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In reply to the discussion: So when Trump supporters start showing up at D rallies... [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)"One of Trumps competitors, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) blamed Trump for the violence on Friday.
"Tonight the seeds of division that Donald Trump has been sowing this whole campaign finally bore fruit, and it was ugly," Kasich said in a statement. "Some let their opposition to his views slip beyond protest into violence, but we can never let that happen. I urge people to resist that temptation and rise to a higher level."
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) stopped short of blaming Trump, but said that the Republican frontrunner is learning that "words have real consequences."
"I wouldnt say Mr. Trump is responsible for the events of tonight," Rubio said on Fox News, "but he is most certainly, in other events, has in the past used some pretty rough language, saying in the good old days we used to beat these people up, or Ill pay your legal bills if you rough them up. So I think he bears some responsibility for the general tone."
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) organized an impromptu press conference outside a dinner event in Rolling Meadows, Ill., and took a harsher tone against Trump.
"The responsibility for that lies with protesters, who took violence into their own hands. But in any campaign, responsibility starts at the top," Cruz said. "Any candidate is responsible for the culture of a campaign. And when you have a campaign that disrespects the voters, when you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence, when you have a campaign that is facing allegations of physical violence against members of the press, you create an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discord."
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I don't know what the hell your point is, but go ahead, continue to suggest that Trump is a normal candidate and to decry the actions of those who protested, like the young black guys chanting "16 shots" and who obviously were there TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.