Discussion: Trump: I've Asked My Team To Look Into Paying Legal Fees Of Man Who Threw Punch

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I guess if you want to know how Trump feels about unprovoked violence committed on his behalf, you’ve got your god-damn answer.

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If he’s going to continue to whip his hateful supporters up into a furious froth, he’d better set aside a fair chunk of change for legal defense funding.

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This is getting more scary by the minute

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Trump is not far away from outright offering incentive payments for sucker-punching.

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Trump may not condone violence, but he certainly has no problem excusing it.

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he was 78 years old, he obviously loves his country,

Short Trump: White Racists, especially older generation, form the core of my support. I encourage them to carry on violence in any form and I will cover their expenses.

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He just did exactly that,

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SO this redneck piece of shit isnt a thug?

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[I guess if you want to know how Trump feels about unprovoked violence committed on his behalf, you’ve got your god-damn answer.]

Chuck Todd is Trump’s straight man

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The only punch Republicans know how to throw.

See: McConnell, Senate.

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If this doesn’t confirm Trumps approval of violence among his followers toward anyone else then I don’t know what will. This one move by him, if real, should automatically disqualify him as a candidate for fucking dog catcher much less any high office. (apologies to all our canine family members …cats included.)

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So all I need is a Trump 2016 t-shirt and an aluminum bat for consequence-free justice?

If you live in Vermont, you better start alternating your goddamn merge. You don’t want to feel the sting of The Honky Avenger.

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What will he do when one of his followers shoots someone? Offer legal fees?

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Reimbursement for the cost of the bullets.

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I love this. To me, it means next time there is violence at a Trump rally, he can be charged with inciting it, since he has not only asked his followers to take out protesters, but has made payments to those who assault people.

How is this not like the leader of a gang bailing out gang members who get busted?

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Wait for the civil case…will Donald pay the civil settlement too?

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A few years ago, a major Muslim charity called the Holy Land Foundation was convicted of terrorism, because a tiny portion of the donations it sent to the Occupied Territories went to the families of people who attacked Israel. In other words, if money you pay ends up in the hands of even the family members of terrorists, you are, in fact, a terrorist. By this US Government logic, Donald Trump is a terrorist.

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If Trump is paying the legal fees of a white man who unrepentantly assaulted a black man at his rally, he is complicit in racial violence.

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A nice follow-up question to Trump’s offer to pay legal fees would be, “tell me about your associations with the mob in Atlantic City.”

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Scary? Give me a break.