Friday on the “Rush Limbaugh Show”, while discussing the anti-Trump mob attacking presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s supporters while they were trying to leave a campaign rally in San Jose, CA, last night, the conservative talk show host said, “Breitbart News was there”.
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The San Jose Police Department said in a statement Friday that officers initially didn’t want to ratchet up the violence by responding aggressively and with physical force.
Trump called those who attacked his supporters Thursday night a “bunch of thugs”. A group of protesters attacked Trump supporters who were leav.
Donald Trump singled out a black supporter at a rally in California on Friday as he sought to demonstrate his support among African-Americans, saying, “Look at my African-American over here!” One woman wearing a “Trump” jersey was cornered, spat on, and pelted with eggs and water bottles.
As many were met with boos from protesters, they told reporters that the protests were part of the Trump rally experience.
Police stood their ground at first but after about 90 minutes moved into the remaining crowd to break it up and make arrests. At least four people were taken into custody, though police didn’t release total arrest figures Thursday night. “It appears that law enforcement was more focused on protecting private property”.
Mayor Sam Liccardo, a Democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter, criticized Trump for coming to cities and igniting problems that local police departments had to deal with.
“I condemn all acts of violence committed against people who exercise their rights to free speech and assembly, regardless of their political views”.
The region is fertile ground for Trump’s insurgent candidacy, where rural conservative residents often feel slighted by government officials in the state capital of Sacramento, 150 miles to the south, and Washington, D.C. He said that fan “was like this great guy, a military guy”.
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“I was removed from Donald Trump’s rally tonight for practicing journalism without the campaign’s permission”, he wrote on Twitter.
