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Title: Trump: I’m looking into paying the legal fees for my supporter who sucker-punched that protester
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HotAir
URL Source: http://hotair.com/archives/2016/03/ ... sucker-punched-that-protester/
Published: Mar 13, 2016
Author: Allahpundit
Post Date: 2016-03-13 22:55:34 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 1003
Comments: 17
He’s not condoning violence, no sirree — but if you can’t resist the urge to cold-cock a protester, he might just pick up the tab for your legal defense. Turns out ethanol isn’t the only thing this guy wants to subsidize. The punch-thrower he’s thinking of indemnifying, by the way, said this after the incident: And when asked why he punched the protester, he said: “Number one, 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 added: “Yes, 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 organization.” Can’t blame him for being suspicious: Flipping off people at a political rally is a signature tactic of ISIS. After that story came out, everyone oohed and aahed over the “we might have to kill him” quote but I think what he says about “not acting like an American” is revealing too. Not just because of the moral blind spot — is punching a guy out for protesting “acting like an American”? — but for what it implies about the righteousness of using violence to punish un-American behavior. Trump himself makes a similar point in the clip below at 2:30. I’m not condoning the punch, he insists, but why was that protester antagonizing people who just wanted to make America great again? Surely a man willing to sucker-punch the enemies of American greatness might deserve a few bucks in legal fees, no? John Podhoretz thinks there’s even more to it: — John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 13, 2016 If so, it wouldn’t be the first time Trump has demonstrated that belief lately on a Sunday show. Remember, even Trump fan Rush Limbaugh thought that ducking Jake Tapper’s questions about David Duke a few weeks ago was a case of Trump not wanting to alienate people whose votes he was counting on. What’s interesting about all this strategically is that Trump’s on the cusp of a commanding win on Tuesday night. Even if he loses Ohio to Kasich, winning Florida, Illinois, and Missouri would put him in a strong position to clinch the nomination before the convention. His goal right now should be to disarm his critics by doing his best peace-love-and-unity shtick in preparation for a “presidential” image makeover in time for the general election. In fact, he did do a bit of that in his victory speech after last week’s primaries. Yet here he is, being attacked on all sides for how comfortable he seems with his fans getting rough with critics, and his instinct is to double down. Just this morning, before giving this answer on “Meet the Press,” he tweeted, “Bernie Sanders is lying when he says his disruptors aren’t told to go to my events. Be careful Bernie, or my supporters will go to yours!” He’s doubling down either because he thinks condemning violence against the left would hurt his primary turnout, which would be the most cynical thing ever, or because … this really is who he is, and who he plans to be so long as he has a following. Might work out for him on Tuesday, but I’d bet there’ll be a few more #NeverTrumpers in November after this than there otherwise might have been. Elsewhere in this same interview, when Todd asked him why he was hyping an obviously doctored video that claimed the nut who tried to rush him onstage yesterday was some sort of ISIS sympathizer, Trump said, “All I know is what’s on the Internet.” As a motto for America in 2016, that can’t be improved upon. Poster Comment: So he doesn't condone it but he'll subsidize it. When asked if he liked the rally, [Trump supporter John McGraw] said: “You bet I liked it. Knocking the hell out of that big mouth.” How can one read Trump this morning without believing HE thinks people thrilled by a old white guy sucker-punching a black guy are his base?
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#1. To: TooConservative (#0)
I went to the Trump rally. Everyone was well behaved. There were lots of young people. There were some blacks. Lots of friendly real Americans. Frankly you are behaving like an asshole by denigrating Trump supporters. I notice that you don't really respect private property. When the people disrupt you can't hear what he is saying. He has a right to get upset.
Not only has he a right to be upset but were Conservative Republicans attending a Democratic event to watch Hillary and acted in the same manner as those disrupters, those Democrat Liberals would have not only have those Republicans arrested but sicked the FBI on them padding on false charges.
exactly he will facilitate the actions of his brown shirts
Only leftists deserve trials.
