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Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« on: August 15, 2017, 08:42:59 pm »
President Donald Trump’s comments on dealing with protesters are coming back to haunt him after the violence that broke out Saturday at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The clashes between Nazis and counterprotesters left three people dead, including one anti-fascist demonstrator who was killed when a man rammed his car into the group she was with.

The president, whose initial statement about the rally was criticized for failing to mention racism, now finds comments he made about attacking protesters being revisited. Throughout his election campaign, Trump appeared to encourage violence toward anti-Trump protesters who showed up at his rallies, telling crowds of people that protesters should be escorted out more roughly, and offering to pay the legal fees of any of his fans who attacked them.

"If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously, OK? Just knock the hell... I promise you I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise," Trump said at an Iowa rally on February 1, 2016.

At another event, Trump suggested police should be more violent with people they removed from his rallies. “You see, in the good old days, law enforcement acted a lot quicker than this,” Trump said at a rally in Oklahoma City, The New York Times reported, as security moved toward a protester.

“A lot quicker. In the good old days, they’d rip him out of that seat so fast. But today everyone is so politically correct. Our country is going to hell—we’re being politically correct,” he added.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-told-white-supremacists-attack-182336708.html
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2017, 08:43:39 pm »
Sorry, no.  This is an incredibly weak distortion and stretch.
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2017, 09:11:14 pm »
Quote from: edpc on August 15, 2017, 08:43:39 pm
Sorry, no.  This is an incredibly weak distortion and stretch.

Totally typical of Yahoo News.
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2017, 09:11:51 pm »
Fake news.

I stand by the President on this one.  He is right.  The alt right and the alt LEFT are at fault.  The hatred that has been promoted by various leaders on the alt right and left should be ashamed; they need to cease and desist. 
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2017, 09:14:02 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on August 15, 2017, 09:11:51 pm
Fake news.

I stand by the President on this one.  He is right.  The alt right and the alt LEFT are at fault.  The hatred that has been promoted by various leaders on the alt right and left should be ashamed; they need to cease and desist.

This also applies to the politicians who feed it and profit from it.
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2017, 09:23:26 pm »
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2017, 09:25:10 pm »
I don't support Trump's comments regarding violence during the election.  I may, privately, sort of, agree with them, a little bit, but I'm not a fan of seeing the guy who would go on to become the candidate for my former party advocate such things.

What he DID NOT (to my knowledge) do is advocate things like using baseball bats and cars as weapons.
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2017, 09:31:03 pm »
Fake horseshit news.

The media had no issue when Obama said in 2008:  “They’re going to try to scare people. They’re going to try to say that ‘that Obama is a scary guy, ”
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” Obama said. “Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl. I’ve seen Eagles fans.”

Obama got this entire violence thing with BLM and Antifa started himself.

The Left always accuses others of what they themselves are doing, because Alinsky taught them as much.
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2017, 09:32:34 pm »
@Hoodat

Which bothered you more about the statement, the overtones of violence or mention of the Eagles?  Be honest....
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2017, 09:33:09 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on August 15, 2017, 09:23:26 pm


And let us not forget that Micah Johnson killed FIVE at a BLM protest.

Not ONE, but FIVE.

I don't hear the outcry that BLM should have their free speech curtailed and their right to assemble revoked.
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2017, 09:36:19 pm »
Quote from: edpc on August 15, 2017, 09:32:34 pm
@Hoodat

Which bothered you more about the statement, the overtones of violence or mention of the Eagles?  Be honest....

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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2017, 09:43:00 pm »
Quote from: edpc on August 15, 2017, 09:32:34 pm
@Hoodat

Which bothered you more about the statement, the overtones of violence or mention of the Eagles?  Be honest....

Mention of the Eagles.  On two counts.

Count 1:  I defer to the Dude.

Count 2:
 
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2017, 10:09:23 pm »
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Re: Trump Told White Supremacists To Attack, So They Did
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2017, 11:44:10 pm »
What a load of effing bollocks. The writer should be ashamed of itself.
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