On Wednesday night, a Trump supporter sucker-punched an African-American protester as he was being escorted out of a rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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But Trump stood up for his supporters Sunday and blamed Bernie Sanders’ campaign for infiltrating his rallies with aggressive protesters – which Sanders blasted as a lie. DiMassimo, of Fairborn, was charged with misdemeanor inducing panic and disorderly conduct. In contrast, the Bloomington event was a much calmer affair, though protesters interrupted Trump four times.
A voter at a town hall in Strongsville, Ohio, says if Rubio loses his home state on Tuesday, Kasich should team up with him to form a ticket.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a distant third in the GOP delegate count, compared Trump to third-world “strong men”, and said the tone of the campaign “is really going to do damage to America”. It was like, wow, I got hit while the police are escorting me out.
“It’s happening at all these rallies now and they’re letting it ride”, Jones said. In November, activist Mercutio Southall was involved in an altercation at a Trump rally in Alabama, where New York Magazine writes he was “reportedly punched, kicked, and choked by an unknown number of attendees”.
“The fact is if we’re going to defeat ISIS, we’re going to have to have those countries”, he said, citing Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt.
Sanders says on ABC’s “This Week” that anyone following Trump’s campaign “knows that he tells the truth very, very rarely” and that in this instance, “He’s lying again”.
Protesters are removed as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Fayetteville, N.C., Wednesday, March 9, 2016.
Nor were the protesters enamored of Trump. He said the woman with them started shouting once Trump’s speech began. “He’s doing things that you would see a showman do”.
At the end of the video, Rakeem Jones is seen being tackled to the ground and arrested by security. “And if they’ve got to be taken out, to be honest, I mean, we have to run something”.
Tapper persisted. “Some of your critics point to quotes you’ve made at these debates – at these rallies – including February 23rd, “I’d like to punch him in the face, ‘ referring to a protester”.
Breed reported from Raleigh, North Carolina. See if he strikes you as someone who got carried away because he “obviously loves his country”.
Chuck Todd asked Trump to confirm that meant he would pay for McGraw’s legal fees, which is something Trump often promises his audiences he will do, should they be arrested for accosting protesters.
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The man who was punched has told The Associated Press that he and others went to the event as observers, not protesters.
