Thomas DiMASSIMO rushed the DRUMPF to take podium/mic & stand up to White Supremacists

[UTUSN]

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/13/politics/thomas-dimassimo-donald-trump-protester-interview/index.html?ref=yfp

[font size=5]CNN Exclusive: 'Trump is a bully,' says man who rushed stage[/font]
By Martin Savidge and Dana Ford, CNN

Fairborn, Ohio (CNN)When Thomas DiMassimo tried to rush Donald Trump's stage in Ohio over the weekend, he had a clear goal in mind.

He wanted to send a message.

"I was thinking that I could get up on stage and take his podium away from him and take his mic away from him and send a message to all people out in the country who wouldn't consider themselves racist, who wouldn't consider themselves approving of what type of violence Donald Trump is allowing in his rallies, and send them a message that we can be strong, that we can find our strength and we can stand up against Donald Trump and against this new wave he's ushering in of truly just violent white supremacist ideas," DiMassimo told CNN. ....

"I was thinking that Donald Trump is a bully, and he is nothing more than that. He is somebody who is just saying a lot of bold things, he's making bold claims. But I can see right through that and I can see that he's truly just a coward. And he's opportunistic and he's willing to destroy this country for power for himself," DiMassimo said. ....

"But again it was more important for me to show that there are people out there who aren't afraid of Donald Trump. He says scary things. He lets his people do scary things. He's threatened Mexico, Islam, you name it, and yet I'm unafraid. And if I can be unafraid enough to go take his podium away from him, then we all can be (un)afraid enough to not let this man walk into the White House."

When asked who he voted for, DiMassimo said he voted for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. He voted in Georgia. DiMassimo said several times his support for Sanders did not prompt the stunt. ....

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[pintobean]

1. He's no hero

He's a whack job with a death wish. His actions put innocent bystanders in danger.

[UTUSN]

2. Well, I didn't use the word "hero" (although I might) but *not* speaking up puts *** in danger n/t

[SickOfTheOnePct]

3. Yep, he's an ass

Hope they throw the book at him.

[No Vested Interest]

4. DiMassimo, a college senior, used poor judgment in even thinking he could "take the podium away"

away from Trump.
Di Massimo had no right to the podium.

Good luck in getting a job, Mr. college senior, now that you've shown such poor judgment and lack of control.

[UTUSN]

5. so drumpf's rights, poor judgment, & lack of self control are worth more.

[TorchTheWitch]

6. frankly, yes

Like it or not, it was that gasbag's podium and mic and his campaign rally. I rather like it that we have free speech in this country even when I can't personally stand some speech, particularly anything at all that comes out of that gasbag's pie hole.

Had some person done the same at a Bernie or Hilary rally you'd not be applauding their actions but insisting they be thrown in prison.

All these disruptive protests are doing is HELPING Trump, and that SERIOUSLY pisses me off. He is LOVING it that this is happening as it makes him look like the good guy, and NO ONE in the media is talking about the filth coming out of his mouth. Let the gasbag hang himself with his own foul words. Disrupting the gasbag from spewing his filth works enormously in the gasbag's favor.

[No Vested Interest]

7. Any thinking soul knows that DiMassimo's actions were out-of-line.

One does not rush to a podium protected by US Secret Service agents and expect to do anything productive.

What is the student doing that is proactively serving his point of view?
Does he lie down in the street so that Trump's entourage can not proceed without running over him? Would that be defended if he did?

Clearly the young college senior does not think his actions through to the expected end result.

[nomorenomore08]

8. I'm not going to praise his actions - nor push for his acquittal - but I do acknowledge his courage.

Civil disobedience is, by definition, illegal, yet sometimes it's also a necessity. I don't fully agree with the guy in this particular case, but I understand why he did what he did.

[flamingdem]

9. +1 Trump is getting away with too much

Nutty and wrong as this kid was it shows that he's just a comb over Hitler with a microphone. Other humans can take his power away and Trump got to feel fear even if just for a millisecond.

[UTUSN]

12. ty

[UTUSN]

11. ty

[NobodyHere]

10. He's a thug who stomps on the American flag.

[nomorenomore08]

13. And Trump isn't?

[pintobean]

14. He's a thug.

I've never seen him abuse the flag.