'It’s Not a Threat!': Trump Says He'll Order Supporters to Disrupt Sanders' Rallies

[Mufaddal]

Appearing on CNN's State of the Union with Jake Tapper on Sunday morning, Trump said that he is quite serious about issuing orders so that his supporters would go and confront people at Sanders' rallies.

"It’s not a threat, it’s not a threat. It’s not a threat at all!" Trump declared when asked by Tapper about the tweeted message. "My people have said we ought to go to his rallies, when liberals and super-liberals, I don’t even call ‘em liberals... These people are bad people that are looking to do harm to our country. These people come into mine … They’re being arrested and all sorts of things are happening to them. There’s a horrible thing going on in the media. We are treated so unfairly, and I’m treated so unfairly."

Full article: http://commondreams.org/news/2016/03/13/its-not-threat-trump-says-hell-order-supporters-disrupt-sanders-rallies

[bernbabe]

1. They couldn't handle the line.

[Mufaddal]

2. Bam

[Lorien]

3. Let them come! If they hear Bernie out

they may leave as supporters!

[Else You Are Mad]

4. The problem with Trump supporters...

Is that they have already shown they have a propensity towards violence & this 'call to action' from Herr Trump may be seen by these people as a call to violence against Sanders supporters. This is a very dangerous turn of events.

I never thought I would see a viable political candidate for president actually call for violence towards rivals in 2016.

[Scootaloo]

9. Trump supporters are real brave when they number in the hundreds with no contrary voices

But they roll up on a 10,000+ strong Sanders rally in the fives and tens, they're gonna shit their depends and turn their hoverrounds right the fuck around to the nearest chik-fil-a.

If they don't, maybe they'll learn something.

[Else You Are Mad]

10. God forbid.

Unless they 'open carry' and 'stand their ground'. God, I hope I am wrong.

[PyaarRevolution]

18. They'll shut up when we drown them out with love.

Give them a big hug or a strong handshake.

[Umbral18]

5. Super-Liberals, cool, how do I join that club? nt

[Else You Are Mad]

8. To join:

Send a self addressed, stamped envelop to Bernie Sanders & with in 6 - 8 weeks, you will get a certificate and the decoder ring.

[surrealAmerican]

14. Maybe we should have capes?

[noretreatnosurrender]

6. Unite Not Divide

I posted in another thread like this that I think when they do come, and they will, that Bernie should bring them up to the microphone and let them talk. He can then have a dialogue with them. Even if they are totally belligerent and won't have a dialogue it will clearly show how Bernie wants to unite people not divide them. He'll have an opportunity to show fanning the flames of bigotry and encouraging mob violence are not what true leaders do in America and that he is the alternative to the Trump hate that is consuming the Republican party. There will be plenty of anti-establishment Republicans who will be swayed by this because a lot of them aren't comfortable with Trump but they don't like the Republican establishment either.

[coyote]

7. No such thing as bad publicity.

Bring it on Trump.

[TheProgressive]

11. Isn't inciting violence illegal? nt

[dana_b]

12. Trump's version of the "Night of the Long Knives"?

" issuing orders so that his supporters would go and confront people at Sanders' rallies"

Sorry if that sounds hyperbolic but his bigotry, his taunts, willingness to kick people out of the country, his "orders" - he is a fascist and I think he and Hitler would have gotten along.

[rhett o rick]

13. Isn't it illegal to incite to riot? nm

[jillan]

15. Trump telling his supporters to do this vs Bernie who did not. More proof that Trump is a bully.

That said, I hope that SS takes this serious.

[Duckfan]

21. I think Bernies security detail will not take any chances

Yes Chump is a bully, but I don't trust him because I think he's nuts--as are his followers.

[BernieforPres2016]

16. It would be great if Bernie would call some of them up to the stage

Pull up 3 or 4 chairs and ask them what they'd like to say. Let them pass a microphone around. Let the world see the Trump supporters in action. It would be all over the news.

[Martin Eden]

17. I have thoughtfully reconsidered my first reaction to Trump's provocation.

My first thought was to quote GW Bush and say Bring it on!

That thought, an emotional response, was subdued by the rational side of my brain and the better angel of my nature (which I have made a conscious effort to cultivate).

Angry reactions to emotional stimuli are at the core of understanding how someone like Donald Trump has garnered support from so many people who would be hurt, along with the rest of us, by his presidency. Manipulating people by pushing the buttons of anger and fear are the stock in trade of the demagogue, the fascist, and the rightwing noise machine that has for decades gotten people to vote against their own interests. It has produced the monster that has now broken loose from the control of those who created it.

Besides attention and power, this monster wants to drag everyone else down to its level. It wants to point a finger at the villagers with torches & pitchforks and exclaim from the top of the tower that they (we) have become that which we have railed against.

We must not fall into that trap. We must not let ourselves be manipulated when our anger button is pushed. We must be smarter than that. We must always keep our minds and our hearts and our eyes on what we hope to accomplish for the long term good of our country including our neighbors, acquaintances, and family members who've succumbed to the manipulation.

Martin Luther King helped bend the long arc of the moral universe towards justice. He did it through dedication, persistence, and nonviolence. The man and the cause for which he ultimately gave his life are now widely revered. He knew better than to be dragged down to the level of those who are filled with hate and fear.

And so should we.

[bluedigger]

19. Drumpf's voters work for him; Bernie works for his.

And that sums up the whole shebeen, as Charles P. Pierce likes to say.

[felix_numinous]

20. Sure would be nice to have real police protection

for these events. Honest cops, we need em.