Utter chaos occuring at cancelled Trump rally in Chicago right now

[rob in cal]

   Don't know if its been mentioned on the thread, but I'm guessing that the visual of the Mexican flag being waived among the protestors was not helpful to their cause.

[RightBehind]

Bernie supporters, how would you feel if thousands of Trump supporters showed up at a Bernie rally and were screaming and behaving like hooligans and threatening you and holding threatening signs and some were even getting violent?  How do you think the media would react and what would people be demanding from Trump?

Bernie was not responsible for this. His words didn't cause this friction. Trump's did. I condemn physical violence, unlike Trump when it comes to his protestors. Are you already forgetting about John Mcgraw? I was at Bernie's rally tonight. It was loving. It was peaceful. It was unifying. No hatred from Bernie at all tonight.

They have the right to protest the rally. Those Black Lives Matter women crashed his last Summer and while I don't like they did, protesting was something that they were entitled to do.

You do realize that I was with the Lt. Governor of Florida last night and we were literally encircled by angry Bernie supporters on a bus? You do realize that Bernie supporters are extremely hostile on the internet and in person, no? Quit blaming the victims-blame the bums.

Do you speak out so passionately against protestors victimized at Trump rallies? If something happened to you by supporters of my candidate, I am sorry, but there's a reason this happened last night and it's all been built up for months.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Bernie supporters, how would you feel if thousands of Trump supporters showed up at a Bernie rally and were screaming and behaving like hooligans and threatening you and holding threatening signs and some were even getting violent?  How do you think the media would react and what would people be demanding from Trump?

Bernie was not responsible for this. His words didn't cause this friction. Trump's did. I condemn physical violence, unlike Trump when it comes to his protestors. Are you already forgetting about John Mcgraw? I was at Bernie's rally tonight. It was loving. It was peaceful. It was unifying. No hatred from Bernie at all tonight.

They have the right to protest the rally. Those Black Lives Matter women crashed his last Summer and while I don't like they did, protesting was something that they were entitled to do.

So Trump is responsible for violence by his people, but Bernie isn't responsible for violence by his people?  Even though Trump people violence is skirmishes with obnoxious lone wolf protesters who sneak into events, while Bernie people violence is thousands of people shutting down an area of Chicago, screaming, threatening, and starting dozens of fights?

Don't be so naïve.  We all know these protests didn't happen spontaneously, they were organized by leftist groups (saw some evidence of this earlier via tweets, can't find the link again) and we all know the Sanders campaign coordinates with these leftist groups to stir people up and aid his campaign.  There's a reason we didn't hear about a bunch of Hillary supporters at the rally.

Oh I know the protests were organized. I signed the petition to stop Trump from speaking last night, but I don't think Sanders knew about it. If Sanders wasn't at the rally I went to, I'd have protested myself. I can assure you I would've refrained from resorting to any physical violence, but I've had enough with that bully's antics.

You guys are the bullies. 200 of you guys at UM attacked the Lt. Governor and his bus during the GOP debate. I know because I was on it.

By the way, Sanders is now a target. Don't expect to be any safer at his rally than the Trump supporters were in Chicago. You want a war? They'll give you one.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

   Don't know if its been mentioned on the thread, but I'm guessing that the visual of the Mexican flag being waived among the protestors was not helpful to their cause.

Nothing wrong with a Mexican flag. The Soviet apologists waving their flag around was deeply disturbing however.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Bernie supporters, how would you feel if thousands of Trump supporters showed up at a Bernie rally and were screaming and behaving like hooligans and threatening you and holding threatening signs and some were even getting violent?  How do you think the media would react and what would people be demanding from Trump?

Bernie was not responsible for this. His words didn't cause this friction. Trump's did. I condemn physical violence, unlike Trump when it comes to his protestors. Are you already forgetting about John Mcgraw? I was at Bernie's rally tonight. It was loving. It was peaceful. It was unifying. No hatred from Bernie at all tonight.

They have the right to protest the rally. Those Black Lives Matter women crashed his last Summer and while I don't like they did, protesting was something that they were entitled to do.

You do realize that I was with the Lt. Governor of Florida last night and we were literally encircled by angry Bernie supporters on a bus? You do realize that Bernie supporters are extremely hostile on the internet and in person, no? Quit blaming the victims-blame the bums.

Do you speak out so passionately against protestors victimized at Trump rallies? If something happened to you by supporters of my candidate, I am sorry, but there's a reason this happened last night and it's all been built up for months.

If I walked into a Bernie rally, I'd be assaulted. Yes, I would. Just putting it out there that most Sanders supporters are wealthy white kids who get into fights at the Frat house all the time.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Trump has been trying to bring more violence to politics for months, now he's finally succeeded. Doubtless he will continue to escalate until he's stopped.