Do you think most Trump supporters are violent racists?
Most is a big word but some
Do you have a guess on the percentage?
No,he does NOT say that. What he is saying is that he MIGHT subsidize it. Which means he is getting the "credit" for doing it without spending the money. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
exactly he will facilitate the actions of his brown shirts No,he is THINKING about paying for it. There is a difference between thought and action. This way he has it both ways. He gets credit for sticking to his work and paying the legal bills of the followers who attack protesters like he suggested,but it doesn't cost him any money because he didn't actually DO that,and this means he can deny doing to the people who object to it. Since it is related to fighting,who knows,he might even use a small part of the millions he has collected for Wounded Warriors to pay the legal fees? One thing we know is he isn't going to use his own money. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Do you think most Trump supporters are violent racists? You might note that the Nazi Brown Shirts weren't racists targeting non-Germans. They were the Nazi Party goons that went after anybody critical of the Party or of Hitler. They were,in effect,his and the Nazi Party police force. Uniforms,pay checks,everything. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
They were,in effect,his and the Nazi Party police force. Uniforms,pay checks,everything. Any dumb ass that compares Trump supporters to that is an uninformed asswipe.
Well,this is the internet. Despite all the historical references in the world being at their fingertips,there is no shortage of dumb asses. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Obviously (some) Trump And when asked why he punched the protester, he said: “Number one, 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 added: “Yes, 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 organization.”This particular brownshirt represents the mindset of the brainwashed cultists who blindly support Herr Trump and who would gladly murder someone for his Royal Trumpness. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much The Trumpsters will never admit it and it is so obvious that it goes without saying for everyone else. I kinda knew that is how this thread would pan out but posted it to let everyone vent. And it was a topic in the pundit shows and in Trump interviews over the weekend.
Which means he is getting the "credit" for doing it without spending the money. More of Trump's usual doubletalk strategery. Of course, we can recall that 0bola pulled this on the Stain in 2008, managing to get to Stain's Left and Right on a number of issues. 0bola managed to do some of it to Romney in 2012 too. So Trump trying to talk out of both sides of his mouth isn't completely unlikely to succeed.
We're Americans you asshole. You're turning out to be a real establishment prick. Wasn't it you that I saw distributing the false story about Trumps campaign manager? Maybe it wasn't but it seeems it was.
No one double talks better then you.
#2. To: A K A Stone (#1)
He has a right to get upset.
#3. To: TooConservative (#0)
So he doesn't condone it but he'll subsidize it.
#4. To: paraclete (#3)
#5. To: paraclete (#3)
exactly he will facilitate the actions of his brown shirts
#6. To: A K A Stone (#5)
#7. To: paraclete (#6)
Most is a big word but some
#8. To: TooConservative (#0)
So he doesn't condone it but he'll subsidize it.
#9. To: paraclete (#3)
So he doesn't condone it but he'll subsidize it.
#10. To: A K A Stone (#5)
exactly he will facilitate the actions of his brown shirts
#11. To: sneakypete (#10)
You might note that the Nazi Brown Shirts weren't racists targeting non-Germans. They were the Nazi Party goons that went after anybody critical of the Party or of Hitler.
#12. To: A K A Stone (#11)
Any dumb ass that compares Trump supporters to that is an uninformed asswipe.
#13. To: A K A Stone, TooConservative (#1)
Frankly you are behaving like an asshole by denigrating Trump supporters.
cultists supporters are assholes and only denigrate themselves. “Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#14. To: Deckard (#13)
Obviously (some) Trump
cultists supporters are assholes and only denigrate themselves.
#15. To: sneakypete (#8)
No,he does NOT say that. What he is saying is that he MIGHT subsidize it.
#16. To: TooConservative (#14)
The Trumpsters will never admit it
#17. To: TooConservative (#15)
More of Trump's usual doubletalk strategery.
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