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Lucylastic -> Trump tries to calm his ‘vicious, violent, screaming’ supporters (12/17/2016 1:30:43 AM)
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ORLANDO – It has been 39 days since Donald Trump has had to worry about Hillary Clinton, but his supporters can’t seem to stop talking about her.
Even before Trump took the stage at a boisterous Friday evening rally here, the president-elect’s introductory speakers referenced his former Democratic opponent – and the crowd of thousands, perfectly on cue, chanted, “Lock her up!” One man screamed loudly, “Waterboard her!”
When Trump delivered his speech in Orlando, his latest stop on a national “thank you” tour, his throngs of fans repeated their chants: “Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!”
If the president-elect loved hearing their plea, he did not say so. Rather, he sought to calm his unruly army of passionate followers.
In the run-up to the election, Trump told them, “you people were vicious, violent, screaming, ‘Where’s the wall?’ ‘We want the wall!’ Screaming, ‘Prison!’ ‘Prison!’ ‘Lock her up!’ I mean, you were going crazy. You were nasty and mean and vicious. And you wanted to win, right?”
But the campaign is now over. Victory is in hand. The inauguration is a month away. And Trump, preparing to govern a divided nation, tried to imagine for his fans how they ought to behave. “It’s much different,” he said. “Now you’re laid back, you’re cool, you’re mellow, right? You’re basking in the glory of victory.”
Trump rallied Floridians at an Orlando amphitheater on a crisp evening, flanked by 16 decorated Christmas trees against a giant painted canvas of a winter wonderland. The first words he uttered after a hearty introduction by Vice President-elect Mike Pence: “Merry Christmas, everyone.”
Trump made no reference to Russia’s alleged meddling in the campaign or respond to President Obama’s comments on the matter at a news conference earlier Friday.
Instead, Trump spent much of his 50-minute speech reliving what he called a magical election night in which he defied the pundits. He ticked through the battleground states that he turned red – North Carolina (“our firewall”), Pennsylvania (“always the bride that got away”) and Florida (“Did I blow them out of the Panhandle or what?”). And he mocked CNN’s John King and other television anchors for “dishonest” exit polling and for predicting that he did not have a credible path to 270 electoral votes.
Trump also rolled off key promises of his agenda – to end illegal immigration, defeat Islamic State terrorists, repeal Obama’s Affordable Care Act, renegotiate trade deals and rejuvenate the domestic economy.
“The script is not yet written,” Trump said of his coming presidency. “We do not know what the page will read tomorrow… but what we do know is that the page will be authored by each and every one of you. You, the incredible American people, will be in charge.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/12/16/trump-tries-to-calm-his-vicious-violent-screaming-supporters/?utm_term=.ad9198695197
then theres this from a fox station....
ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump said Friday his supporters were “violent” during the 2016 campaign.
Trump made the admission Friday night during a rally here on the Florida leg of his “Thank You” tour. During the campaign, he repeatedly downplayed violent outbursts his supporters displayed at times toward protesters and insisted that paid activists were instead responsible for inciting violence at his rallies.
“You people were vicious, violent, screaming, ‘Where’s the wall? We want the wall!’ Screaming, ‘Prison! Prison! Lock her up!’ I mean you are going crazy. I mean, you were nasty and mean and vicious and you wanted to win, right?” Trump said Friday. “But now, you’re mellow and you’re cool and you’re not nearly as vicious or violent, right? Because we won, right?”
During the campaign, Trump repeatedly referred to his rallies as the “safest place on Earth” and called them a “love fest.”
Meanwhile, some Trump supporters occasionally physically assaulted protesters at rallies across the country during the 2016 campaign. In several instances, Trump supporters were also assaulted by protesters after exiting Trump rallies.
Several Trump supporters were charged with assault after attacking protesters at different rallies.
And while Trump suggested that his supporters had mellowed out in their rhetoric as well — “now you’re laid back, you’re cool, you’re mellow, you’re basking in the glory of victory,” he said Friday — the crowd broke out in “Lock her up!” chants twice.
One Trump supporter who obtained a media pass from the Trump transition office shouted from the press pen that Trump’s former opponent Hillary Clinton should be waterboarded.
And a Trump supporter threw an empty water bottle at a reporter following the rally, calling the reporter “trash.”
That incident came after the President-elect repeatedly called reporters “very dishonest” and suggested without evidence that the media distorted exit polls on Election Day.
http://fox40.com/2016/12/16/trump-says-his-supporters-were-violent/
this will be spun into hes a good guy for calling out the violence of his base:) ahem
this is probably the truest statement he has made ...
quote:
“You people were vicious, violent, screaming, ‘Where’s the wall? We want the wall!’ Screaming, ‘Prison! Prison! Lock her up!’ I mean you are going crazy. I mean, you were nasty and mean and vicious and you wanted to win, right?” Trump said Friday.
Its obvious his next sentence is not true in any other reality but his and his base quote:
“But now, you’re mellow and you’re cool and you’re not nearly as vicious or violent, right? Because we won, right?”
Maybe he should take some of those security briefings he is too smart for.
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