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The White House urged “peaceful” behavior at campaign rallies Tuesday after a man attacked journalists at a Trump event in El Paso, Texas.

“President Trump condemns all acts of violence against any individual or group of people — including members of the press,” said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “We ask that anyone attending an event do so in a peaceful and respectful manner.”

 

The statement came after a prominent Democratic senator and the White House Correspondents Association urged Mr. Trump to rein in his supporters’ attacks on the media.

“He should call off his supporters who are doing those kinds of things,” said Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. “Call them out and ask them to stop. We all are concerned there will be something worse happening at some time in the future.”

 

A man wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat shoved a BBC cameraman on the media platform Monday night at a Trump border rally in El Paso, Texas. The cameraman, Ron Skeans, said the “very hard shove” came from his blindside.

“I didn’t know what was going on,” Mr. Skeans told his network. He said the man almost knocked him over twice before the assailant was wrestled away by another member of the media.

BBC producer Eleanor Montague, who was also on the platform, said the man had attacked other journalists but Mr. Skeans “got the brunt of it.”

 

Olivier Knox, president of the WHCA, said the journalists’ group “condemns the physical attack on our colleague.”

“We are relieved that, this time, no one was seriously hurt,” Mr. Knox said in a statement. “The president of the United States should make absolutely clear to his supporters that violence against reporters is unacceptable.”

 

Mr. Skeans said the president saw the attack, and confirmed that the cameraman was OK with a thumbs-up gesture. The journalist returned the thumbs-up signal to Mr. Trump, who continued with his speech.

 

 

Ms. Montague said the president had been criticizing the media before the incident occurred.

Mr. Trump told his audience that the media wouldn’t accurately report the difference in crowd sizes between his rally and a rival event being held the same night in El Paso by former Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a possible 2020 presidential candidate.

“They won’t mention the disparity tomorrow,” Mr. Trump said of the media. “When the media starts becoming honest, and maybe they will, because we’ve done something that’s never been done before. We have suffered a totally dishonest media and we’ve won, and it’s driving them crazy. It’s driving them crazy.”

 

Mr. Brown, a potential candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, called on Mr. Trump “to stop the encouraging of violence at these rallies.” He added that physical attacks on the media by Trump supporters have “become too par for the course.”

The senator is married to Connie Schultz, a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“I talk about this at home a lot with my wife about what’s happening in this country,” he said. “It’s important that the president at some point, sooner rather than later, goes on television — not just tweets but goes on television — and says that reporters and journalists are not enemies of the people.”

 

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I'm sorry but I don't buy it. Trump supporters aren't deranged angry or violent. They go to these rallies to see their President 

and if you talk to the crowds outside they are all so excited about seeing the President. This is more likely the same thing when 

the Democratic Socialist paid protesters to disrupt Trump rallies during the election. Consider the events last weekend in Italy,

Where they marched and danced in the street with a giant Trump statue. Trump supporters simply aren't angry. The're happy 

because for the first time anyone can remember the future looks good. 

Another thing, if this was a surprise attack how is it that security was all over him in just two seconds? 

Trump supporters aren't stupid like the left, we don't need the media to tell us what happened.

WE ALREADY KNOW AND CAN THINK FOR OURSELVES. 

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I think when people see the camera they view it as a way to get their message and views televised.  It doesn't matter what political party you support, there are crazy and angry people on both sides.  It is just some peoples nature to be more vocal and more physical than others.  The breaking point to take action of some kind is being reached by more and more people all around the world.  Especially when the news is available from around the globe 24/7. 

 

Let's face it the job of the media is to make supporters on both sides look as bad as possible, make both parties look as bad as possible and keep everyone divided.  I must say they are doing a damn fine job of it.  JMO.

 

Back to the coffee and donuts.  Life is good!

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4 hours ago, ladyGrace'sDaddy said:

Trump supporters aren't deranged angry or violent.

 

I don't know they seem pretty pissed off to me... They whine about almost everything... Why aren't they whining about the new conservative deal, 22 trillion in debt? Is 22 trillion actually a real number? If so everyone of us is doomed... Of course we have to give our money to the corporations, they can't survive if they have to pay taxes. And we definitely have to bail-out the farmers, because they have been cut off from global markets. This just gets better everyday.

 

B/A

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5 minutes ago, cranman said:

I think when people see the camera they view it as a way to get their message and views televised.  It doesn't matter what political party you support system" rel="">support, there are crazy and angry people on both sides.  It is just some peoples nature to be more vocal and more physical than others.  The breaking point to take action of some kind is being reached by more and more people all around the world.  Especially when the news is available from around the globe 24/7. 

 

Let's face it the job of the media is to make supporters on both sides look as bad as possible, make both parties look as bad as possible and keep everyone divided.  I must say they are doing a damn fine job of it.  JMO.

 

Back to the coffee and donuts.  Life is good!

 

Spot on Cranman.....Problem is there are still people living in denial who believe their chosen party is incapable of such violence....even though their ringmaster has promoted as much on camera.  :facepalm:

 

 

 

GO RV, then BV 

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