Many say Trump rallies are getting more violent because he encourages it.
Observers have been worried about the heightened tensions at Donald Trump rallies for awhile and now they are turning violent as reported by CNN.On Wednesday night, a Trump supporter sucker-punched a protestor as he was being escorted out of a rally in Fayettsville, North Carolina.
Last month a Secret Service agent choke-slammed a Time Magazine photographer after he left a media pen to photograph protestors.
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At a Trump conference on Tuesday night, a Breitbart News reporter claimed she was yanked by the arm by Trump’s campaign manager.
Such violence is unprecedented in the history of modern presidential campaigns and it is the inevitable result of the charged anti-protester and anti-media rhetoric coming out of the mouth of the candidate himself observers and reporters say.
Nearly every day for the last three months, Trump has stood before crowds of thousands and encouraged his fans to heckle protesters and reporters.In February as a protestor was being escorted out of a rally in Las Vegas, Trump said: “I’d like to punch him in the face.”
Since December, Trump has referred to the media as “absolute scum” and “the most dishonest people” while encouraging his audience to boo the reporters who are gathered in fenced-off press pens that they are not allowed to leave.
Several reporters say they have heard supporters shout “go to hell”, and at least one female reporter recalls being called a “bitch.”
In November, when CNN reporter Noah Gray left the press pen to report on an incident in the crowd, Lewandowski threatened to have him blacklisted from all future Trump rallies.
Lewandowski told Gray:Inside the pen, or I will pull your credentials, to get back in the pen or he’s f***ing blacklisted.
Politico’s Edward-Isaac Dovere tweeted on Thursday:
Whether Trump gets the nomination at the convention or is denied it there seems about 100% chance of violence.