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Sanders: Israel’s Right to Exist in Peace and Security Is Not Up for Debate



http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.722147



'I lived in Israel, I have family in Israel, Israel has the right to live not only in peace and security, but to know that their very existence will be protected by the United States government,' says the presidential candidate.
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This article was originally published on Jewish Insider.
Israel’s right to exist in peace and security will be a general recognition by the entire Democratic convention and not be up for debate, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders sought to assure Jewish Democrats and voters concerned about his appointees to the Democratic Party’s Policy Platform Committee.
“I am 100 percent pro-Israel in the sense of Israel’s right to exist,” Sanders said in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd on Sunday. “I lived in Israel, I have family in Israel, Israel has the right to live not only in peace and security, but to know that their very existence will be protected by the United States government.”

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, right, greets supporters after speaking at a campaign rally, Saturday, May 28, 2016, in Santa Maria, California. Mark J. Terrill, AP

Last week, Sanders appointed three Israel critics, Rep. Keith Ellison, Cornel West and James Zogby, to help draft the party’s platform ahead of the convention in Philadelphia. West, a BDS supporter, and Zogby, a pro-Palestinian activist, have both said they would seek changing the party’s policy on Israel, to a policy that shows more sympathy for the Palestinian side of the conflict.
On Meet the Press, Sanders said his view is that the United States “has got to respect the needs of the Palestinian people. They cannot be pushed aside, and “other people can say whatever they want.” When pressed, Sanders wouldn’t indicate what he wants the platform to say other than saying, “We’ve got some good people on our platform-writing committee.”
Addressing concerns within the party over a possible floor debate on the issue, Sanders promised that at the end of the day, “There will be a general recognition by the entire Democratic convention that of course Israel’s right to exist in peace and security is not in debate. I think there’s going to be broad consensus within the Democratic convention on that issue.”

The Hillary Clinton campaign insisted that the 2016 platform will reflect the party’s longstanding strong support for Israel. “The Democratic Party has always, in the platform, reflected longstanding, strong support for Israel. I don’t expect that to change,” Wendy Sherman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and a foreign policy adviser to Clinton, told Jewish Insider on Friday. “I believe that everybody is in strong support for Israel’s security and I think that Secretary Clinton's views about the importance of Israel’s security and the unbreakable bond between the U.S. and Israel is something that is held by all Democrats.”
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[Desert Fox]

@Falcon29 @C130 @XenoEnsi-14 @T-72M1 this might interest you guys.

And now watch Trump's reaction from another angle

Trump didn't treat the guy like he would a regular protester by requesting him to be kicked out.​

 

[XenoEnsi-14]

'I lived in Israel, I have family in Israel, Israel has the right to live not only in peace and security, but to know that their very existence will be protected by the United States government,' says the presidential candidate.
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I can't find that in the United States of America Constitution.

@Falcon29 @C130 @XenoEnsi-14 @T-72M1 this might interest you guys.

And now watch Trump's reaction from another angle

Trump didn't treat the guy like he would a regular protester by requesting him to be kicked out.​

Doesn't matter who the scapegoat is going to be, we just need to be prepared and not let it happen again.

 

[T-72M1]

ok, so this is kind of from a blatant anti-pakistan channel, ignore that, watch the clip

I found this:

hilarious


most people who've watched Trump on the stump will know I'm talking about this, of course:

@Azad-Kashmiri @Desert Fox @RabzonKhan .. is he Illuminati ?

think he makes a good point, though, Pak should be prepared to be friendly if it's Trump... when everyone discusses honestly and with shared interest with others, there can be peace.

 

[Desert Fox]

ok, so this is kind of from a blatant anti-pakistan channel, ignore that, watch the clip

I found this:
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hilarious


most people who've watched Trump on the stump will know I'm talking about this, of course:

@Azad-Kashmiri @Desert Fox @RabzonKhan .. is he Illuminati ?

think he makes a good point, though, Pak should be prepared to be friendly if it's Trump... when everyone discusses honestly and with shared interest with others, there can be peace.

Lol, no i don't think that hand sign is enough proof to prove someone's Illuminati. Regarding the video, i agree with the commentator. Most Muslims lack foresight, and its not just Muslims either but the average person anywhere lacks foresight, in particular pertaining to politics, and thus allow their emotions to dictate their decisions. Even many well read so called "experts" lack foresight. I guess foresight is something few people are born with.