How?

"The audience hit back. That's what we need a little bit more of."

“They used to treat them very, very rough, and when they protested once, they would not do it again so easily,” he said, before lamenting "we've become weak."

"Try not to hurt him. If you do, I'll defend you in court, don't worry about it."

"Knock the crap out of them."

"Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing."

"I don’t know if I’ll do the fighting myself or if other people will."

All from here: http://mashable.com/2016/03/12/trump-rally-incite-violence/

There are doubtless more elsewhere, but I think that's enough.

[DavidB.]

Trump has been trying to bring more violence to politics for months, now he's finally succeeded. Doubtless he will continue to escalate until he's stopped.

How?

"The audience hit back. That's what we need a little bit more of."

“They used to treat them very, very rough, and when they protested once, they would not do it again so easily,” he said, before lamenting "we've become weak."

"Try not to hurt him. If you do, I'll defend you in court, don't worry about it."

"Knock the crap out of them."

"Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing."

"I don’t know if I’ll do the fighting myself or if other people will."

All from here: http://mashable.com/2016/03/12/trump-rally-incite-violence/

There are doubtless more elsewhere, but I think that's enough.

Fair enough.

[ag]

Honestly, I'm disappointed they didn't burn Chicago down. It'd have helped our cause immensely and exposed them for what they are. Oh well.

I am sure, whenever your own house burns we all will have a nice party around the ruins.

You mean when the Haitians up the street from me go apesh*t and destroy Boynton? Ok. Their lives would get a lot worse than it is if they came into my neighborhood. We'd just rebuild and become symbols of this post-America America we live in.

There will not be an America to rebuild, as long as you are a part of it.

I love how a Ukrainian expat living in Mexico (or vice versa or whatever) is quite literally blaming an American for the fact that America is no longer America anymore.

You are burning America - the country I have always admired and where I spent the best decade of my life. You are setting fire to your own home: the fire that will consume all of us. Your hatred of everything that has made America great is going to devour us all.

BTW, never spent more than a month in a row in Ukraine. Last time was over 25 years back, on a weeklong trip. Ukraine is a great country that is fighting for the rest of the world right now, but, sadly, I have little to do with it.

[Mehmentum]

Trump has been trying to bring more violence to politics for months, now he's finally succeeded. Doubtless he will continue to escalate until he's stopped.

How?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/donald-trump-nevada-rally-punch/

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-rally-videos-show-protester-punched/story?id=37551524

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http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/10/media/donald-trump-rallies-violence/index.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/inside-trumps-inner-circle-his-staffers-are-willing-to-fight-for-him-literally/2016/03/10/4b2b18e8-e660-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html

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[DavidB.]

Trump has been trying to bring more violence to politics for months, now he's finally succeeded. Doubtless he will continue to escalate until he's stopped.

How?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/donald-trump-nevada-rally-punch/

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-rally-videos-show-protester-punched/story?id=37551524

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http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/10/media/donald-trump-rallies-violence/index.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/inside-trumps-inner-circle-his-staffers-are-willing-to-fight-for-him-literally/2016/03/10/4b2b18e8-e660-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html

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Yes, fair point.

[This account no longer in use.]

Not going to lie, I was considering going to a Trump rally just for the hell of it before this. Now I'm not. Although Rhode Island and Connecticut aren't known for protests, I'm not taking any chances.

[RightBehind]

Bernie supporters, how would you feel if thousands of Trump supporters showed up at a Bernie rally and were screaming and behaving like hooligans and threatening you and holding threatening signs and some were even getting violent?  How do you think the media would react and what would people be demanding from Trump?

Bernie was not responsible for this. His words didn't cause this friction. Trump's did. I condemn physical violence, unlike Trump when it comes to his protestors. Are you already forgetting about John Mcgraw? I was at Bernie's rally tonight. It was loving. It was peaceful. It was unifying. No hatred from Bernie at all tonight.

They have the right to protest the rally. Those Black Lives Matter women crashed his last Summer and while I don't like they did, protesting was something that they were entitled to do.

So Trump is responsible for violence by his people, but Bernie isn't responsible for violence by his people?  Even though Trump people violence is skirmishes with obnoxious lone wolf protesters who sneak into events, while Bernie people violence is thousands of people shutting down an area of Chicago, screaming, threatening, and starting dozens of fights?

Don't be so naïve.  We all know these protests didn't happen spontaneously, they were organized by leftist groups (saw some evidence of this earlier via tweets, can't find the link again) and we all know the Sanders campaign coordinates with these leftist groups to stir people up and aid his campaign.  There's a reason we didn't hear about a bunch of Hillary supporters at the rally.

