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Showing Original Post only (View all)CNN panel spirals into chaos after Trump supporter defends president's threat of violence [View all]
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/cnn-panel-goes-off-rails-trump-supporter-defends-presidents-threat-violence-bikers-military/On Thursday, CNNs Erin Burnett almost pulled her hair out after Trump-lover Steve Cortes supported the presidents use of unprecedented violence.
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I think hes clearly threatening violence or hinting at the possibility of violence, political commentator Keith Boykin said. Its a part of a pattern that we see from Donald Trump going back to the presidential campaign when he would consistently talk about how he wanted to punch people in the face, tell people to knock the crap out of protesters. He offered to pay their legal bills for people who roughed up protesters.
Cortes then tried to clarify what Trump meant, however, he epically failed and Burnett was undone.
I think its important here to be very precise in terms of what the president actually said, Cortes said. He did not in any way infer or say he was going to use the military, meaning in an official capacity or the police in any way.
He added, What hes saying is among those groups he has enormous support, and thats very clearly true. Hes saying those groups can individually act with force if they have to.
Burnett then interrupted in disbelief at what Cortes was saying.
Are we seriously talking about having the military in a violent confrontation with the left in this country? she asked
Cortes then choked up on his word, right before Boykin hammered him.
We have never had a president like this before whos encouraged violence. The president of the United States has encouraged this type of behavior or at least hinted at it. When violent people were actually marching with tiki torches in Charlottesville the president said they were very fine people. This is a guy who has a history of stoking the flames of violence.
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I think hes clearly threatening violence or hinting at the possibility of violence, political commentator Keith Boykin said. Its a part of a pattern that we see from Donald Trump going back to the presidential campaign when he would consistently talk about how he wanted to punch people in the face, tell people to knock the crap out of protesters. He offered to pay their legal bills for people who roughed up protesters.
Cortes then tried to clarify what Trump meant, however, he epically failed and Burnett was undone.
I think its important here to be very precise in terms of what the president actually said, Cortes said. He did not in any way infer or say he was going to use the military, meaning in an official capacity or the police in any way.
He added, What hes saying is among those groups he has enormous support, and thats very clearly true. Hes saying those groups can individually act with force if they have to.
Burnett then interrupted in disbelief at what Cortes was saying.
Are we seriously talking about having the military in a violent confrontation with the left in this country? she asked
Cortes then choked up on his word, right before Boykin hammered him.
We have never had a president like this before whos encouraged violence. The president of the United States has encouraged this type of behavior or at least hinted at it. When violent people were actually marching with tiki torches in Charlottesville the president said they were very fine people. This is a guy who has a history of stoking the flames of violence.
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highplainsdem
Mar 2019
OP
Laurence Tribe tweet: I'm with Erin Burnett here. Trump's a menace of the worst sort.
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#1
Have no clue why they would have this 'smiling' asshole on then be surprised he's an asshole
spanone
Mar 2019
#5
+1000 Congress needs to call Trump out on this threat and so does the US Military
h2ebits
Mar 2019
#28
They can't refute everything I guess but it burns me how they let him go on about "left violence"
LiberalLovinLug
Mar 2019
#11
These people forget that liberals are in the military, in the police, in biker goups, and have guns.
DRoseDARs
Mar 2019
#30
The problem is their binary thinking. Them vs Us and they think they've a lock on pol/mil/guns.
DRoseDARs
Mar 2019
#34
The Joint Chief of Staff will not follow illegal orders from Individual 1.
Lock him up.
Mar 2019
#49
We had the Kent State massacre without a President that incited violence, at least
brewens
Mar 2019
#39