Trump is a strategic thinker, after all there is a reason why he was able to build a 10 billion dollar company. I love how all of the people who were calling him an idiot, moron, redneck, hill billy, and how he would never make it past the first couple of debates and dropout out early, etc... are now the ones who look like idiots (even many on this forum ). The joke is on them.

Hillary has a lot of baggage. That's something Trump has already started exploiting.


BTW, since starting his campaign last August Trump has saved 2 billion dollars in advertisement expenses by all of the free media coverage he received for his controversial statements and yet beat all of his Republican opponents This is how you know Trump will save American economy so much money by making our adversaries pay as well as making great trade deals that will generate more money as well:

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[T-72M1]

[QUOTE="Desert Fox, post: 8347576, member: 23101]"...saved 2 billion dollars in advertisement expenses by all of the free media coverage...[/QUOTE]
yup, they call it "earned" media. The man's masterful at directing the news cycle, and as his book "the art of the deal" will tell you.. 'any publicity is better than no publicity'

Hillary has only now started doing phone ins to news shows, but you can easily tell there's an off-camera army of minions whispering in her ear what to say etc, she's so fake, almost as fake as he is (or appears to be) genuine.

 

[RabzonKhan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/738425229584666624

ok, so this is kind of from a blatant anti-pakistan channel, ignore that, watch the clip

I found this:
View attachment 308105
hilarious


most people who've watched Trump on the stump will know I'm talking about this, of course:

@Azad-Kashmiri @Desert Fox @RabzonKhan .. is he Illuminati ?

think he makes a good point, though, Pak should be prepared to be friendly if it's Trump... when everyone discusses honestly and with shared interest with others, there can be peace.

I don’t take people like Ahmed Qureshi seriously, he is a third rate conspiracy theorist.

if Trump focuses on Ohio,Pennsylvania, and Florida and wins those three states he'll beat Hillary easily.

The fact is, if Trump wins all the red states and Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, he will still lose, sorry to say but looks like your Electoral College math is quite weak.

 

[RabzonKhan]

I can't speak for Trump but for what I have heard.


Foreign Policy- he's against getting us involved in stupid wars and destabilizing the Middle East (was against the Iraq war, Libya, and Syria)

You see the problem is that Trump is a sociopathic liar, he lies like hell, the fact is, he supports ground troops in Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS, and once he supported Iraq and Libya wars.

Please watch the videos and see Donny the flip-flop goofing:

“We really have no choice, we have to knock out ISIS,” Trump said. “I would listen to the generals, but I’m hearing numbers of 20,000-30,000.”


Trump typically rails against American military involvement around the world…….Damn liar!

Libya War:

This is what Trump said in 2016:


At Thursday’s CNN debate Republican frontrunner Donald Trump claimed he did not support the 2011 U.S. intervention in Libya and “never discussed the subject”

“We would be so much better off if Gaddafi were in charge right now. If these politicians went to the beach and didn’t do a thing and we had Saddam Hussein and we had Gaddafi in charge, instead of having terrorism all over the place, we’d be—at least they killed terrorists, all right?”

And this is what he said in 2011:

“I can’t believe what our country is doing. Gadhafi in Libya is killing thousands of people. Nobody knows how bad it is. And we’re sitting around. We have soldiers all over the Middle East, and we’re not bringing them in to stop this horrible carnage — and that’s what it is, it’s a carnage. You talk about all of the things that have happened in history. This could be one of the worst,” Trump said on his video blog.

He is an embarrassment and a disgrace!

Iraq War:

Donald Trump often touts that he was against the war in Iraq, but in 2002 he expressed support for an invasion.


Trump, who was being interviewed by Howard Stern, said that “yeah, I guess so” when asked if he was for invading the country. (link)

“Are you for invading Iraq?” Stern asked.

“Yeah, I guess so,” Trump responded. “I wish the first time it was done correctly.”


And in another interview to Fox News Neil Cavuto, note, he does not mention his opposition to the war, all he talks about is, “tremendous success from military point of view” and how the Wall Street is going to benefit. One can clearly see he was very excited about the war and our success.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-defends-2003-interview-calling-iraq-invasion-a-success/

One day after the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq, businessman Donald Trump joined Neil Cavuto for a phone interview to give an opinion on how the military action in the Middle East would impact the financial sector at home. (Link)

Trump told Cavuto in that March 21, 2003, chat: "I think Wall Street's waiting to see what happens, but even before the fact they're obviously taking it a little bit for granted. It looks like a tremendous success from a military standpoint, and I think this is really nothing compared to what you're gonna see after the war is over."

Trump went on to predict that the war would go on to benefit the financial markets.

