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applegrove

(118,492 posts)
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 08:19 PM Jun 2016

Clinton: Trump deserves some blame for violence outside events

Clinton: Trump deserves some blame for violence outside events

By Dan Merica, CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/politics/hillary-clinton-jake-tapper-the-lead/index.html

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"He created an environment in which it seemed to be acceptable for someone running for president to be inciting violence, to be encouraging his supporters, now we're seeing people who are against him responding in kind," Clinton said. "It should all stop. It is not acceptable."

Protesters and supporters of Trump clashed in the streets of San Jose after the presumptive GOP nominee held a rally in the city. As the rally let out, scuffles broke out between pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators.

Clinton said that Trump has "lowered the bar" on civility and questioned whether it is now a surprise that "people who don't like him are stepping over that low bar."

"I don't think it is," Clinton said.


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Clinton: Trump deserves some blame for violence outside events (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2016 OP
Deserves all the blame, tbh Tarc Jun 2016 #1
+1 bravenak Jun 2016 #3
You think? Dem2 Jun 2016 #2
And again, Hillary nails it. Raastan Jun 2016 #4

Tarc

(10,472 posts)
1. Deserves all the blame, tbh
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 08:21 PM
Jun 2016

This is a Mussolini-style war he is waging. It should be resisted by various means.

Dem2

(8,166 posts)
2. You think?
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 08:21 PM
Jun 2016

The only thing Trump seems to want to bring to this election (and the country by extension) is violence.

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