GOP Presidential hopeful, Donald John Trump, is not taking back any of his campaign rhetorics. He is keen at defending his supporters who have been charged for initiating assaults, rallies, and riots to anyone protesting against him.
Trump has rejected any responsibility for these violent acts, saying "We're not provoking. We want peace... We don't want trouble," during one of his rare docile campaigns at Bloomington, Illinois, another critical slate of large-state primaries, according to Yahoo! News.
At Illinois, Trump affirmed to all the followers present during the event, that they are righteous in waging their frustrations at the current political and economic system of the country. According to Washington Post, Trump had also pronounced his protesters to be the "bad people" who are doing harm to America.
Trump's statement was made in reference to the near-riot between his supporters versus his protesters, including authorities in Chicago last Friday. This event had prompted him to cancel his rally scheduled at the city that night. The Washington Post stated that his visit to Chicago was supposedly a part of his 48-hour schedule in getting to three states, with Florida as the final state that he visited last Sunday.
Other GOP hopeful's had made use of Trump's violent rallies in their own campaigns.
John Richard Kasich, the Governor of Ohio and a rival of Trump in the elections, stated that Trump is creating an atmosphere of violence. According to Tuscaloo News, Kasich said during his campaign in Cincinnati, "To see Americans slugging themselves at a political rally deeply disturbed me...We're better than that."
Senator Bernard "Bernie" Sanders said that, Trump "is a man who keeps implying violence, and then you end up getting what you see," according to the Washington Post. Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz, had also stated that Trump's asking for the people to pledge allegiance to him was very disturbing. To emphasize, he said "This is America. We don't pledge allegiance to a man. We pledge allegiance to a flag." Marco Antonio Rubio added to these comments, saying that Trump is really going to damage their country if he wins in the elections.
Trump also had something to say to all of his fellow candidates, blaming them for sending protesters and disrupters during his campaigns, thus causing the riots.
Trump had mentioned seeing placards for Sanders in his events. The Washington Post reported that Trump asserted his supporters to protest against Sanders; a statement which prompted Sanders to say that Trump is someone "who keeps implying violence, and then you end up getting what you see."
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