Trump talking to Chris Matthews on the phone now...

[SummerSnow]

he said the anger isn't directed at him. People are angry with how the country is being ran. *blames Obama*


is he for real?


Matthews: Are you going to change your rhetoric now?
Trump: * would not answer the question*

[DesertFlower]

1. he's so full of shit. he's

responsible for this.

[elehhhhna]

2. But for once he is basically speechless.

[spanone]

3. he's for real and he's dangerous

[eleny]

4. matthews dropped the ball

he asked a serious question about why trump was calling a protester names. but in the end he let trump get away with an evasive answer. typical chris m.

[SummerSnow]

7. he said that the guy was angry with the country and was angry before he got there

[eleny]

13. typical trump...

he's been inciting his crowds and when violence now jumps off trump morphs into sgt. schultz - "i know nothing!"

[SummerSnow]

16. Yes, big time Sgt. Schultz

[awoke_in_2003]

17. To drop a ball...

implies you had some at one time

[eleny]

18. i've watched him conduct some frank and even harsh interviews with people...

and he certainly lost his nads tonight.

rachel talking with chris right now and he's agreeing with her. brave with his colleague but not with the one who caused the crisis. matthews is useless to the public and a tool of trump tonight.

[awoke_in_2003]

19. He really irritates me...

because, like you say, he can be tough. But then he turns around and gets a woody seeing GWB in a flight suit. It is frustrating.

[eleny]

21. know this about tweety...

he'll always ride the fence. one ass cheek hanging over one side and the other hanging over the other side.

in this instance he wants to leave the door open for more interviews with trump.

[oioioi]

5. blames Obama??????

"Knock the crap 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."

[SummerSnow]

10. yes, when he said people are angry with the way the country is being ran.

That's his way of blaming Obama, he's running the country now.

[tularetom]

6. Chris is basically afraid of people like Trump

He is a bully to people who he knows are too polite to respond to his idiotic blathering with the indignation he deserves.

But when he is confronted with somebody who won't back down, Chris backs down himself.

[AngryOldDem]

8. What's galling me is....Trump is reaping the whirlwind and he's not being called on it.

What does he expect when he spews hate speech for months? When he both tacitly and openly condones violence at rallies? When he goads his clueless supporters into reenacting the Nuremberg Rallies? When he openly vilifies a religion and a whole ethnic group? When he appeals to the basest instincts of human nature?

Really? What does this man expect, and why is he shocked when he sees what he's done?

I predict that Cleveland '16 will come to have the same meaning as Chicago '68.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. It's possible now that the GOP jettisons Trump quickly. Just as a matter of survival.

Even though they've got plenty of racists in their base, they're not prepared to come out and say it. Which nominating Trump will force them to do.

At this point, they're more apt to nominate Slappy the Dummy, and that says a lot.

[jwirr]

20. Okay, this is an election. How do they jettison him as long

as he gets the votes?

[Eugene]

9. Such bullshit.

He was droning on and on about how these protesters are such dangerous people.
He's lying his ass off.

Sorry, I had to change the channel.

[Glimmer of Hope]

11. He is mentally unbalanced if he truly believes this.

[JFKDem62]

12. Trump clueless. nt

[Lodestar]

15. I think Trump's sense of 'reality' is derived from a WWE wrestling match

or a t.v. 'reality' show.
Apparently he can't tell the difference between a scripted faux fight and the
very real feelings and concerns of the American people. He has a major disconnect
with reality and is therefore very dangerous. In that sense it's important for real people to
show up and show Trump just how real the stakes are for Americans.