Trump released a video Friday accusing Democrats of becoming an “angry mob” based on some of the violent rhetoric Democratic leaders have employed recently. “The Democrats don’t like being called an angry mob, but really that’s what they’ve become,” Trump argued in the video. “They’ve gone so far left, they can’t even believe that they’re over there, they don’t know what’s going on.”
They’re losing it, and they shouldn’t be,” he said. “We should be a unified country, it’ll happen someday.”
His video featured clips of Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder saying “when they go low we kick them,” and Hillary Clinton arguing earlier this month that “you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for.”
Maybe — just maaayyyybeee — this isn’t the best week for Donald Trump to be making light of violence against reporters. While his administration struggles to find a way to deal with the Saudis after the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Trump spent yesterday stumping in Montana for Republican midterm candidates. He offered specific praise for Rep. Greg Gianforte, who got convicted for assaulting a reporter during his special-election campaign last year, for his “body slam” technique.
Even Trump seemed to realize at one point that this might be unwise. “I shouldn’t be saying this,” he said, and went on to joke about it anyway:
The remarks from Trump at a campaign rally — staged at an airport hangar here with a mountainous backdrop — drew boisterous cheers from the conservative crowd, who applauded as Trump noted of Gianforte: “By the way, never wrestle him.”
Trump’s video followed a remark he made at a rally in Montana Thursday where he said, "Democrats produce mobs, Republicans produce jobs."
Trump also drew criticism, however, for joking about Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) body slamming a reporter.
Trump, "Any guy that can do a body slam, he is my type," he told the crowd.
It’s bad timing in another sense, too. The GOP has rightfully highlighted rising political violence in the midterms, most if not all directed at Republicans and conservatives, and enfolded it into their messaging.
Trump himself mentioned it during rallies this week, using the clever quip, “Democrats produce mobs, Republicans produce jobs.” Giving Gianforte a back slap for attacking a reporter isn’t exactly on message here. Why can’t we just say, “Political violence is bad, full stop,” and leave it at that?
Next time Trump thinks, “I shouldn’t say this,” let’s hope he runs with his first instincts.
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