40 times Donald Trump encouraged violence:
“Maybe he should be roughed up.” ~ Donald Trump, 22 November 2015
40 times Donald Trump encouraged violence:
1. "Even in elementary school, I was a very assertive, aggressive kid. In the second grade I actually gave a teacher a black eye. I punched my music teacher because I didn't think he knew anything about music.” ~ Donald Trump, Art of the Deal, 1987
2. “For many years I’ve said that if someone screws you, screw them back. When somebody hurts you, just go after them as viciously and as violently as you can.” ~ Donald Trump, How to Get Rich, 2004
3. “If someone attacks you, do not hesitate. Go for the jugular.” ~ Donald Trump: Think Big, 2007
4. “Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl should face the death penalty for desertion – five brave soldiers died trying to bring him back. U.S. has to get tough!” ~ Donald Trump, 26 March 2015.
5. “When somebody challenges you unfairly, fight back – be brutal, be tough.” ~ Donald Trump, 28 June 2015.
6. In August 2015 Trump warned that if Black Lives Matter protesters turned up at his rallies, “... they would have a fight on their hands. I don’t know if I’ll do the fighting myself or if other people will.” ~ Donald Trump, 11 August 2015.
7. “See, the first group, I was nice. ‘Oh, take your time.’ The second group, I was pretty nice. The third group, I’ll be a little more violent. And the fourth group, I’ll say get the hell out of here!” ~ Donald Trump, 23 October 2015:
8. “Maybe he should be roughed up.” ~ Donald Trump, 22 November 2015
9. “When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself. When they say they don’t care about their lives, you have to take out their families.” ~ Donald Trump, 2 December 2015
10. “If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously, okay. Just knock the hell — I promise you I will pay for the legal fees, I promise.” ~ Donald Trump, 1 February 2016
11. “I would bring back waterboarding. And I would bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 February 2016
12. “I love the old days. You know what they used to do to guys like that [protesters] when they were in a place like this [political rally]? They’d be carried out on a stretcher, folks.” ~ Donald Trump, 22 February 2016
13. “I’d like to punch him in the face, I tell ya.” ~ Donald Trump, 23 February 2016
14. “They said to me, ‘What do you think of waterboarding?’ I said I think it’s great, but we don’t go far enough. It’s true. We don’t go far enough.” ~ Donald Trump, 23 February 2016
15. "Get him out. Try not to hurt him. If you do, I'll defend you in court. Don't worry about it." ~ Donald Trump, 4 March 2016
16. “The audience hit back. That's what we need a little bit more of.” ~ Donald Trump, 11 March 2016
17. “You know, part of the problem is nobody wants to hurt each other anymore, right?” ~ Donald Trump, 11 March 2016.
18. “I'll beat the crap out of you.” ~ Donald Trump, 12 March 2016
19. “If she [Hillary Clinton] gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the 2nd amendment people, maybe there is.” [The 2nd amendment refers to the right to own and use guns.] ~ Donald Trump, 9 August 2016
20. “When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just seen them thrown in, rough. I said, 'Please don't be too nice’.” ~ Donald Trump, July 2017
21. “Any guy that can do a body slam, he is my type!" ~ Donald Trump, 19 October 2018
22. "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!; LIBERATE MINNESOTA!; LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!" [The 2nd amendment refers to the right to own and use guns.] ~ Donald Trump, April 17, 2020
23. "Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts." ~ Donald Trump, 29 May 2020, tweeted on George Floyd protests.
24. “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?” ~ Donald Trump, 20 June 2020, directed at military authorities responding to street protests in Washington.
25. "I remember this guy Velshi. He got hit on the knee with a canister of tear gas and he went down ... It was really a beautiful sight. It's called law and order." ~ Donald Trump, 18 September 2020
26. “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by.” ~ Donald Trump, 29 September 2020
27. “And now we’re out here fighting.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
28. “And we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
29. “And we got to get rid of the weak congresspeople, the ones that aren’t any good, the Liz Cheneys of the world, we got to get rid of them. We got to get rid of them.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
30. “But it used to be that they’d argue with me, I’d fight. So I’d fight, they’d fight. I’d fight, they’d fight. Boop-boop.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
31. “It’s never going to be the end of us, never. Let them get out. Let the weak ones get out. This is a time for strength.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
32. “Unbelievable, what we have to go through, what we have to go through and you have to get your people to fight.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
33. “We’re going to have to fight much harder and Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
34. “We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them (Congress members) because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
35. “You will have an illegitimate president, that’s what you’ll have. And we can’t let that happen.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
36. “You’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.” ~ Donald Trump, 6 January 2021
37. “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” ~ Donald Trump, 4 August 2023
38. “We will immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft. Very simply: If you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store. Shot!” ~ Donald Trump, 29 September 2023
39. “This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!” ~ Donald Trump, 25 November 2023, referring to General Mark Milley.
40. “Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.” ~ Donald Trump, 16 March 2024
His mind is infected with the pro wrestling mentality.
I'm glad to see that the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate has got you riled up.
Do any of these sound "presidential" ?
check this out
Good use of whataboutism.
i would describe it as the truth hurts
Not to mention but but but the other guy
If only that were true.
Is she sitting in a closet?
Wow. Some serious damage control.
that didnt take long
Are you surprised?
nothing the cult does "surprises" me
The cult? I bet it wouldn't be hard to find a post of someone's Biden tattoo on the internet. But the question would be does Biden deserve to be in a tattoo?....
Damn you , that opened my minds cage door and it went on a stroll unsupervised , it will take a month of sundays to get the mental images out of my head now .
It should have "God Bless Donald Trump" underneath the picture.
And just how much did he as an 8 year old know about music? I hope he got expelled if he really did give that teacher a black eye. I'm sure it's all a lie to puff himself to be tougher than he really is