"I think Wall Street's just gonna go up like a rocket, even beyond, and it's gonna continue and, you know, we have a strong and powerful country, and let's hope it all works out," he added.

I wonder, how can you people support such a flip-flop liar?

Will build a wall to keep out illegal Mexicans and other Latinos, most of whom are murderers and drug traffickers.

Do you know how the illegal immigrants go to Australia, and how the North Africans go to Europe, through boats, and that’s why I think this whole wall thing is just a ridiculous idea, you build a wall and they start coming through boats, then what?

As I have said previously on this thread, the best way to tackle the illegal immigration problem is to heavily fine the businesses that hire them, and repeat offenders should also face jail time.

Nukes- Japan will never build or use nuclear weapons. my personal opinion is South Korea should have nukes if North Korea can have them. If China doesn't like that they should put pressure on North Korea to abandon it's own nuclear program.

so If SK wants them Trump won't stop them.

We cannot just pick and choose (Iran cannot have it, but South Korea can), and please try to understand nuclear weapons are not a joke, the last thing the world need is a nuclear war.

Please read and understand the dangers of nuclear war:

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/computer-models-show-what-exactly-would-happen-earth-after-nuclear-war
COMPUTER MODELS SHOW WHAT EXACTLY WOULD HAPPEN TO EARTH AFTER A NUCLEAR WAR between Pakistan and India.

Trade wars- they are already happening. we are getting ripped off. China devalues it's currency and dumps it's cheap products into our country. we have a $300+ billion trade deficient with China that needs to be fixed.

There are sensible ways to tackle the issue, but not through trade embargoes and trade wars, besides, Trump is a hypocrite his own merchandise are made in China.

But here’s an interesting fact, our trade deficit with China is improving, since the Chinese are getting richer they are able to import more from us. (Link)

https://twitter.com/x/status/738420394185592832

NAFTA needs to go TPP won't happen under Trump

We are talking about trillion of dollar worth of trade and millions of American jobs, according to the US Chamber of Commerce, the increase trade brought about by the NAFTA agreement has created 5 million jobs in America alone. Of course yes, there are pros and cons and the best way is to smartly tackle the cons so it could benefit us.

Waterboarding- I don't have a problem with that

Kill the families of terrorists- this is the only way to truly wipe out terrorists like IS. they take multiple wives and have dozens of kids who then are indoctrinated to follow in their footsteps. if you kill the father the children will just continue his legacy and make more terrorist children themselves. it's like a Hydra. either we don't fight and kill terrorists or we wipe them and their lineage out.

Do you know deliberately killing noncombatant (children, women and old people) is a war crime.

Trump’s thinking is quite similar to Nazis “final solution of the Jewish question” (and then you people think he is not racist).

During the summer of 1941, in breach of Hitler’s agreement with Joseph Stalin, Germany invaded theSoviet Union. Following the German army into battle were theEinsatzgruppen. Local people supported these killing squads, one of the main tasks of which was to kill all Jewish men, women and children in the areas that were being conquered. By December 1941, over 500,000 Soviet Jews had been murdered.

However, for the Nazis leadership, conventional killing methods were insufficient and inefficient.

On 20 January 1942, 15 leading officials of the Nazi state met at a villa in Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin, to discuss the ’Final solution of the Jewish Question’.

The ’Final solution’ was a code name for the murder of all the Jews of Europe. The people present at the conference were to discuss how to make mass murder happen in an organised and methodical way.


And here is the testimony of Joint Chief of Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, without mentioning Trump, this is what he had to say: (Link)

Under questioning by Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, Dunford told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the use of extreme interrogation techniques would go against "American values" and adversely impact on troop morale.


Dunford responded that "I've said publicly before, our men and women -- we ought to be proud of it -- when they go to war they go with the values of our nation. And those kind of activities you've described are inconsistent with the values of our nation and, quite frankly, I think would have an adverse effect."

Dunford said one of those adverse effects "would be on the morale of the force, and what you're suggesting are things that actually aren't legal for them to do anyway" under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the law of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions.

Trump isn't racist and neither is his supporters.

if you look at videos of anti-trump protesters you'll see who is truly racist and intolerant ones are in this country.

You like it or not, but the fact is, most of Trump supporters are more racist than even the average Republican:

Here are some Polls:

1. A Pew Research Center national poll released Thursday found that 59 percent of registered voters nationwide think that an increasing number of people from different races, ethnic groups and nationalities makes the United States a better place to live; only 8 percent say this makes America worse. But among Trump backers, 39 percent say diversity improves America, while 42 percent say it makes no difference and 17 percent say it actually makes America worse. (Link)

2. White independents and Republicans who think their identity as whites is extremely important are more than 30 points more likely to support Trump than those who think their racial identity is not important.

