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kpete

(71,963 posts)
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 12:31 PM Mar 2018

What deplorables? -or- Only The Best People.


A study published on Friday appears to confirm what news reports suggested long ago: President Trump’s campaign rallies were associated with a rise in violence when they came to town.

A city that hosted a Trump rally saw an average of 2.3 more assaults reported on the day of the event than on a typical day, according to the study, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and published in the journal Epidemiology. The authors found no corresponding link between assaults and rallies for Mr. Trump’s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.


“It appeared to be a phenomenon that’s unique to Donald Trump’s rally,” said Christopher Morrison, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and the lead author of the study.


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Volaris

(10,266 posts)
7. They'll call it a deep state conspiracy planned and helped by the Clintons,
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 02:39 AM
Mar 2018

And continue to sit on their worthless ignorant asses (because ALL of us know what would happen if they got up and actually tried to have their revolution...themselves included).
MAYBE they'll have themselves a parade, or a March or a Rally or something (but 5 idiots doesn't a revolution make).

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)
4. This is definitely the opposite of 'counterintuitive'. Intuitive, maybe.
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 04:27 PM
Mar 2018

He's poison, his rhetoric is nazi poison. Hatefilled. All he's about is violence, punishment, attacks, revenge.

His audience is there for exactly that type of smack talk. That's the only 'entertaining' part of his speeches, to them. Obviously, they're not there to hear 'policy wonk' talk from d Rump, who knows zero about every issue, anyhow. They're pro-wrestling fans.

"I hate. I'm furiously angry. I'll get all my enemies." That's the subtext of every off the cuff remark.

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)
6. He's the same creep cowardly bully psycho kid who got sent to military school. Never grew out of it
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 04:34 PM
Mar 2018
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