Sanders: Don't blame my supporters for violence at Trump rally

[Uncle Joe]

Washington (CNN)Bernie Sanders said Saturday that his supporters were not to blame for the unrest that led to the cancellation of a Donald Trump rally in Chicago, instead accusing the Republican front-runner of encouraging violence.

"I don't think our supporters are inciting. What our supporters are doing is responding to a candidate who has, in fact, in many ways, encouraged violence," Sanders said Saturday at a press conference in Chicago. "When he talks about ... 'I wish we were in the old days when you could punch somebody in the head.' What do you think that says to his supporters?"

Sanders also referred to an incident earlier this week in which a black protester was sucker-punched by a Trump supporter as he was being led out of a rally.

"So the issue now is Donald Trump has got to be loud and clear and tell his supporters that violence at rallies is not what America is about and to end it," Sanders said.

(snip)

MoveOn.org, a leading progressive group that has endorsed Sanders, confirmed in a statement that it helped students print signs for the protests at the Chicago rally and recruit members to attend the "student-led protest." But it said the protest was the "direct result of the violence that has occurred at Trump rallies and that has been repeatedly encouraged by Trump himself from the stage."

The Sanders campaign said there was no evidence any Sanders campaign staff was involved in organizing the protests, and Sanders did not apologize on Saturday for the unrest.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/12/politics/bernie-sanders-donald-trump/index.html

There is a video of Bernie's statement on the link.

[jillan]

1. CNN just played a clip of a Latino man that went to the protest because Trump's message of hatred is

not allowed in his neighborhood.

[beachbumbob]

2. Get used to it and worse.....

[bigwillq]

3. Strong statement by Mr. Sanders

That is leadership.

[Buzz Clik]

7. Well, yes, but just about everyone is saying it.

Cruz was the first to chime in.

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. I'm so proud of Bernie Sanders for making these statements

He's doing the right thing by far.

Trump incited all the violence. The media and the political parties and the government insist on treating Trump as a legitimate candidate even though he incites hate and violence. The media built him up. It's up to the people to say enough is enough. The protesters were brave to walk in there.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Thanks for the video statement addition, Cheese Sandwich.

[Cheese Sandwich]

10. I'm so glad to see Bernie didn't throw the protest people 'under the bus'

There's plenty of room under there it would have been easy for him to condemn them. But nope, this guy has a well functioning built-in moral compass. He pinned the blame right where it belongs, squarely on Trump and his goons. The protest was a response to the escalating violence at Trump rallies. Well done again Bernie Sanders.

[Uncle Joe]

11. I never thought he would.

[JackRiddler]

6. Sanders did not apologize for a thing he did not do?

Think of all the other things he did not do he has not apologized for!

Can you trust him?

CommiesCommiesCommies

[AzDar]

8. Bernie is "The Real Deal"...

[Babel_17]

9. K&R nt

[cui bono]

12. Meanwhile Trump's campaign said "We're not involved in that."

SMH

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