"The next time we see him, we might have to kill him."
That’s something you might expect to hear from a white supremacist speaking of a black man during the 1950's in the backwoods of Alabama or Mississippi.
Na. Just another racially-charged Donald Trump rally two weeks ago.
Surely, you've seen the video of one tough talking, coward John McGraw suckering Rakeem Jones with an elbow to the face as sheriffs escorted Jones, a young black man, from the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, NC on Wednesday, March 9.
Jones offense? He was a black man with the audacity to attend a "Trump for President" rally.
The fact that Jones -- the one assaulted -- was then thrown to the ground by sheriffs, threatened to be tasered and removed from the building, while the actual assaulter, cowboy hat-wearing McGraw, was allowed to sit down and finish eating his popcorn for the rest of the rally, is troubling enough.
The fact that Jones -- the one assaulted -- was then thrown to the ground by sheriffs, threatened to be tasered and removed from the building, while the actual assaulter, cowboy hat-wearing McGraw, was allowed to sit down and finish eating his popcorn for the rest of the rally, is troubling enough.
But McGraw's post assault comments should sound the alarm bells for Trump supporters, who so far have been beguiled by the bigoted, demagogue billionaire real estate mogul.
Minutes after the cheap shot, cowboy McGraw told an interviewer he liked "knocking the hell out of that big mouth."
"We don't know who he is, but we know he's not acting like an American," said McGraw. "The next time we see him, we might have to kill him."
Trump's response? Predictably, evasion.
When Trump was asked by CNN's Jake Tapper the following night during the Republican presidential debate whether he may be instigating an increasingly violent string of attacks at his rallies, the disingenuous Republican frontrunner feigned sincerity for about five seconds.
Trump's response? Predictably, evasion.
When Trump was asked by CNN's Jake Tapper the following night during the Republican presidential debate whether he may be instigating an increasingly violent string of attacks at his rallies, the disingenuous Republican frontrunner feigned sincerity for about five seconds.
"I hope not, I truly hope not," Trump told Tapper, as if he seriously didn't have a clue as to why such violent outbreaks are marring his race-baiting, fear-mongering rallies.
Never mind at past rallies Trump himself has said he'd like to punch a protester in the face and encouraged that a protester "be ripped from their seat."
In response to Tapper pressing him, "The Donald" meandered, changed the subject and twisted the truth, as usual.
"We have some protesters who are some bad dudes," Trump exaggerated. "They have done some bad things and they are really dangerous and get in there and start hitting people, and we had a couple big strong powerful guys doing damage to people..."
Where are these “bad dudes” Trump was talking about? Where's the video evidence? Surely, it would have been plastered all over The Donald's private public relations station, MSNBC.
Where are these “bad dudes” Trump was talking about? Where's the video evidence? Surely, it would have been plastered all over The Donald's private public relations station, MSNBC.
Later, Trump only fanned the flames of racial tension by saying he just may pay the legal fees for the attacker, McGraw, who was arrested the day after the assault -- only after video footage of the incident and sheriffs' subsequent inaction was widely aired.
After Fayetteville, brawls at a St. Louis rally and the cancelling of a Chicago Trump rally due to threats of violence, the writing is on the wall -- in big, bold capital letters.
After Fayetteville, brawls at a St. Louis rally and the cancelling of a Chicago Trump rally due to threats of violence, the writing is on the wall -- in big, bold capital letters.
Donald Trump is a dangerous divisive force at a time when Americans desperately need to join together in solidarity to take back their country from the plutocrats and robber barons.
Trump speaks in grand simplicities -- "Great," "Amazing," and "Special," to the disenfranchised. But it's all too easy to appeal to the people's deepest desires for deliverance while preying on their basest fears.
Trump speaks in grand simplicities -- "Great," "Amazing," and "Special," to the disenfranchised. But it's all too easy to appeal to the people's deepest desires for deliverance while preying on their basest fears.
If Trump's hate mongering continues, there's a real threat that a black man exercising is constitutional right at Trump rally, could pay with his life.
Is this how Donald Trump intends to "make America great again?"
