into cheers and began chanting: 'Build a wall! Build a wall!'
To which Trump replied: 'We will build a wall don't you worry folks.' 



The GOP front-runner is scheduled to campaign Saturday in Ohio — Dayton and Cleveland — before an evening event in Kansas City, Missouri. 
Trump also responded to last night's Chicago rally meltdown earlier today, condemning yesterday's 'thugs' for 'energizing America'. 




His tweet: 'The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!' 
Last night saw unprecedented scenes inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion between an anti-Trump mob and Chicagoans who came to hear the Republican front-runner speak.  
Chicago police say two officers were injured when supporters during the clashed with protesters Friday after he abruptly canceled a campaign rally.
Police say the two officers were taken to a hospital for treatment and released.
While outside, an impatient group of thousands more massed. Temperatures rose.
Around 10, 000 protesters were to said to have RSVP'd to the event.  
Multiple law enforcement sources told DailyMail.com that there was a credible threat against Trump from groups of protesters who planned to storm the stage. 
News of the shutdown in Chicago came hours after a black activist in St.Louis, who gave his name as Anthony Cage, was filmed being escorted into a police van by two St. Louis officers with blood across his face and down the front of his sweater after clashing with Trump supporters.
After the campaign event was officially canceled, raucous protesters spilled out onto the street of Chicago and clashed with law enforcement officers.
Police confirmed at least six arrests. One journalist was reportedly detained as well.



Donald Trump responded with this message the morning after his rally in Chicago got shut down on Twitter
Donald Trump responded with this message the morning after his rally in Chicago got shut down on Twitter
Heated: Unprecedented scenes inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion between an anti-Trump mob and Chicagoans who came to hear the Republican front-runner speak
Heated: Unprecedented scenes inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion between an anti-Trump mob and Chicagoans who came to hear the Republican front-runner speak


Multiple law enforcement sources told DailyMail.com there was a credible threat against Trump from groups of protesters who planned to storm the stage
Multiple law enforcement sources told DailyMail.com there was a credible threat against Trump from groups of protesters who planned to storm the stage






Blows: Police confirmed at least six arrests and one journalist was reportedly detained as well
Blows: Police confirmed at least six arrests and one journalist was reportedly detained as well

On the street: Trump supporters and protesters clash outside the UIC Pavilion after the cancelled rally for the Republican presidential candidate in Chicago
On the street: Trump supporters and protesters clash outside the UIC Pavilion after the cancelled rally for the Republican presidential candidate in Chicago

RESPONSE TO TRUMP'S RALLY BEING SHUT DOWN

Ted Cruz: Ted Cruz is responding to Donald Trump's cancellation of his Chicago rally, saying the billionaire has created 'an environment that encourages this sort of nasty discourse.' The Texas senator is calling it a 'sad day.'
He says, 'Political discourse should occur in this country without the threat of violence, without anger and rage and hatred directed at each other.'
Cruz says blame for the events in downtown Chicago rests with the protesters but 'in any campaign responsibility starts at the top.'
Cruz says, 'When the candidate urges supporters to engage in physical violence, to punch people in the face, the predictable consequence of that is that is escalates. Today is unlikely to be the last such incidence.'
Marco Rubio: Senator Marco Rubio said Friday night that this is a 'very disturbing moment in our political discourse' and pointed to 'real significant anger and frustration at the direction of the country.'
'America is better than this,' Rubio said on a call to Fox News. 'We don't have to tear each other apart.'




