A Brief History of Trump's Violent Remarks
What's missing from the news coverage of 8647.
Here are 40 instances in which the former president incited or praised violence against his fellow citizens.
By Isabel Fattal and Stephanie Bai
The Atlantic, October 31, 2024
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“Maybe he should have been roughed up, because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing.”
-- November 22, 2015, in response to a Fox News host asking about a heckler at Trump’s rally in Alabama the day before
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“I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump—I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad.”
-- March 12, 2019, in an interview with Breitbart News
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
-- May 29, 2020, posted on Twitter during the protests and riots in Minneapolis after George Floyd was murdered
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-violent-rhetoric-timeline/680403/
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