At a rally on Monday in Asheville, North Carolina, while Donald Trump was in the middle of trying to convince everyone that his supporters are not “deplorables,” as Hillary Clinton recently characterized many of them as being, a man choked, punched and slapped protesters.
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A group of eight demonstrators began shouting from the stands, exchanging words with Trump supporters. The man, who has not been identified, escalated the situation and became violent. Video shows him holding onto one of the male protesters by the neck and shirt, choking him and throwing a punch. A Trump campaign staffer gets between the men and begins escorting the protesters out. The Trump supporter then takes a slap at one of the female protesters.
Police officers, stationed throughout the arena, did not become involved. The protesters were removed from the rally but the unidentified Trump supporter was allowed to stay, reports CNN.
Moments earlier, Trump brought out a group of supporters, declaring them “hardworking Americans,” not “deplorables.”
After the demonstrators were removed a woman in a hijab tried to sit down and the man told her, “Get out!” He raised his arms over his head, fists clenched, in a victorious stance.
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There have been multiple instances of violence at Trump rallies in the past, and the candidate once claimed he would like to punch a demonstrator in the face. A supporter was charged with assault in March after he punched a protester as he was being escorted out of the building. Trump suggested he might pay for the man’s legal fees.
Watch video of the incident below.
Man hits protesters as they are being escorted out of Trump rally https://t.co/t25AIIfs5v pic.twitter.com/JQMMWzVE9x
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 13, 2016
Alistair Wiseman
Queerty, you forgot to mention how President Obama declared back in June that Democrats need to stop the violence at Trump rallies. You might have also added that at one Trump rally, one anti-Trump protester tried to grab a police officers gun in an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump.
I’m sure you will include that next time.
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/3/obama-calls-democrats-stop-violence-trump-rallies/
Kieran
“There have been multiple instances of violence at Trump rallies in the past” Yeah, typically instigated by anti-Trump thugs who can’t stand the idea of free speech in America.
elchorro89
and these people get to vote for the most powerful job in the world! Crazy!
RIGay
@elchorro89: …and they breed.
SportGuy
Why is anyone surprised. The tdump supporters are total whack jobs.
stadacona
There is no one more violent than a leftist. Leftists hate free speech and freedom of choice. The left is intolerant of other opinions. No wonder Americans are fighting back.
Sansacro
Lol. All the little queer fascists here just crack me up with your false equivalencies and self-delusions. Sorry you little bitches, but get ready for 4 years of Hillary. I will be loving every minute of your misery. (Although I’d love to see how much love you right-wing homosexuals get under a Trump presidency and by his half-literate brownshirts.)
Bauhaus
@Alistair Wiseman:
You’ve got your tongue so far up Putin’s ass, it’s a wonder you can breath. Come up for fresh air once in a while, you traitor.
Bauhaus
*breathe
Mo Bro
Ever notice the Trump people don’t go picking fights at Clinton rallies?
Hmm, wonder why that is . . .
@Sansacro: By wishing misery on those with whom you disagree politically, you absolutely represent all that is appalling about liberals.
@stadacona: The “tolerant” left loves to instigate violence and blame those who respond. It’s nothing new.
andy_d
@Alistair Wiseman: FYI, The Washington Times is owned by the Reverend Moon who is VERY HOMOPHOBIC and bigoted.
Bauhaus
@Mo Bro:
Oh look, the other traitor comes up for air – Mr. Putin’s ass needs constant attention. Get to it, Alistair needs to catch his breath.
Mo Bro
@Bauhaus:
You are nuttier than squirrel shit, and I find that endlessly entertaining. Thank you for the many smiles you’ve given me.
Bauhaus
@Mo Bro:
You’re welcome! Scrubbing shit stains by hand requires levity, and zero gag reflex.
Alistair Wiseman
@andy_d:
Does it make you feel better that Clinton News Network (CNN) also reported on Obama stating that Democrats need to stop their violence at Trump rallies? There are other news outlets who reported the President’s request as well. Do you think the Washington Times just made it up? Made up quotes from the President!?!
Also, Typhoid Hillary is also on record as stating that Democrats need to stop the violence at Trump rallies.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/politics/barack-obama-donald-trump-violence-rally/
Kangol
Some Trump-supporting thug from South Carolina suckerpunched a 69-year-old woman using an oxygen tank outside Trump’s Asheville, North Carolina rally. Cops currently are hunting for that particular deplorable.
Kieran
Hillary PR Team @OnMessageForHer:
Just saw a black quadriplegic combat veteran forcibly ejected through a window at a Trump rally. The crowd was yelling, “We hate minorities!”
Heywood Jablowme
@Alistair Wiseman: Make stuff up? You mean like Trump went on and on and on for several years about how he was sure Obama was born in Kenya, and now his “surrogates” (but not him) say he gave up believing that a long time ago?
You mean like Trump bragged how he knows “more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me,” and then he said he has a secret plan to defeat ISIS, but later he said he’ll ask the generals to come up with a plan?
You mean like Trump bribing a gastroenterologist to write an illiterate note that Trump is in outstanding health, including his “mental health”? Apparently the gastroenterologist examined Trump’s head while it was stuck up Trump’s posterior?
Heywood Jablowme
@Alistair Wiseman: This is the false equivalency you make here. Sure, Obama was right to call for that, although strictly speaking it wasn’t really his call to make since not all of the anti-Trump protestors are Obama fans… and they’re definitely NOT all Hillary fans!
But when did Trump ever discourage violence against protestors at his rallies? On the contrary, he encourages it. He even said he wished he could “beat the sh*t out of” one himself. And as the article mentions, Trump said in March that he might pay for an assaulter’s legal fees… although we can guess that he reneged on that, the same way he weasels out of paying so many of his contractors and creditors, and tried to steal the money he “collected” for veterans’ charities.
JessPH
Deplorable indeed.
Alistair Wiseman
I’ve just been censored again.
DEAR QUEERTY,
PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR CENSORSHIP POLICY. SINCE YOU ARE SO DEEPLY ENTRENCHED IN SILENCING THE VOICES OF YOUR READERS, DON’T YOU FEEL YOU OWE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT YOUR POLICY IS AND WHY YOU ENGAGE IN IT?
Kangol
@Alistair Wiseman: It’s not just you. Sometimes I can’t post either. At all, even supportively. I tried for a day to post on the Keith Vaz article, and couldn’t. Not sure what’s up, but I’m pretty sure you’re not the only one getting blocked at time, so you have my sympathy and support on this.
Kangol
At times (Firefox running slowly. UGH!)
Alistair Wiseman
@Kangol:
At first, I thought it was me because I generally don’t agree with Queerty and their politics. But when I started to make comments about their censoring my posts, other posters who also don’t agree with my politics (like you) stated it happens to them as well.
Queerty is a private company in a public forum and can make the rules as they wish. Perhaps they should shut down the comments forum like so many other mainstream websites have done. What they are engaging in is not upholding the liberal standards of free speech. It is totalitarian bullshit and it is disgusting. All in an attempt to control their message and the narrative, they disrespect their readers and those who (try) to post comments.
Queerty owes an explanation to their audience on what their censorship policy is and why they engage in it. If not, perhaps a boycott should be in order.
Bauhaus
@Alistair Wiseman:
You admire Trump/Putin’s totalitarian bullshit, though, and don’t find their disdain for free speech and use of censorship disgusting. By all means, boycott!
fragman
Very nice article Displaced…