Oh I know the protests were organized. I signed the petition to stop Trump from speaking last night, but I don't think Sanders knew about it. If Sanders wasn't at the rally I went to, I'd have protested myself. I can assure you I would've refrained from resorting to any physical violence, but I've had enough with that bully's antics.

You guys are the bullies. 200 of you guys at UM attacked the Lt. Governor and his bus during the GOP debate. I know because I was on it.

By the way, Sanders is now a target. Don't expect to be any safer at his rally than the Trump supporters were in Chicago. You want a war? They'll give you one.

*I* was at the Sanders rally last night. Not downtown.


Don't act like Trump is infallible and is so perfect. His words have fired people up on both sides.

[RightBehind]

Bernie supporters, how would you feel if thousands of Trump supporters showed up at a Bernie rally and were screaming and behaving like hooligans and threatening you and holding threatening signs and some were even getting violent?  How do you think the media would react and what would people be demanding from Trump?

Bernie was not responsible for this. His words didn't cause this friction. Trump's did. I condemn physical violence, unlike Trump when it comes to his protestors. Are you already forgetting about John Mcgraw? I was at Bernie's rally tonight. It was loving. It was peaceful. It was unifying. No hatred from Bernie at all tonight.

They have the right to protest the rally. Those Black Lives Matter women crashed his last Summer and while I don't like they did, protesting was something that they were entitled to do.

You do realize that I was with the Lt. Governor of Florida last night and we were literally encircled by angry Bernie supporters on a bus? You do realize that Bernie supporters are extremely hostile on the internet and in person, no? Quit blaming the victims-blame the bums.

Do you speak out so passionately against protestors victimized at Trump rallies? If something happened to you by supporters of my candidate, I am sorry, but there's a reason this happened last night and it's all been built up for months.

If I walked into a Bernie rally, I'd be assaulted. Yes, I would. Just putting it out there that most Sanders supporters are wealthy white kids who get into fights at the Frat house all the time.

I cannot say what they would or wouldn't do. I've been to two rallies he spoke out. Neither had any disruptions. If violence happened at a Bernie rally, of course I'd be appalled. The difference is we're talking about a hypothetical against something that really transpired.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

BLM Sanders supporters block ambulance carrying injured police officer.

Stay classy, my friends.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

If Trump is nominated, Cleveland 16 will be the Republican Chicago 68.

I was thinking the same thing.

It will be quite the thing if the RNC is physically intimidated into nominating Donald Trump by the presence of an armed and angry mob outside.

Sadly, whatever the Republican Party has become has shown that it's willing enough to nominate and support Trump even in the absence of duress or coercion.

That is true, sad as it is.

I know we've been joking about a Trump paramilitary force... but is this actually the point where we start seeing once come into being in response? Things are really getting too scary. It's how things got so bloody in Thailand-- protest movements hired armed "protection" and next thing you know dozens were dead. And this is assuming the New Black Panthers don't show up... I can imagine it now: Trump Open Carry League.

Fwiw I wasn't joking. I sincerely think we will Trump's movement as a catalyst for armed far rightists. I hope I don't sound like I'm doompauling.

[DavidB.]

The more I get to know about US politics, the less I understand it.

[RightBehind]

Love trumps hate.

[Lief 🗽]

Love trumps hate.

Glad to have your support on Team Hillary now!

[RightBehind]

Love trumps hate.

Glad to have your support on Team Hillary now!

Bernie = Love

Trump = Hate

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

Bernie/Trump= Hate

Hillary= Love

*trollface*

[Higgs]

BLM Sanders supporters block ambulance carrying injured police officer.

Stay classy, my friends.

BLM is a terrorist organization.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Btw that supposed Sanders plant doing the Nazi salute was in fact a real Trump supporter.

[Green Line]

American politics are becoming more and more like a 3rd world country.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

American politics are becoming more and more like a 3rd world country.

Pretty much. I guess that's what happens when you have a leading candidate for president suggest that everyone of a certain religion get registered and banned from entering the country. I suppose they should also wear some kind of symbol on their chest for easy identification. Makes sense.



And people have the audacity to side against the protesters.

[Green Line]

American politics are becoming more and more like a 3rd world country.

Pretty much. I guess that's what happens when you have a leading candidate for president suggest that everyone of a certain religion get registered and banned from entering the country. I suppose they should also wear some kind of symbol on their chest for easy identification. Makes sense.



And people have the audacity to side against the protesters.

Yeah, people have the audacity to side with police officers who are being beaten by anarchist Black Lives Matter terrorists. Sad!