“Republican voters who support either candidate and strongly agree that “immigrants threaten American customs and values,” 60.1 percent say they prefer Trump and 15.6 percent say they prefer Cruz.” (Link)

3. The P.P.P. poll asked voters if they thought whites were a superior race. Most Republican primary voters in South Carolina — 78 percent — disagreed with this idea (10 percent agreed and 11 percent weren’t sure). But among Mr. Trump’s supporters, only 69 percent disagreed. Mr. Carson’s voters were the most opposed to the notion (99 percent), followed by Mr. Kasich and Mr. Cruz’s supporters at 92 and 89 percent. Mr. Rubio’s backers were close to the average level of disagreement (76 percent).

According to P.P.P., 70 percent of Mr. Trump’s voters in South Carolina wish the Confederate battle flag were still flying on their statehouse grounds. (It was removed last summer less than a month after a mass shooting at a black church in Charleston.) The polling firm says that 38 percent of them wish the South had won the Civil War. Only a quarter of Mr. Rubio’s supporters share that wish, and even fewer of Mr. Kasich’s and Mr. Carson’s do. (Link)

4. A Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted earlier this month asked: “Which of these do you think is a bigger problem in this country — blacks and Hispanics losing out because of preferences for whites, or whites losing out because of preferences for blacks and Hispanics?”

More than half of Trump supporters, 54 percent, thought white people losing out was a bigger problem. The share of Trump's supporters who believed whites were losing out was 12 points higher than the share of all Republicanvoters surveyed in the poll who believe this. (Link)

Cheers!

 

[RabzonKhan]

Super, hard-hitting and very Presidential!

Now, as usual, Trump will throw a childish temper tantrum.

Hillary Clinton Just Kicked Trump in the Shins

And showed that she’s certainly tough enough for the long haul.

By Fred Kaplan JUNE 2 2016

For those who thought Hillary Clinton needed proxies or a running mate to attack Donald Trump with the savagery required of a long-slog campaign, her Thursday speech in San Diego should be a mind-changer.

The all-but-inevitable Democratic nominee showed that she’s fit to be her own attack dog, mauling her ill-matched Republican foe to shreds without getting muddy in the process.

Not two minutes into the speech, she calmly and coolly delivered this broadside:

Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different; they are dangerously incoherent. They’re not even really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds, and outright lies. He is not just unprepared, he is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability, and immense responsibility. This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes, because it’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because someone got under his very thin skin.

The audience gasped at hearing “bizarre,” tittered at “personal feuds,” and burst into laughter and applause at “very thin skin.” They hadn’t heard any presidential candidate talk like this—they certainly hadn’t heard Clinton talk like this. It was a full takedown of Trump, but in an anti-Trump manner, spoken not in vague adolescent epithets (“stupid,” “idiotic,” “crooked,” “goofy”), but in an itemized checklist of his utter, almost laughable unsuitability for the job.

“I will leave it to the psychiatrists,” she said later, to explain Trump’s “bizarre fascination with dictators and strongmen who have no love for America,” not least Vladimir Putin, for whom Trump shows not the slightest understanding and who, because of that, she reminded Trump—“will eat your lunch.”

Reciting her own experience as first lady, senator, and secretary of state (as she sometimes does with a bit too much self-indulgence, but it was completely fitting here), she said, “Every president makes hard choices every day with imperfect information and conflicting imperatives. … Making the right call takes a cool head and respect for the facts. … It also takes humility, knowing you don’t know everything, because if you’re convinced you’re always right, you’ll never ask the hard questions.” Recalling President Obama’s hard choices the night of the Osama Bin Laden raid, she said, elevating her voice a bit, “Imagine Donald Trump sitting in the Situation Room, making life-or-death decisions for the United States”—prompting the audience, by this time secure in her palm, to laugh and howl, “No-o-o-o-o-oo” in protest.

She flung forth the entire litany of his shortcomings: his proposals to default on the national debt (treating the economy “like one of his casinos”), his pronouncement that he knows more about ISIS than the generals, his advocacy of torture and of murdering the relatives of suspected terrorists, his demonization of Muslims (“playing right into the hands of ISIS”), his dismissiveness toward America’s allies and their importance to U.S. security, his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal (“Donald Trump doesn’t know the first thing about Iran or its nuclear program—ask him; it will become very clear, very quickly”), his persistent mockery and nastiness (“He has no sense of what it takes to deal with multiple countries with competing interests and reaching a solution that everyone can get behind”), his paucity of ideas about how to solve the world’s real problems (“He doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about”)

On each point, she contrasted his flimsy prejudices not only with her own experience and thought-out views but also with the long-standing, bipartisan traditions of American diplomacy.

