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Is Donald Trump intentionally trying to stir up racial discord at his rallies?
.. hi y'all, see continuing Australian coverage of your primaries,
so you have some idea of what many Australians are reading ..
Date March 14, 2016 - 1:56PM
Chris Zappone
News editor, foreign desk
[ VIDEO ] 1:38 Donald Trump blames supporters of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders for protests that shut down his Chicago rally.
[ mentioned here, too ..
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=121163379 .. ]
Is Donald Trump intentionally trying to stir up racial discord at his rallies?
The billionaire presidential candidate has made headlines by holding rowdy events in support of his tllt for the Republican nomination.
The events have become infamous for protesters being heckled, punched, and thrown out of the premises - in many cases with the candidate himself calling for the action.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in St. Louis on Friday before moving
on to Chicago. Photo: AP
Most recently, a Trump rally in Chicago was called off - by whom remains a mystery - after Trump protesters entered the hall and Trump fans began to clash with them.
US commentator Rachel Maddow on the network MSNBC believes it's part of a deliberate strategy .. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/escalating-aggression-marks-trump-s-rhetoric-642743363967 , which she outlines in a video generating significant interest on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sharing platforms.
In the video, titled "Escalating aggression marks Trump's rally rhetoric" she documents how Trump has used increasingly intolerant language in his campaign stops in the weeks preceding the violence at the cancelled rally in Chicago on Friday.
Chicago police officers watch over protesters after a rally for Donald Trump was
cancelled due to security concerns. Photo: AP
Maddow notes that Trump's campaign tour has taken him to cities where there have been major racial incidents in recent years.
In Chicago, there is existing anger in the community towards the police force's handling of the police shooting death of Laquan McDonald .. http://www.smh.com.au/world/chicago-police-officer-who-abused-his-authority-charged-with-murder-of-black-teenager-laquan-mcdonald-20151124-gl78n8.html .
Additionally, Trump has appeared at a St Louis, Missouri rally, - the metro area that includes Ferguson -, where the death of unarmed African-American youth Michael Brown in 2014 triggered racial unrest that lasted months .. http://www.smh.com.au/world/ferguson-violence-state-of-emergency-after-michael-brown-anniversary-20150810-giw3yb.html .
Trump also held a huge rally in Cleveland, Ohio which has been on edge after a white police officer shot dead 12-year-old African-American Tamir Rice .. http://www.smh.com.au/world/tamir-rice-death-video-shows-police-shooting-12yearold-boy-after-two-seconds-in-cleveland-20141127-11vpnt.html .
Showing video clips from events in February and March, which occurred in Iowa, Nevada, Virginia and Michigan, Maddow said the trend "proves" that the provocations in Chicago are deliberate.
"It really is like nothing we have seen in mainstream American politics before," she said, saying it would be more common at skinhead events decades ago.
Maddow described how Trump goads audiences with "this sort of blood-lust, this half tongue-in-cheek mostly serious call for a tougher America where there are more beatings and where anti-Trump protesters should fear for their lives".
One reader on Facebook commented: "The Trump campaign was either willfully ignorant or intentionally calculating in setting up the stage for a Chicago protest."
"Republican candidates never hold large scale events in the city proper."
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has taken notice of the charged atmosphere of Trump rallies, as well.
"Donald Trump is running a cynical campaign of hate and fear for one reason: to get votes," she told an Ohio Democratic Party dinner in Columbus, Bloomberg reported.
"He's encouraging violence and chaos to get votes. He's pitting Americans against each other to get votes."
Nonetheless, the violence-inducing language used by Trump, doesn't necessarily mean his campaign will implode.
If anything, it's a matter of managing perceptions with a wider voting public in the US, according to one analyst.
The publisher of US political site Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall, described the need for Trump to tone his rhetoric down .. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/let-it-burn .. in order to gain "at least the acquiescence of GOP party stakeholders" ahead of the party nomination.
"It may seem like I'm saying that Trump lit the fire but is now unable to put it out. But I'm not.
"It's not that simple. What we can see now is that Trump can try to 'pivot to the general'. But the primaries will follow him there whether he wants them to or not."
