Trump Encourages Violence From His Supporters. They’re Listening. Friday March 15th, 2019 at 2:54 PM
Trump Encourages Violence From His Supporters. They’re Listening. Friday March 15 th , 2019 at 2:54 PM 1 Share It was a disturbing remark, but even more disturbing is the fact that it’s part of a long history of Trump encouraging his supporters to engage in violence. Largely unchecked by his party’s leadership, Trump’s rhetoric has become normalized despite its real-world ramifications. “I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of Bikers for Trump,” Trump told Breitbart in the interview , which he later tweeted. “I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad.” “I think it sounds very much to me like he’s encouraging them to engage in something that’s probably illegal such as assaulting people, you know behave in a dangerous way,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) told MSNBC . “That sounds like a threat to me. I think it’s appall