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DCBob

(24,689 posts)
22. This is a big deal and could very well take Trump out.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 07:42 AM
Mar 2016

This incident confirmed what many Republicans have been fearing about Trump. I think this will affect the Tues vote and might be enough to stop Trump from clinching the nomination and cause a contested convention... then who knows what will happen.

New York Times calling it a "violent scuffle" nt JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #1
Plus, we all go for pizza and beer afterwards. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #2
Ya call this a riot?! Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #3
Didn't look like '68 to me....but it was tense, at least knowing what could happen made me tense. haikugal Mar 2016 #4
You know what was "tense"? jberryhill Mar 2016 #6
I don't like the fascist rants and rabble violence... haikugal Mar 2016 #10
Violence at campaign rallies hasn't occurred during my lifetime LittleBlue Mar 2016 #5
Well, then, live a little longer jberryhill Mar 2016 #7
I hope to not see that again LittleBlue Mar 2016 #8
Oh Lord... jberryhill Mar 2016 #9
It's not about injuries. It's about the significance of the confrontation . . . brush Mar 2016 #12
You obviously have not been watching the coverage jberryhill Mar 2016 #13
what? she's over 40 hfojvt Mar 2016 #15
Well excuse me for living jberryhill Mar 2016 #17
Of course I watched the coverage brush Mar 2016 #19
Everyone here in Chicago was happy, then I got home came on Du and I hear riot, future race war Person 2713 Mar 2016 #11
probably not everybody was happy hfojvt Mar 2016 #14
People came to protest . Trump campaign shut it down per police statement Person 2713 Mar 2016 #16
I'm glad somebody else said it. 21st Century Poet Mar 2016 #27
Trunp'll have to get proper security now. joshcryer Mar 2016 #18
Go ahead and Put Your Head in the Sand... WiffenPoof Mar 2016 #20
Is this sarcasm? n/t eShirl Mar 2016 #21
This is a big deal and could very well take Trump out. DCBob Mar 2016 #22
This post makes sense. Most of the others in the thread ladjf Mar 2016 #26
Your photo examples are from Russia, Canada and LA after the Rodney King verdict. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #23
Wiki about the Stanley Cup Riot, an event unique enough to be extensively covered.... Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #24
To me, the significance is that this is logosoco Mar 2016 #25
Seems that scales fell from some eyes that didn't see what Trumps been playing at HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #28
On the scale of 1968 it was nothing CanonRay Mar 2016 #29
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