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-election/is-donald-trump-intentionally-trying-to-stir-up-racial-discord-at-his-rallies-20160314-gnibj8.html
.. hi y'all, see continuing Australian coverage of your primaries,
so you have some idea of what many Australians are reading ..
Date March 14, 2016 - 1:56PM
Chris Zappone
News editor, foreign desk
[ VIDEO ] 1:38 Donald Trump blames supporters of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders for protests that shut down his Chicago rally.
[ mentioned here, too ..
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=121163379 .. ]
Is Donald Trump intentionally trying to stir up racial discord at his rallies?
The billionaire presidential candidate has made headlines by holding rowdy events in support of his tllt for the Republican nomination.
The events have become infamous for protesters being heckled, punched, and thrown out of the premises - in many cases with the candidate himself calling for the action.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in St. Louis on Friday before moving
on to Chicago. Photo: AP
Most recently, a Trump rally in Chicago was called off - by whom remains a mystery - after Trump protesters entered the hall and Trump fans began to clash with them.
US commentator Rachel Maddow on the network MSNBC believes it's part of a deliberate strategy .. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/escalating-aggression-marks-trump-s-rhetoric-642743363967 , which she outlines in a video generating significant interest on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sharing platforms.
In the video, titled "Escalating aggression marks Trump's rally rhetoric" she documents how Trump has used increasingly intolerant language in his campaign stops in the weeks preceding the violence at the cancelled rally in Chicago on Friday.
Chicago police officers watch over protesters after a rally for Donald Trump was
cancelled due to security concerns. Photo: AP
Maddow notes that Trump's campaign tour has taken him to cities where there have been major racial incidents in recent years.
In Chicago, there is existing anger in the community towards the police force's handling of the police shooting death of Laquan McDonald .. http://www.smh.com.au/world/chicago-police-officer-who-abused-his-authority-charged-with-murder-of-black-teenager-laquan-mcdonald-20151124-gl78n8.html .
Additionally, Trump has appeared at a St Louis, Missouri rally, - the metro area that includes Ferguson -, where the death of unarmed African-American youth Michael Brown in 2014 triggered racial unrest that lasted months .. http://www.smh.com.au/world/ferguson-violence-state-of-emergency-after-michael-brown-anniversary-20150810-giw3yb.html .
Trump also held a huge rally in Cleveland, Ohio which has been on edge after a white police officer shot dead 12-year-old African-American Tamir Rice .. http://www.smh.com.au/world/tamir-rice-death-video-shows-police-shooting-12yearold-boy-after-two-seconds-in-cleveland-20141127-11vpnt.html .
Showing video clips from events in February and March, which occurred in Iowa, Nevada, Virginia and Michigan, Maddow said the trend "proves" that the provocations in Chicago are deliberate.
"It really is like nothing we have seen in mainstream American politics before," she said, saying it would be more common at skinhead events decades ago.
Maddow described how Trump goads audiences with "this sort of blood-lust, this half tongue-in-cheek mostly serious call for a tougher America where there are more beatings and where anti-Trump protesters should fear for their lives".
One reader on Facebook commented: "The Trump campaign was either willfully ignorant or intentionally calculating in setting up the stage for a Chicago protest."
"Republican candidates never hold large scale events in the city proper."
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has taken notice of the charged atmosphere of Trump rallies, as well.
"Donald Trump is running a cynical campaign of hate and fear for one reason: to get votes," she told an Ohio Democratic Party dinner in Columbus, Bloomberg reported.
"He's encouraging violence and chaos to get votes. He's pitting Americans against each other to get votes."
Nonetheless, the violence-inducing language used by Trump, doesn't necessarily mean his campaign will implode.
If anything, it's a matter of managing perceptions with a wider voting public in the US, according to one analyst.
The publisher of US political site Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall, described the need for Trump to tone his rhetoric down .. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/let-it-burn .. in order to gain "at least the acquiescence of GOP party stakeholders" ahead of the party nomination.
"It may seem like I'm saying that Trump lit the fire but is now unable to put it out. But I'm not.
"It's not that simple. What we can see now is that Trump can try to 'pivot to the general'. But the primaries will follow him there whether he wants them to or not."
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-election/is-donald-trump-intentionally-trying-to-stir-up-racial-discord-at-his-rallies-20160314-gnibj8.html
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