Even Trump was scared today

[Liberal_in_LA]

[SummerSnow]

1. Big tough guy. I thought he wanted to punch protesters in the face? Schoolyard bully had his chance

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Yes, he was glad to hold onto secret service.

[malaise]

3. Have to wonder if if he didn't set it up

[SummerSnow]

4. Wouldn't surprise me, he could sell those people for $2.

[malaise]

6. There have been many paid operatives at his rallies

and performers as well. A few more would not be a surprise

[femmocrat]

21. I thought the way the agents surrounded him looked staged.

But I'm probably wrong.

I still wouldn't put it past him to orchestrate a disturbance.

[malaise]

22. Same here

[livetohike]

5. He should be scared. He started this. Guess he's really happy for Secret Service protection.

One of those government giveaways .

[kcdoug1]

7. Trump is a weak person

A VERRY weak person. A "leader" would have taken on each and every challenger. Weak weak little man

[Bok_Tukalo]

8. This isn't funny. At all.

Trump is a pestiferous carnival barker but we are not that far removed from presidential candidate getting shot.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. Not funny. Just stating the truth. Even trump is scared by the drama caused by his campaign

[greytdemocrat]

10. Correct.

This isn't anything to take that lightly. It could
be Bernie or Hillary.

[Igel]

11. Clinton, not so much.

Sanders, sure.

You can direct you ire at a group by citizenship and immigration status or by wealth. The cultural upheavals in China and the USSR versus Hitler's race/ethnic festival of killing are different only in target, not in how abominable they were. But one side or the other finds something to empathize with and to justify to preserve their own psyche.

Hate's hate, anger is anger, populism is populism. What unites the edges is often stronger than what separates them in the middle, and the middle often fails to hold. To fight the fringe is often, sadly, to become the fringe.

[Jim__]

12. I don't know if it's the video, but he looks like shit in that picture.

His face looks all swollen. I haven't seen him looking like that before.

[Runningdawg]

13. I have watched that video 7Xs now

and for the life of me, I can't see what started this. Did a person in the crowd behind him touch Trump? Who's bright idea was it to put Trump in the MIDDLE of a crowd?? The whole side-show (last 36 hours) looks scripted.

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. The action is happening way over on our left. Some one is lunging towards the stage

Waay to the left. Watch where the camera swings to, where the crowd is looking

At 0:18. You can see the skirmish

I think trump is reacting to secret service running up on him

[Runningdawg]

18. OK I finally see it Thanks

[LittleBlue]

15. This could backfire badly

People on twitter are posting this guy's identity and a video of him standing on the American flag. They say it's an ISIS recruitment video. It's in Arabic, so not sure if that's true or just typical reichwing scaremongering, but either way we should distance ourselves from it ASAP before it backfires.

This is a double-edged sword. If Drumpf is ever assaulted or, God forbid, wounded, he becomes a martyr and we look violent. Stop this stuff before it escalates and damages us.

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. Apparently this is him

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[Enrique]

16. always fun

[malaise]

23. Would have been more fun...

if

[Cali_Democrat]

19. LOL...what a wimp.

He talks tough, but he cowers when shit gets real.

[spanone]

20. reaping what you sow