Trump's inciting violence and offering to pay the legal fees
by digby
I'm thinking it's time for Trump supporters to get themselves some nice uniforms, don't you? This is America so I'm going to guess camp will be the preferred choice. Like the duck dynasty guys. But something so they'll know who the good guys and the bad guys are:
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told the crowd gathered at his campaign rally on Monday to "knock the crap" out of anybody who threw a tomato at him.
Trump said the event's security staff told him there was a risk people would throw the juicy fruit.
"So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them," Trump said at his rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
"I will pay for the legal fees. I promise," he added. "They won’t be so much because the courts agree with us too."
A protestor was arrested last week for throwing tomatoes at Trump at a different Iowa event.
I'm not in favor of tomato throwing by the way. But Trump telling citizens to "knock the crap" out of them and he'll pay the legal fees is ... unpresidential to say the least. If anyone takes him up on it, it might even be called accessory to an assault.
What the hell is happening here? is this becoming normalized? Gangster in Chief?
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