Donald Trump: “animals representing Hillary Clinton” firebombed GOP office

[TomCADem]

Source: Vox

Donald Trump has accused unnamed Hillary Clinton allies of being the arsonists behind the firebombing of a Republican headquarters in North Carolina on Saturday.

Taking to Twitter Sunday afternoon, Trump alleged that “animals” representing Clinton and Democrats in North Carolina had helped destroy the Republican Party’s offices in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

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Trump didn’t provide any evidence for the claim that people representing Clinton were behind what Republican officials in North Carolina are calling “an act of political terrorism.” (Trump did say the attack occurred “because we are winning,” though most polls show Clinton leading in the state by several points.)

Authorities have said nothing to give any reason to suspect Clinton or North Carolina Democrats orchestrated the attack. Local law enforcement, Clinton, and Republicans in North Carolina have all responded by condemning the attack and calling for a full investigation.

Read more: http://www.vox.com/2016/10/16/13301040/donald-trump-north-carolina-firebombing

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Trump will absolutely not hesitate to lie or promote conspiracy theories regardless of the consequences to our Nation.

[bmstee01]

1. I wouldn't be shocked if

A Trumpet did it.

[Iliyah]

2. Same here

[Mendocino]

3. That was my immediate thought.

Trumps Reichstag fire

[ehrnst]

15. Reichstag fire comes to mind....(nt)

[adigal]

27. My thought, too...to try to garner sympathy

And get everyone to say, "Oh, the poor oppressed white billionaire!"

Count on him to being this up,Wed along with the rest of his loony conspiracies.

[Crash2Parties]

29. My first thought was someone who lost their job (or business) due to HB-2

That law has hurt a *lot* of voters & they don't seem all that happy any more with the GOP government they put in place.

[fleabiscuit]

31. I wouldn't either.

Nutters are all over. What's in your wallet where you live? https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

[woodsprite]

35. Exactly my first thought. It probably was a Trumpster.

Hope they find who did it, no matter what side they're on.

[bathroommonkey76]

36. The #burnitdown hashtag was started a day before the bombing in Orange County.

https://twitter.com/DirkZ1/status/787815426776371200

Here is the #burnitdown Twitter search:

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23burnitdown&src=typd


I just went through some of the tweets & some folks suspect the arsonist could be in this hashtag.

Time to scour through some more....

[Festivito]

43. Only way the Don would know it was a Dem animal is if he is lying and knows it one of his own.

Otherwise he would be saying how horrific it is that it happened and demand an investigation, not jumping to conclusion and calling his assumed perpetrators, animals.

I think the Don's speechwriters are guilty of knowing, and are writing to capitalize on the situation before it blows up on them.

[calimary]

45. Well, who's "embraced the hate" in this campaign?

I've never seen the kind of vicious vitriol like what has manifested itself during this insane campaign! And it's all coming from THEIR corner! The radical right that erupted so horridly after Obama was elected for the first time that they were cited by an early government report on the rise of violent extremism. Remember what a hissy fit they threw? HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE US!!!! Well, SHEESH!!! They raged so loud and long that the report, while 100% true, was eventually retracted. This, mind you, WHILE the Secret Service reported that threats against the life of the new President had increased by 400% or so. And gee whiz, who'd be hating so hard that they'd threaten the First Black President in American History? Gee - wonder who that could possibly be...

But it seems to be noticeable. The guitarist in my kid's band was talking about it just today. He remarked about all the fistfights that broke out - and how it ALWAYS happened at Trump rallies. There were none at rallies for any of the other GOP hopefuls. There weren't any at the Bernie rallies. And you never saw any at Hillary's rallies, either! It's never happened among the Dems - as far back as I can remember. Maybe it's that we tend to lead with our brains instead of our fists? Maybe it's because we're neither afraid nor ashamed of empathy and compassion? Too much testosterone overload?

It just doesn't seem to be what we do.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. So familiar....

[underpants]

38. Spot on

[Beacool]

5. Well, he should know about animals.

In every speech he sounds like a rabid dog. When the national nightmare is over his reputation will be the one most in tatters, second only to the orange yam.

[StevieM]

7. Bea!!! I was wondering when I would see you around here again. It's been awhile.

How have you been? Did you take a break from posting?

It looks like we will win the election. The only remaining obstacle is how biased Chris Wallace of Fox News might be in the final debate.

[Beacool]

11. Hi, Stevie.

I've been away for a while. I have family in Europe and Latin America. This election has been so toxic that sometimes I try to pretend that Trump doesn't exist. I also find it depressing that there are so many people who are as toxic as he is among his supporters. The ones who Hillary euphemistically called the "deplorables'.

Yeah, I'm weary of Wallace. Although, he is a registered Democrat. We'll see how "fair and balanced" he turns out to be.

It's good "seeing" you.

[StevieM]

17. If you live in Washington DC you have to register as a Democrat in order to have any influence

in the voting process. The Democratic primaries are what decides who governs.

It sickens me how the GOP have been able to sell this email "scandal" to so many people. And the attacks on the Clinton Foundation are beyond evil.

I hope you enjoyed you travels abroad. Is it OK to ask what countries you visited?

[Beacool]

34. I have family in Spain, France and Belgium.

I also have friends and some cousins in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The GOP has lost its mind. Trump has dragged down the party with him. It's going to take them years to repair the damage done to the brand.

[calimary]

42. Let's hope so!

We need them to be in rehab for a factor of years so we have time to repair all the damage they've done.

[awoke_in_2003]

65. Hope you had fun

[Beacool]

66. Yes, I did.

Take care!!!

[Mc Mike]

6. In this area, in '08, repugs vandalized their own McCain office, in Port Vue.

Then a young TX lady named Ashley Todd said that she was attacked by an Obama supporter, who carved a (backwards) B, very lightly, into her face.

[Siwsan]

8. Maybe it's Steve Bannon's Reichstag event

I'd blame Trump, but I doubt he'd know what it means.

[forest444]

12. Bingo.

Self-victimization, preferably just before a key election, has been a favorite tactic of fascists around the world for years.

[moosewhisperer]

9. So then who inspired these guys?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/15/it-will-be-a-bloodbath-inside-the-kansas-militia-plot-to-ignite-a-religious-war/?client=safari

[Andy823]

10. So lets see

Trump keeps telling his followers how the "establishment" GOP is out to get him, he encourages his followers to not vote for them, he slams any republican that has not endorsed him, or who have taken back that endorsement. His followers have harassed people before because they won't back trump, so if you ask me some of those brainless jerks that follow his every word should be the ones to look at. It's just like when Trump works them up to go after the reporters. He can keep his hands clean if they do something crazy, but he is to blame for their actions.

Just my opinion.

[DemonGoddess]

13. Given his toxic rhetoric

I'm quite sure once law enforcement investigates, they'll find it was his supporters.

[erpowers]

14. Animals Vs. Deplorables

So he can call people animals, but Hillary Clinton is wrong for calling his supporters deplorables.

[Panich52]

37. Not when so many actually are deplorable.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

56. Yes, my thought too. Double standard combined with compartmentalized thinking typical of RWA. . . nt

[salin]

16. We never know, until we know. But there has been more incitement

to "take action" against the "establishment" from the Trump side.

I am going to wait until there is more information before I make pronouncements. Unlike Trump, who is quite a bit older than I am, I have learned that it is wiser to learn more before casting broad blame - as we are often wrong (think Timothy McVeigh - initial speculation that worked into media reports was 'middle eastern suspects'.)

If indeed the culprit(s) are Trump supporters - I will scream and repeat it loudly and often per the harbinger of lead up to the election, election day, and post election day dangers.

But sometimes, what really happened doesn't follow the narrative we expect. (As in an individual aggrieved with some person, acting on a personal vendetta that has nothing to do with the narrative that is predicted.) So I am holding off on the pile on.

Trump's premature response - given his language of provocation - it is ironic that he would make such a strong "certain" statement. But not surprising given how disconnected he is from his statements and actions and the effects of those statements and actions.

[bucolic_frolic]

24. That is wise of course

though I would add Democrats know the import of this election and
99.999999% of them would do NOTHING to help the other side, and
we would rarely be so intolerant as to try to force people out of town

so this event is suspect, it does look like a setup to me, or most likely
disaffected Republicans who are fed up with their party's inner turmoil

[Ellen Forradalom]

39. I'm waiting for arrests and facts

before I say a thing about this beyond that it's a despicable deed.

[IronLionZion]

18. Hillary is leading in NC

so our people were so excited by our candidate leading that they decided to do this? Yeah, sure Donny. Maybe someone carved a backwards letter B into their heads, or an H for Hillary.

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Hope the FBI is all over it and nails the perp(s) promptly

Like about 3 days

or before Nov 8

[keithbvadu2]

20. False flag operation? Wouldn't be the first time in politics.

[bathroommonkey76]

21. Did you see what American Psycho posted

on Instagram?

donaldjtrumpjr:

Animals presumably representing Dems in North Carolina just firebombed our office in Orange County, North Carolina- because we are winning!!! I guess they're only "Tolerant" when you're subservient and agree with all their nonsense. This is what we are fighting for guys.... basic American freedoms. I was reasonably near there this week as I went through NC on the campaign trail. A great team of amazing people. #trump #makeamericagreatagain #trump2016 #maga #freedom

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLpH59FjvSj/?taken-by=donaldjtrumpjr&hl=en

[bathroommonkey76]

22. Please tell him

Trump hasn't led in any NC polls since Sept-- Thank you.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/nc/north_carolina_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson-5951.html

[Skittles]

23. no reason to suspect Clinton or North Carolina Dems

but Trump immediately flies off the handle and starts making accusations

really not a good trait for someone who wants to be PRESIDENT

[alcibiades_mystery]

25. His every word is disqualifying

He is not a smart person.

[liberal N proud]

26. I have not seen any talking heads to see their reaction to Trump's smear

But I really have no faith anyone is putting a stop to the lie.

[Tarc]

28. Some inbred Trumpkin did it to garner sympathy

Ashley Todd all over again.

[rtracey]

30. hmmm North Carolina?

I would not be surprised if a right winged group did this to throw suspicion on the democrats.

[Mr. Ected]

32. I hope we have swift justice in this case

I hope the perps are caught.

I hope the accused are not in any manner connected to HRC supporters.

And I hope that Hillary uses this accusation as the penultimate false accusation of Trump's entire campaign, a misdirected and perverse accusation against his opponent if ever one was to be made, and that disproving it disproves all the other bullshit that proceeded it.

[Rose Siding]

33. Seems more logical to suspect someone who wants to tear down the GOP establishment

Who's most distressed about the GOP establishment? Who's been the angriest political sect? Who has been talking about violence?

[underpants]

40. animals can now make fire? Bombs? Mmmm no I think his message meant something else

Now who would he refer to as "animals"? Let me think who he might mean ......

[Ford_Prefect]

41. Don't believe the hype. The fire self-extinguished and caused modest damage at worst.

This has all the signs of a setup. The Graffiti was rather carefully written on the side of a nearby building, NOT the front of GOP HQ. I doubt it was a local Democrat simply because this is the most Democratic county in the state. No Orange County Dem would feel afraid of the local GOP enough to bother with this kind of action.

Several folks have suggested it was done to focus Republicans on an angry response in defense. That sounds much more likely. I've lived here 36 years and no Democrat here would have bothered to buy or steal the paint let alone waste good gasoline driving over there to do it. We've done years of far more effective public protest regarding HB-2 and other moral outrages. Trump doesn't frighten anyone around here nearly as much as the miserable excuse for a Governor and Legislature we have.

[bathroommonkey76]

44. Read the #burnitdown hashtag on Twitter.

It was started a day before the fire in Orange County-- I agree with you. There is no reason a Dem would do this in ORANGE COUNTY! I live outside of Wake and know that Orange is one of the most liberal areas in NC-- Up there with Asheville.

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23burnitdown&src=typd

[LeftInTX]

51. I noticed that about the writing too

Someone(s) felt comfortable enough to take the time to write fairly neatly prior to starting the fire.
Then, I read that the Molotov Cocktail was found under the couch.

[Crowman1979]

46. So he's using tactics straight from the movie "Black Sheep".

It involves the scenes in which some random photographer ask the gov. running for office if she either wants photos released of her boys starting the fire, or Mike Donnely starting the fire.

[GWC58]

47. Smacks of Nazi Germany's fire. That brought "the night of broken glass."

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if FuckFace had something to do with it.😡👹

[Feeling the Bern]

55. Reichstag Fire didn't bring about Kristallnacht. An assassination in Paris did

The Reichstag Fire brought about the Night of Long Knives, which was the Nazi purge of the SA and Ernst Rohm, along with anyone who wasn't a fascist in Hitler's image.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

63. Thanks. Saved me looking that up.

I knew something wasn't right in that post.

[GWC58]

64. My bad. I need to read up, like

The Rise & Fall of the Third Reich.

[frogmarch]

48. Betcha a Trump supporter did it.

They're mad at the GOP establishment for abandoning Donnie.

[sofa king]

49. False flag. I'd put money on it.

Recently my mother asked me, "what is Fascism?" I recited the list we all know and have seen this year, and I finished with, "I haven't seen it yet this year, but won't be surprised if I do. Fascists rely heavily upon false-flag terrorism to raise the tenor of fear, because the voters they rely upon are motivated by fear."

This is false-flag terrorism, and I'm sure the phone records will bear me out within a week.

[SpankMe]

50. Donald should go to jail for his assertion

Why? Because if you know who committed a crime and keep it a secret from police, then that itself is a crime in most cases.

If he's so sure it was Hillary supporters he'd better have something to back that up and report it to police. Or, he should be arrested for essentially lying about who committed a crime.

[TygrBright]

52. "animals," huh? Now where have I heard something like that...

....oh, yeah. On Rwandan radio stations, in 1994.

They called the Tutsi "cockroaches."

Because when you dehumanize your enemies, it makes it easier to incite your followers to kill them.

somberly,
Bright

[Coyotl]

53. So Trump starts a Republican civil war and blames Dems without evidence? Not the brightest boy.

[DallasNE]

54. Could Be Anybody

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Including troubled GOP operatives such as James O'Keefe. Until we know more it makes no sense to speculate.

Disclaimer: This is not to speculate that it is O'Keefe, only that diversionary dirty tricks people exist.

[Raine]

57. I would bet one of their own did it. nt

[lark]

59. Of corse, the assface didn't mention the $13,000+

Dems immediately raised to rebuild. Did I hear any mention of him offering to do the same, hell no. He doesn't give one damn about anyone other than himself (and his little self). Wouldn't be surprised if it's an inside job, although I can't say categorically that no Clinton supporter would do that either. In a way, it doesn't matter, whoever did this should go to jail, regardless.

[hlthe2b]

60. I think the fact that it equated REPUBLICANS with Nazis (not Trump) is revealing...

I only hope that FBI can quickly, ACCURATELY and convincingly document WHO and WHY, including if this is a not-wholely unexpected false flag op to divert attention from Trump's many scandals... Just sayin..

[leftyladyfrommo]

61. My guess is that Trump sympathizers did this.

To make Dems look bad.

[The Tingler]

62. Oh great, since we already have freikorps in the U.S.,

I suppose it was only a matter of time before we had a reichstag fire.

[hexola]

67. It was the DemoCats!

[hexola]

68. Photos of perps here!

Caught in the act!