But at the weekend rally in Sarasota, Florida, Trump took it a step further.
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“I didn’t know him, it’s possible, probable that I met him somewhere along the line, but I deal with reporters every day”, Trump told the crowd.
“Don’t hurt the person”.
The change comes after a rally in Alabama last Saturday, when Trump supporters punched and kicked a Black Lives Matter protester who was interrupting his rally. After the incident, Trump suggested the man “should have been roughed up”.
The whole disturbance took about three minutes to settle down. Thousands of people were cheering.
The crowd laughed; it was classic Trump. Jeb Bush was in fifth place with 8.9 percent. You’re running for president of the United States.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop put out a fiery statement the next morning saying that Trump was “plain wrong”, among other things. However, “I can say that many, many people think that I’m not being treated fairly”. But he called Bush’s support for Common Core education standards unacceptable. Trump noted he attacks the “low energy” Bush less these days.
Mr. Trump said both the reporter and the newspaper were attempting to bring him down. “I think it’s something we as a nation can benefit from”, supporter Joel Spinks told WINK News.
Trump surmised he will hold his lead in the Sunshine State.
Thousands jammed into the Robarts Arena in Sarasota, Florida, to hear the billionaire celebrity speak at a raucous rally on Saturday afternoon.
“I’ve had people tell me ‘I don’t like Trump, but I want to come, ‘” she said. Kovaleski was familiar to Trump because he had, according to Politico, covered Trump for several years when he worked for the New York Daily News.
Trump didn’t mention the episode, in which one officer and two civilians were killed. So did many other people. Terry Casey said in a deposition that his efforts to keep Gov. Kasich’s path to reelection free of any obstacles were undertaken because he was a “self-starter”. I could say also Fox just came out with a poll where I’m easily beating Hillary Clinton.
He instructed his pilot to take children for helicopter rides. Trump has denied mocking the scribe’s physical disability. It ended with Trump saying that he hoped to get an apology from the Times “before they go out of business”.
“I don’t knock people that have problems, believe me”, Trump said. “I would never mock a person that has difficulty”. He cited what he called the news organization’s business woes.
He ridiculed people who doubt his plan to have Mexico pay to build an enormous wall across America’s southern border: “They’re not businesspeople. You ought to see this guy”, Trump said.
Trump has insisted that he does not know the reporter, Serge Kovaleski, and was unaware of his condition.
“Everybody admits that worldwide, the Muslims were completely going wild”, Trump advised a crowd of supporters.
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So, why so soft on Trump? “I’m just saying it’s not right, OK? I don’t dislike him”, Trump said of Rubio. Brandon Phillips, the Georgia director of Trump’s campaign, deferred questions about the number of tickets distributed as of Friday to Hope Hicks, Trump’s national media spokeswoman.
