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malaise

(267,797 posts)
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 06:03 AM Nov 2016

It was staged by the crowd - man with ReTHUGs against Groper Don the Con sign

(Republicans against Trump) attacked, beaten and accused of having a gun -that led to the Secret Service taking the Con off stage.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/06/trump-protester-i-was-beaten-for-holding-a-republicans-against-trump-sign
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The man whose protest saw Donald Trump rushed off the stage by Secret Service agents has said the Republican nominee’s supporters turned on him when he held up a sign reading: “Republicans against Trump”.

The man, who identified himself as Austyn Crites from Reno, told the Guardian he was holding the sign at a rally when Trump supporters wrestled him to the ground.
Donald Trump is rushed off stage by Secret Service agents at rally in Nevada
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The 33-year-old – who says he has been a registered Republican for about six years – said he was kicked, punched and choked, and feared for his life when the crowd turned on him at the gathering in Reno, Nevada.

Crites cited Trump’s treatment of Mexicans, Muslims and women as the reason he decided to protest again Trump, who he described as “a textbook version of a dictator and a fascist”.

Moments later, Trump reappeared on stage and said: “Nobody said it was going to be easy but we will never be stopped. We will never be stopped.”

The US Secret Service later said in a statement that no weapon was found on the subject detained at the rally, who had been released.

The Guardian found a bruised and shocked-looking Crites outside the auditorium. He said he was shaken and had pain in the back, but was otherwise uninjured.

Crites said when he was on the ground he heard someone yell “something about a gun” and he kept telling those on top of him that he had merely been holding a sign.

He was unaware, until the Guardian told him, that Trump had been ushered from the stage amid the mayhem.
Lots more at link including scary remarks from the Con

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It was staged by the crowd - man with ReTHUGs against Groper Don the Con sign (Original Post) malaise Nov 2016 OP
The forkking people there knew he had no gun... Unless, everyone has a gun... Then Trump or Foggyhill Nov 2016 #1
The son is taking hits from the media now for the lies malaise Nov 2016 #6
Lousy job Scarsdale Nov 2016 #2
yeah, seems like someone in the secret service drew the short straw... Foggyhill Nov 2016 #3
CNN will cover this after commercials n/t malaise Nov 2016 #4
The mandarin orange media manipulator makes his magic again! FailureToCommunicate Nov 2016 #19
Don the Con's son tweeted that it was an assassination attempt malaise Nov 2016 #5
Conald incited this violence. Said "Take him out". mobeau69 Nov 2016 #7
Wow, truly this is fascism Foggyhill Nov 2016 #8
Yep. .99center nailed it. This is the story. mobeau69 Nov 2016 #9
He alluded to that malaise Nov 2016 #15
They will never catch the perps, buy yelling "gun" at a rally chelsea0011 Nov 2016 #10
"something about a gun" - Anyone see the irony here? BumRushDaShow Nov 2016 #11
Paranoid is right! What a horrible unfit bunch to have any sort of power Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #12
Staged...the news cycle was reporting on Donald's affair and Mrs.Trump illegal status HipChick Nov 2016 #13
Best part was the lying son tweeting about malaise Nov 2016 #14
They are posting photos of Trump about how cool he was while under assassination attempt. kentuck Nov 2016 #16
Joy Reid will sort this out malaise Nov 2016 #17
Death by a 1000 paper cuts? HipChick Nov 2016 #18
Rev Al is on it malaise Nov 2016 #21
AJ Delgado is an idiot napkinz Nov 2016 #22
But there was no gun malaise Nov 2016 #24
Donald Trump Jr. and top aide retweet baseless allegation of assassination attempt napkinz Nov 2016 #23
Staged malaise Nov 2016 #25
I know. napkinz Nov 2016 #26
ROFL malaise Nov 2016 #27
Exactly. dalton99 Nov 2016 #28

Foggyhill

(1,060 posts)
1. The forkking people there knew he had no gun... Unless, everyone has a gun... Then Trump or
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 06:41 AM
Nov 2016

anyone at rallies in general are not safe.

He was already down when the crowd said that!

There is a sickness in Trump's crowd.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
2. Lousy job
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 06:44 AM
Nov 2016

Imagine being assigned to protect the big orange blob? These agents must have done something outrageous to be assigned to the tRump campaign. His followers seem to be low class, low lifes.

FailureToCommunicate

(13,989 posts)
19. The mandarin orange media manipulator makes his magic again!
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 09:02 AM
Nov 2016

And CNN and the rest will "cover" this "event" till Tuesday.

malaise

(267,797 posts)
5. Don the Con's son tweeted that it was an assassination attempt
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 07:06 AM
Nov 2016

and so did the fool who introduced the Con in Reno.

The son deleted the tweet - ah well.

mobeau69

(11,074 posts)
9. Yep. .99center nailed it. This is the story.
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 07:39 AM
Nov 2016

Can't believe the MSN hasn't picked up on this yet. All they need to do is rewatch the video.

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
10. They will never catch the perps, buy yelling "gun" at a rally
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 07:41 AM
Nov 2016

is no different than yelling "fire" in a movie theater.

BumRushDaShow

(127,271 posts)
11. "something about a gun" - Anyone see the irony here?
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 07:42 AM
Nov 2016

This goes to the heart of the gun-humping, "no-one-better-take-my-gun-away", 2nd Amendment-trumps-all political party?

Just the utterance of "Gun!" sends them scurrying like rats. They really are a paranoid hypocritical bunch.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
13. Staged...the news cycle was reporting on Donald's affair and Mrs.Trump illegal status
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 08:27 AM
Nov 2016

so he needed to change the news cycle.....
and the media fell for it!

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
16. They are posting photos of Trump about how cool he was while under assassination attempt.
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 08:44 AM
Nov 2016

Make up shit.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
22. AJ Delgado is an idiot
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 09:35 AM
Nov 2016

She has no problem with people still claiming it was an assassination attempt.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
23. Donald Trump Jr. and top aide retweet baseless allegation of assassination attempt
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 09:38 AM
Nov 2016

Trump was quickly rushed off-stage by Secret Service at a campaign rally in Reno, Nev., on Saturday night as a scuffle erupted in the crowd directly in front of the stage and a man was led away. It wasn’t immediately clear exactly what had happened.

But amid the chaos, some people seemed sure. Within minutes, at least two top Trump campaign voices — Donald Trump Jr., and top social media aide Dan Scavino — passed along unsubstantiated claims that the GOP nominee had just survived an “assassination attempt.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/05/donald-trump-jr-and-top-aide-retweet-baseless-allegation-of-assassination-attempt/

They haven't removed the tweet.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
26. I know.
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 09:43 AM
Nov 2016

And last night on CNN, the commentators were praising Trump for his composure.

One said it showed he has "the temperament to be president."

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