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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeffrey Lord (Trumpkin) is still allowed on CNN after saying the sucker-punch was 'provoked'???
Raw StoryU.S. News & World Report Senior Politics correspondent David Cantanese said that it was important that Trump immediately denounce the pattern of violence against protesters, photographers and journalists at his rallies.
The American left has a long and detailed history of doing exactly this, Lord disagreed. That is what were talking about. We are talking about people who show up at rallies Donald Trumps or whatever to provoke. They are in search of violence. Thats what their intention is.
What do you think the 1968 Democratic Convention was all about? Lord asked. Its history!
According to the CNN contributor, Trump did not have a responsibility to denounce the violence because liberals had been using the same tactics for decades.
What Im saying is there are people that go to these rallies with the deliberate intent of provoking people, Lord opined. It is not okay to provoke somebody to violence. Period. Under any circumstances.
Thats a crazy argument, Cantanese lamented.
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Jeffrey Lord (Trumpkin) is still allowed on CNN after saying the sucker-punch was 'provoked'??? (Original Post)
underpants
Mar 2016
OP
“It is not okay to provoke somebody to violence. Period. Under any circumstances.”
oioioi
Mar 2016
#1
Trump is good theater. They'd include him if he were in chains and Skyping from prison.
Buzz Clik
Mar 2016
#4
oioioi
(1,127 posts)1. “It is not okay to provoke somebody to violence. Period. Under any circumstances.”
Knock the crap of out 'em would ya?
Seriously. Okay?
Just knock the hell...
I promise you I will pay for the legal fees.
I promise.
I promise.
They won't be so much because the courts agree with us too.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)2. The Provoker-in-Chief.
Warpy
(110,900 posts)3. Good luck with that one in front of a judge, moron.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)4. Trump is good theater. They'd include him if he were in chains and Skyping from prison.