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Donald Trump, who has received more free uninterrupted airtime by the networks of his rallies, says the cable news outlets are unfair to him. According to the Trumpster, there is media “hatred” of him.
That’s why they give him all that free airtime, don’t you know?
And the newspapers who criticize him are grossly unfair.
And as president he would “change” libel laws so he could sue. And win. Apparently he finds it quite unfair that he has to actually prove something is untrue before he can win.
Check the 1:40 mark. After Trump tells CBS’ “Face The Nation” that no one has been injured at his rallies, the host plays video of a Trump supporter sucker-punching a protester leaving a rally.
Trump says he’s now looking into paying for the supporter’s legal fees.
#MakeAmericaHateAgain
The two Democratic presidential contenders issued statements today in the aftermath of last night’s violence at a cancelled Donald Trump rally in Chicago.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement:
“As is the case virtually every day, Donald Trump is showing the American people that he is a pathological liar. Obviously, while I appreciate that we had supporters at Trump’s rally in Chicago, our campaign did not organize the protests.
“What caused the protests at Trump’s rally is a candidate that has promoted hatred and division against Latinos, Muslims, women, and people with disabilities, and his birther attacks against the legitimacy of President Obama.
“What caused the violence at Trump’s rally is a campaign whose words and actions have encouraged it on the part of his supporters. He recently said of a protester, ‘I want to punch him in the face.’ Another time Trump yearned for the old days when the protester would have been punched and “carried out on a stretcher.’ Then just a few days ago a female reporter apparently was assaulted by his campaign manager.
“When that is what the Trump campaign is doing, we should not be surprised that there is a response.
“What Donald Trump must do now is stop provoking violence and make it clear to his supporters that people who attend his rallies or protest should not be assaulted, should not be punched, should not be kicked. In America people have a right to attend a political rally without fear of physical harm.”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this at an event in St. Louis today:
“The ugly, divisive rhetoric we are hearing from Donald Trump and the encouragement of violence and aggression is wrong, and it’s dangerous.
“If you play with matches, you’re going to start a fire you can’t control. That’s not leadership. That’s political arson.”
Former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson endorsed GOP front-runner Donald Trump in an awkward press event today.
In previewing his endorsement, Dr. Carson initially tried to tell a story of “two Donald Trumps,” before backtracking on what was coming across as an odd notion.
Finally, he got a little more thoughtful. Via Politico:
“Well, first of all, we buried the hatchet,” Carson said, referring to Trump’s accusation of Carson being a pathological liar who showed the same destructive tendencies as a child molester. “That was political stuff. And, you know, that happens in American politics, the politics of personal destruction. All that is not something that I particularly believe in or anything that I get involved in. But I do recognize that it is a part of the process. We move on because it’s not about me, it’s not about Mr. Trump. It’s about America.”
When asked about the arrest of one of his supporters for sucker-punching a protester on his way out of a rally, Donald Trump said, “The audience hit back. That’s what we need a little more of.”
Yep – his answer to the situation is that the protester, who was leaving without inciting any violence, got what he had coming to him.
Another reporter asked, “When you say things like, I want to punch a protester in the face… is it just politics or are you playing a character there?”
“Let me just tell you, we have had some violent people as protesters,” Trump responded. “They are not just people saying, ‘oh!’ These are people that punch, these are people that are violent people.”
Trump has attempted to portray the protesters, not his supporters, as violent. But no reporter covering his campaign says they’ve seen evidence of that. Quite the opposite. We’ve seen protesters raise their voices but not their fists, even as they are shoved and spit on as they exit Trump rallies.
The latest incident happened at Wednesdays’rally in Fayetteville, which was caught on camera from several angles. A white man identified as 78-year-old John McGraw approached a group of protesters and punched one, identified as Rakeem Jones, in the face.
Hope Hicks, the Trump campaign spokeswoman, called the violence unfortunate in an interview with the New York Times and said Trump’s campaign had “no control” over its supporters’ behavior.
The cover of today’s New York Daily News.
Even though the attack by a Trump supporter was caught on video, and the Trumpster has encourage such attacks by saying he would pay the legal fees for anyone who “knocks the block off” any protesters, Trump’s campaign says they “are not involved” in the violent episode.
Read the Daily News story here.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump attempted to quash the idea that any of his business ventures have been failures.
The idea has been trotted out by GOP opponent Sen. Marco Rubio on the campaign trail the last couple of weeks.
At a celebration/press event Tuesday night, the Trumpster showed off many of his “products.” Among them were several “Trump Steaks” – even though the public was under the impression the venture closed up shop years ago.
It turns out the trademark for Trump Steaks lapsed over a year ago.
From NBC:
The trademark the Republican presidential front-runner took on Trump Steaks in August 2006 was canceled eight years later, in December 2014, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The supposed Trump Steaks that the GOP front runner trotted out Tuesday after notching primary victories in Mississippi and Michigan are actually from Bush Brothers Provisions, a longtime West Palm Beach meat purveyor, according to the company. (It’s not connected to Trump’s ousted rival Jeb Bush.)
It is not unusual for meat to be purchased wholesale and rebranded, but that did not appear to be the case with the meat presented Tuesday. In fact, some of the meat on the butcher board was still wrapped in Bush Brothers packaging. None of the meat appeared to be in Trump Steaks packaging.
“We do supply his properties in Palm Beach County with beef,” a company spokesman told NBC News, referring to Trump. “He’s a customer.”
So, basically, Trump is attempting some double-talk here. In a sense, he does sell steaks – in his restaurants of his hotels for diners to enjoy.
BUT – the business named “Trump Steaks” does not sell any product and is out of business.
Do we really want a president who’s ego is so fragile that he has to parse things so minutely so as to not admit a failure?
Update regarding the Donald Trump supporter who sucker-punched a protester at the Trumpster’s North Carolina rally:
The man charged with assault and battery for punching the protester, 78 year old John McGraw, says, “The next time we see him, we might have to kill him.”
“You bet I liked it. Knocking the hell out of that big mouth.
“We don’t know if he’s ISIS. We don’t know who he is, but we know he’s not acting like an American, cussing me. If he wants it laid out, I laid it out.”
“He deserved it. The next time we see him, we might have to kill him. We don’t know who he is. He might be with a terrorist.”
As Right Wing Watch reminds us, The Donald has offered to pay the legal fees for supporters who punch protesters. We’ll see if he’s a man of his word now.
Watch the video below from Inside Edition: