Video refutes Sanders's claim that Trump never encouraged violence

[struggle4progress]

Trump in fact has a long history of encouraging violence.
By Aaron Rupar
Feb 22, 2019, 4:35pm EST

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders dismissed a question from a reporter on Friday about whether President Trump has any plans to “tone done his rhetoric” after Coast Guard Lt. Christopher Hasson was arrested over an alleged plot to kill journalists and prominent liberals.

“I certainly don’t think that the president at any point has done anything but condemn violence, against journalists or anyone else,” Sanders said ...

At a political rally last October, Trump boosted Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) for assaulting Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs while Jacobs attempted to interview him in 2017.

Jacobs was attempting to ask Gianforte about his response to a government report on health care when Gianforte grabbed Jacobs’s recorder and pushed Jacobs to the ground. Gianforte later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault ...

https://www.vox.com/2019/2/22/18236512/christopher-hasson-sarah-sanders-trump-encouraging-violence

[kimbutgar]

1. You know how Sarah is lying?

Her mouth is open and she is speaking!