Rubio said Trump is not entirely to blame for tonight's events but the Republican front-runner 'does bear responsibility for other things that have happened at his events,' he said before pointing to an example in which Trump said he wished he could punch a protester in the face.
Rubio also blamed President Obama for the current divide in America. He said: 'President Obama has spent the last eight years dividing Americans along haves and have-nots, along ethnic lines, racial lines in order to win elections.'
'I think this has gone to the next level here and I think we're seeing the consequences in it,' Rubio added.
Rubio called some of Trump's dissenters 'professional protesters' he claims were paid to be there and said that leftists have a mentality that,'  if you don't like what someone's saying, you can just shut them down.'
John Kasich: 'Tonight the seeds of division that Donald Trump has been sowing this whole campaign finally bore fruit, and it was ugly. Some let their opposition to his views slip beyond protest into violence but we can never let that happen,' reads a statement from the Ohio Governor.
'I urge people to resist that temptation and rise to a higher level. Now is the time for Americans to come together and stand firm for what we know is true: We are reat because we are a peacefule people who live by the rule of Law,' it continues.
We are stronger together, we will reject those who try to divide us for personal gain and we will do it the right way- at the ballot box,' it concludes. 
Hillary Clinton: 'The divisive rhetoric we are seeing should be of grave concern to us all. We all have our differences, and we know many people across the country feel angry. We need to address that anger together. All of us, no matter what party we belong to or what views we hold, should say loudly and clearly that violence has no place in our politics, we should use our words and deeds to bring Americans together. Last year in Charleston, South Carolina an evil man walked into a church and murdered 9 people. The families of those victims came together and melted hearts in the statehouse and the confederate flag came down. That should be the model we for to overcome painful divisions in our country.' 
Police:  A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department says the agency never recommended that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cancel his campaign rally in the city.
CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told The Associated Press that the department never told the Trump campaign there was a security threat at the University of Illinois at Chicago venue. He said the department had sufficient manpower on the scene to handle any situation.
Guglielmi says the university's police department also did not recommend that Trump call off the event. He says the decision was made 'independently' by the campaign.


Trump cancelled the rally in Chicago due to what organizers said were safety concerns after protesters packed into the arena where it was to take place.
Trump afterward told MSNBC in a telephone interview that he canceled the event because he didn't 'want to see people hurt or worse.' He said he thinks he 'did the right thing.'
Guglielmi says Trump never arrived at the Chicago venue.Reports swirled that rioters were smashing cars parked in the venue's main garage. One outburst caught on a police scanner suggested a protester in the resulting scrum brandished a firearm.

Chicago police confirmed that two officers were injured, including one who suffered a deep gash when he was struck by a flying bottle.
'It is unfortunate that parties on both sides allowed their political views to become confrontational,' Police Interim Superintendent John Escalante said Friday night.
Trump appeared on MSNBC, lamenting how he was squelched, while live video of the chaos played.
'We have a country that's so divided that even you don't understand it,' he told anchor Chris Matthews. 'I've never seen anything like it, and this has been going on for years.' 
'There's a lot of anger in the country, and it's very sad to see actually,' he said.
'We had literally over 25,000 people who wanted to come today. It's incredible,' Trump explained, saying that he had made the decision to cancel his appearance.
Busy night: Police break up skirmishes between demonstrators and supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that broke out after it was announced a rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago would be postponed
Busy night: Police break up skirmishes between demonstrators and supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that broke out after it was announced a rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago would be postponed

 Trump protesters and supporters clashed outside of the Chicago rally after it was cancelled due to the teeming number of protesters at the event 
 Trump protesters and supporters clashed outside of the Chicago rally after it was cancelled due to the teeming number of protesters at the event 


'Nobody was hurt and hopefully we can keep that going. That's why I did this today: we don't want anyone to get hurt, or worse.'
Asked what he would tell the protesters who seem to hate him so much, Trump said America needed an influx of jobs – especially for African-Americans whose unemployment rate is as high as 59 per cent.
'You have to bring back jobs! I'd be angry too,' he said. 'We have to bring jobs back. These kids are not getting jobs.'


Chris Matthews asked Trump why he mocked a protester earlier, telling him to go get a job. Trump said:
'He was a very nasty guy, he was very very loud, very boisterous and he was swinging his fists. He just looked to me like somebody that frankly… Maybe he did have a job maybe he did not. But there's nothing wrong with saying go get a job, but the fact is it's not easy to get jobs.'
'He was mad long before I said that. He was jumping up and down, he could have been dangerous.'
'Some of these protesters are very dangerous people.'
The real estate tycoon predicted that fallout from Friday's clashes wouldn't hurt his White House bid.
'You can't even have a rally in this country anymore without violence,' Trump lamented. 'I think a lot of people think that it was wrong that we were stopped.'
'We can't have a rally in a major city in this country!' he complained. 'What happened to the right to free speech?'
Cheering: A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tries to pump up the crowd before a rally on the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago on Friday 
Cheering: A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tries to pump up the crowd before a rally on the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago on Friday 


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