Utter chaos occuring at cancelled Trump rally in Chicago right now

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Damnnnnnnn this had to happen sooner or later.

And it won't be the last time it happens either.

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The protestors are to blame. Why walk in there and start ripping up Trump stickers? Look at this idiot on the frontpage of cnn starting all this violence. I'm not a Trump supporter but these guys really need to tone it down.


http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160311194849-03-chicago-protests-0311-overlay-tease.jpg

For god's sake, ripping up a Trump sticker does not warrant a violent response.

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I'll go against the consensus here.  This, along with Trump's campaign manager being charged with assault, plays directly into one of the main narratives against Trump (that his ideology is violent and divisive).

Maybe this doesn't hurt him in the primaries, but it sure as hell hurts him in the GE.

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To people saying that this riot will hurt him in November:

We are in mid-March. Nobody will remember this incident in November.

Regarding the primaries, this storyline will help. He looks sympathetic, somewhat.

Do you really think that this is going to be the last incident?  Do you seriously believe that?

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When your campaign is in large part based on spewing hate and divisiveness, you shouldn't be surprised when you get hate spewed right back at you.

I don't agree with the protesters' methods by any means, but lets not pretend that Trump is an innocent victim here.  We might be entering the most violent and hateful campaign in recent history, and Trump deserves much of the blame for creating this situation.

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When your campaign is in large part based on spewing hate and divisiveness, you shouldn't be surprised when you get hate spewed right back at you.

I don't agree with the protesters' methods by any means, but lets not pretend that Trump is an innocent victim here.  We might be entering the most violent and hateful campaign in recent history, and Trump deserves much of the blame for creating this situation.

I am not getting your point. What has Trump ever done to deserve a violent reaction?

Did I say he deserved a violent reaction?

I don't think anybody deserves violence inflicted on them just for what they say.  However, he certainly incited this reaction by repeatedly, blatantly, and unashamedly spewing hateful rhetoric.  He deserves a large portion of the blame for creating this situation.

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Trump has been trying to bring more violence to politics for months, now he's finally succeeded. Doubtless he will continue to escalate until he's stopped.

How?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/donald-trump-nevada-rally-punch/

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-rally-videos-show-protester-punched/story?id=37551524

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http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/10/media/donald-trump-rallies-violence/index.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/inside-trumps-inner-circle-his-staffers-are-willing-to-fight-for-him-literally/2016/03/10/4b2b18e8-e660-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html

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