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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho thinks Trump might be hiring "protesters?"
Don't get me wrong.... certainly some are legit. But he has seen how it gets the crowd's blood up. I would not be surprised if he is now hiring "protesters."
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)and it works.
salinsky
(1,065 posts).... there are more than enough real-life bigots in America.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)He gets to do his tough-guy schtick and the crowd gets riled up. I'm almost willing to bet he's doing it.
salinsky
(1,065 posts)... sheesh, I need another cup of coffee.
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Particularly early on, when someone or a group of someones would start causing a ruckus, and Trump would order his security people to "Get 'em outta here!" with an airy wave of his short-fingered hand. The crowd would cheer, the "disruptors" would fall silent, and the show would go on. It looked as scripted as a pro wrestling contretemps.
By this time, though, it looks like Trump has attracted some legitimate protesters, and there is a very real danger from what I can see that one of these times, somebody's going to get stomped or killed. At which point there will be a round of commentary expressing shock that things would get out of hand like that.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)I think he's hired many of the protesters, the thugs that beat he protesters, and the cheerleaders who wind up the crowd to cheer it on.
Otherwise, I think we'd be hearing about more lawsuits filed by protester/victims.
His world is a stage
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)right out of the electioneering handbook. Agents provocateurs.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)But I think he is too cheap, if he can get them for free anyhow.