President Obama gave a somber denouncement of the 2016 presidential race’s escalating chaos Saturday, just as the aftershocks of violent clashes between Donald Trump supporters and protesters in Chicago were felt across the country.
“Our leaders — those who aspire to be our leaders — should be trying to bring us together and not turning us against one another and speak out against violence and reject efforts to spread fear or turn us against one another,” the president told supporters at a fundraiser in Dallas.
“And if they refuse to do that, they don’t deserve our support.”
“We should be teaching them how to disagree without being disagreeable and how to engage and how to analyze facts,” Mr. Obama went on, to wild applause.
“And how to be honest and truthful. And admit if you make a mistake. And teach them that politics at its best is about a battle of ideas and resolving our differences without encouraging or resorting to violence.”
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Rather, Mr. Obama said, “the best leaders — the leaders who are worthy of our votes — remind us that even in a country as big and diverse and inclusive as ours, what we’ve got in common is far more important than what divides any of us.”
While the president did not name any Republican candidates in particular, his speech seemed to take aim at the current GOP front-runner, whose recent campaign events have seen an uptick in aggression between supporters and anti-Trump activists.
As we all know by now, a Trump rally in Chicago that was cancelled on Friday, March 11, 2016.
The presidential candidate has stated that the event was cancelled because of fear of people being hurt.
Much more information and comments have come after that incident.
I already posted something related to this event.
However, I’m covering this event again because I found Rachel Maddow’s presentation from Friday night which shows how the atmosphere and the animus of the general public came to this.
Please, bear with me.
As I looked through the blogs I follow, Trump seems to be the topic of the day.
I’ve told myself that I won’t dedicate time to this clown yet, here I am again. Doing precisely what I didn’t want to do.
My main reason and intention is to show Rachel Maddow’s presentation:
“of a timeline of Donald Trump’s comments at rallies that have stoked hostility and incited violence by his supporters against protesters, leading to chaos after a canceled rally in Chicago.”
~~Escalating aggression marks Trump’s rally rhetoric~~
~~Published on Mar 11, 2016~~
Rachel Maddow presents a video timeline of Donald Trump’s comments at rallies that have stoked hostility and incited violence by his supporters against protesters, leading to chaos after a canceled rally in Chicago.
