“Chill, chill!” an onlooker says.
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“You watched him hit me”.
Mr Jones told The Washington Post he did not see the blow coming.
“Well, I’m going to look at it”, Trump said.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) – Showing no signs of trying to ease the nation’s tense political atmosphere, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is standing by his antagonistic campaign rhetoric, rejecting any responsibility for violence at his rallies and defending his supporters who have been charged with assaulting protesters.
“He deserved it”, McGraw said.
“We don’t know who he is, but he’s not acting like an American”.
Video from Wednesday’s event show Jones, a black man, being led out as McGraw walks over and quickly strikes Jones in the face. He said the woman with them started shouting once Trump’s speech began.
“Rakeem’s mother died when he was 18-years-old and he got a little emotional about that”, Rouse said. “Everyone was shouting, too….”
“In the good old days, this doesn’t happen because they used to treat them very, very rough”, Trump told the crowd during one interruption. And from what I understand, he was sticking a certain finger up in the air.
“I do want to see what that young man was doing, because he was very taunting”, Trump said of the protester.
“No one should be subjected to such a cowardly, unprovoked act as that committed by McGraw”, Cumberland County Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler told WRAL-TV. “I truly hope not”. They later viewed footage of the event to identify McGraw.
Asked if he liked the event, he said: “You bet I liked it”. “Knocking the hell out of that big mouth”.
A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, Hope Hicks, told NBC News “we are not involved”.
Sheriff’s officials could not be immediately reached for comment on Thursday. On the way up the stairs, the attack came. Trump then pivoted towards lauding law enforcement for their efforts to keep Americans safe. By refusing to unambiguously condemn the assailant, Mr. Trump has set a risky precedent that sooner or later could get someone seriously injured or killed. “This isn’t Biloxi. This isn’t Montgomery”. I guarantee you there is no problem.
I’m glad Der Leader cleared that up. I’ve never been more embarrassed to be from here in my life.
In an interview with “Inside Edition”, John Franklin McGraw, of Linden, N.C., was not shy about how he would deal with the protester if they crossed paths again. Jones was not arrested, police said. Police in Fayetteville had to form a line separating pro- and anti-Trump groups outside the coliseum.
On Saturday, Trump called on law-enforcement officials to arrest the protesters that disrupt his rallies.
CNN’s Jake Tapper touched upon the instances of violence that seem to follow the billionaire magnate around during his campaign trips. “Just knock the hell – I promise you, I’ll pay the legal fees”.
Adeniyi said the moment caused him to lose faith in the future of America. Try not to hurt him.
Back in October of 2015, Donald Trump held a rally in Miami, FL and the same sentiments that raise concerns about his role in the latest riots appear to be relevant.
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We may not see Rubio and Kasich on a debate stage after Thursday night, and this particular episode is a fitting coda for the establishment’s preferred candidates.
