Donald Trump: My Fans Were Right To Beat Up Black Protester

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/22/3724879/donald-trump-black-lives-matter-protester-beating/

After his supporters beat up a Black Lives Matter protester on video, Donald Trump suggested that they may have done the right thing.

The protester, a black man, reportedly started chanting Black Lives Matter at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday. In a video captured by CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond, rally attendees swarm around the man, kicking and punching him as he curls up on the ground.

Trump was asked to weigh in on his supporters’ actions on Fox & Friends Sunday morning. “Maybe he should have been roughed up,” he said. “It was disgusting what he was doing.”

The Republican frontrunner compared what happened at his rally to a Black Lives Matter protest at a Bernie Sanders event, which prompted the Democratic candidate to release a detailed racial justice plan. “This is not the way Bernie Sanders handled his problem, I will tell you, but I have a lot of fans and they were not happy about it. And this was a very obnoxious guy, a troublemaker, looking to make trouble,” Trump said.

He gave a similarly winking response when his supporters have turned violent in the past. Two men in Boston said they ambushed and brutally beat a homeless Latino man because they were “inspired” by Trump, who later explained his supporters “are very passionate” and “love this country.”

Reports of Trump supporters launching violent and racist attacks have become fairly commonplace. Another recent rally took a dark turn when attendees shoved and spat on on immigration advocates. The following week, Trump supporters were filmed dragging and kicking an immigration activist while others yelled “U-S-A! U-S-A!”

After a slew of these highly publicized incidents, Trump’s campaign began corralling media this week and refused to allow reporters into the crowd at rallies.

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/22/3724879/donald-trump-black-lives-matter-protester-beating/

After his supporters beat up a Black Lives Matter protester on video, Donald Trump suggested that they may have done the right thing.

The protester, a black man, reportedly started chanting Black Lives Matter at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday. In a video captured by CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond, rally attendees swarm around the man, kicking and punching him as he curls up on the ground.

Trump was asked to weigh in on his supporters’ actions on Fox & Friends Sunday morning. “Maybe he should have been roughed up,” he said. “It was disgusting what he was doing.”

The Republican frontrunner compared what happened at his rally to a Black Lives Matter protest at a Bernie Sanders event, which prompted the Democratic candidate to release a detailed racial justice plan. “This is not the way Bernie Sanders handled his problem, I will tell you, but I have a lot of fans and they were not happy about it. And this was a very obnoxious guy, a troublemaker, looking to make trouble,” Trump said.

He gave a similarly winking response when his supporters have turned violent in the past. Two men in Boston said they ambushed and brutally beat a homeless Latino man because they were “inspired” by Trump, who later explained his supporters “are very passionate” and “love this country.”

Reports of Trump supporters launching violent and racist attacks have become fairly commonplace. Another recent rally took a dark turn when attendees shoved and spat on on immigration advocates. The following week, Trump supporters were filmed dragging and kicking an immigration activist while others yelled “U-S-A! U-S-A!”

After a slew of these highly publicized incidents, Trump’s campaign began corralling media this week and refused to allow reporters into the crowd at rallies.

so i guess if someone ever lights up a trump rally..trump supporters were asking for it. noted.

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/22/3724879/donald-trump-black-lives-matter-protester-beating/

After his supporters beat up a Black Lives Matter protester on video, Donald Trump suggested that they may have done the right thing.

The protester, a black man, reportedly started chanting Black Lives Matter at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday. In a video captured by CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond, rally attendees swarm around the man, kicking and punching him as he curls up on the ground.

Trump was asked to weigh in on his supporters’ actions on Fox & Friends Sunday morning. “Maybe he should have been roughed up,” he said. “It was disgusting what he was doing.”

The Republican frontrunner compared what happened at his rally to a Black Lives Matter protest at a Bernie Sanders event, which prompted the Democratic candidate to release a detailed racial justice plan. “This is not the way Bernie Sanders handled his problem, I will tell you, but I have a lot of fans and they were not happy about it. And this was a very obnoxious guy, a troublemaker, looking to make trouble,” Trump said.

He gave a similarly winking response when his supporters have turned violent in the past. Two men in Boston said they ambushed and brutally beat a homeless Latino man because they were “inspired” by Trump, who later explained his supporters “are very passionate” and “love this country.”

Reports of Trump supporters launching violent and racist attacks have become fairly commonplace. Another recent rally took a dark turn when attendees shoved and spat on on immigration advocates. The following week, Trump supporters were filmed dragging and kicking an immigration activist while others yelled “U-S-A! U-S-A!”

After a slew of these highly publicized incidents, Trump’s campaign began corralling media this week and refused to allow reporters into the crowd at rallies.

I have 100% sympathy for this poor guy. Trump is a tool.

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I have 100% sympathy for this poor guy. Trump is a tool.

hold on a second now, maybe trump remembers seeing this guy cheering the falling towers on 9/11. i hear he's got a really great view..

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I have 100% sympathy for this poor guy. Trump is a tool.

I know you're more in the center. This wasn't aimed at you. Just wanted to highlight the stark differences. The folks in my other thread trashing BLM for this very same thing are going to hesitate coming here and trashing Trump.

so i guess if someone ever lights up a trump rally..trump supporters were asking for it. noted.

Nope, if BLM shot them up for this, guess who'd be in the wrong?

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so i guess if someone ever lights up a trump rally..trump supporters were asking for it. noted.

bring it.

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bring it.

aw sweetie, it wasn't a threat. i have no desire to light up or even simply attend a trump rally, ever. if i want to surround myself with a bunch of hillbilly lunatics, i'll just go to walmart. we've got three.

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aw sweetie, it wasn't a threat. i have no desire to light up or even simply attend a trump rally, ever. if i want to surround myself with a bunch of hillbilly lunatics, i'll just go to walmart. we've got three.

i'm just telling you what they'd say.

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i'm just telling you what they'd say.

thanks for lookin out.

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Stay classy San Diego.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

The guy was asking for it. Look at all these non-violent Christians

http://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trump-rally-410x220.jpg

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The guy was asking for it. Look at all these non-violent Christians

http://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trump-rally-410x220.jpg

obviously. why else was he there? what makes you think he was a Christian?

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obviously. why else was he there? what makes you think he was a Christian?

um, it was a trump rally and the trump rally took place in the us, and the us is a christian nation. so i've been told.

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obviously. why else was he there? what makes you think he was a Christian?

The christian Trump supporters

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um, it was a trump rally and the trump rally took place in the us, and the us is a christian nation. so i've been told.

thanks Janelle.