Secret Service agents rushed on stage to protect US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump during a disturbance at a rally, a day after rowdy protests shut down his event in Chicago the day before. Peterson said. “I make the point that they are demonstrating something they had no knowledge about”. “I do not condone violence in any shape”.
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Breitbart journalist Michelle Fields, meanwhile, accused Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of grabbing her after a campaign event. Later on Saturday there were clashes outside of an event in Kansas City, with police using pepper spray and arresting two demonstrators.
The Democratic presidential candidate urges Donald Trump to communicate clearly to his supporters that violence at rallies is unacceptable on every level. He demurred on multiple Sunday talk shows when reminded of his litany of incendiary statements: he’d “punch” a protester “in the face”, “we need a little bit more of” hitting back and encouraging the crowd to “knock the crap out of” protesters.
The campaign “has turned into a real circus, and now it’s turned into something worse”, Rubio said. The violent scenes in Chicago have prompted horrified responses from politicians, the media and police, with other Republican Presidential candidates like Florida Senator Marco Rubio warning that if the political climate continues to worsen, it’s only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.
Trump was then questioned about his posting of the vide on Twitter by Chuck Todd on MSNBC’s Meet The Press, who reiterated his claim despite the fact that it’s been proven conclusively that both Dimassimo has zero ties to ISIS and the video was doctored by someone. ‘They’re not angry about something I’m saying. “I’m just a messenger”.
“It’s all a little group that wants free lunch”, Trump says.
Still, during Thursday night’s CNN debate, Trump said that he hopes he hasn’t done anything to encourage violence at his events.
“To suggest that our campaign is telling people to disrupt his campaign is a lie”, Sanders said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation”.
Sanders, though, sought to put the blame squarely on Trump.
“When we heard Donald Trump was going to be here, my wife was like you’ve got to go because we’ve been advocating support for Donald Trump for a lot of years”, said Jeff Mayes of Effington, Ill. Inside the auditorium, fighting broke out between supporters and protesters, who waved flags and chanted.
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The Trump protester was charged with assault.