Then she kicked Trump in the shins. Pointing to his claims that “the world is laughing at us,” she scoffed, “He’s been saying this for decades. He bought full-page ads in newspapers across America back in 1987, when Ronald Reagan was president, saying America lacked a backbone and the world was laughing at us. He was wrong then, and he’s wrong now. And you’ve got to wonder why somebody who has so little confidence in America—and has felt that way for at least 30 years—wants to be our president.”

This election suddenly got a little bit fun.

 

[Desert Fox]

Racist Mexicans attack Trump Supporters At Trump Rally with Knives and Rocks, Prove Trumps Point

They hate America so much that they carry Mexican flags instead of American flags. Can't wait till they get deported back to their beloved Mexico.

Watch how the Police just stand there and do nothing. Why? Because the Pro-Hillary mayor of the city told them to stand down.

@XenoEnsi-14 @libertad @C130 @Falcon29 @Hamartia Antidote @T-72M1​

@vostok @flamer84 @Vauban

 

[Desert Fox]

Violent Protesters Assault Trump Supporters With Eggs, Bottles, Punches After Rally

A Trump supporter who was attacked with a sharp object by violent protesters.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Donald Trump supporters were mobbed and assaulted by protesters on Thursday night after the candidate's campaign rally in California.

The violence broke out after the event in San Jose wrapped up just before 8 p.m. local time (11 p.m. ET). Some Trump supporters were punched. One woman wearing a "Trump" jersey was cornered, spat on, and pelted with eggs and water bottles.

Police held back at first but eventually moved in. San Jose Police Sgt. Enrique Garcia told NBC News that several protesters were arrested and one officer was assaulted in the melee.

The videos below contains language some may find offensive.

Watch: The moment a Trump supporter, surrounded by protesters, is egged in the face, hit by other food. pic.twitter.com/qYFdwJWvrS

— Jacob Rascon (@Jacobnbc) June 3, 2016
Lan Hoang said anti-Trump protesters stole his "Make America Great Again" hat off of his head and set it on fire as he was leaving the rally.

The 24-year-old said he saw "a lot" of Trump supporters get attacked on the walk back to his car after the rally.

Protesters also smashed cars in a nearby parking structure and surrounded and taunted an elderly couple, according to Steve Tong.

"It was unbelievable," he told NBC Bay Area. "I've never seen anything like that in America before,"

Hillary Clinton's campaign chair John Podesta condemned the violence, saying that "violence against supporters of any candidate has no place in this election."

Police rush protesters, plainclothes officer tackles one, who is then surrounded and detained. pic.twitter.com/Zwo05DZMLQ

— Jacob Rascon (@Jacobnbc) June 3, 2016

It wasn't the first Trump rally in California to turn violent. About 20 protesters were arrested after an April speech by Trump in Costa Mesa south of Los Angeles, when members of the crowd damaged five police vehicles.

Inside the San Jose Convention Center, Donald Trump was in full attack mode Thursday night, repeating his claim that Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server was illegal.

Trump's assault on Clinton came just hours after the Democratic candidate gave a national security speech painting the GOP nominee as reckless and dangerous. Trump called Clinton's speech a "phony hit job" and retaliated by criticizing the former Secretary of State for her email scandal, foreign policy legacy, and her gun control policy proposals.

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[RabzonKhan]

What happened in San Jose was wrong and un-American, but let’s not forget, Trump also encourages violence at his rallies:

 

[Desert Fox]

Ugly, bloody scenes in San Jose as protesters attack Trump supporters outside rally
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By Sean Sullivan and Michael E. Miller June 3 at 3:38 AM

Outside Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's rally in San Jose, Calif., on June 2, his supporters were chased down, punches were thrown and "Make America Great Again" hats were set alight. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

SAN JOSE, Calif. —Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in downtown San Jose spun out of control Thursday night when some demonstrators attacked the candidate’s supporters.

Protesters jumped on cars, pelted Trump supporters with eggs and water balloons, snatched signs and stole “Make America Great” hats off supporters’ heads before burning the hats and snapping selfies with the charred remains.

Several people were caught on camera punching Trump supporters. At least one attacker was arrested, according to CNN, although police did not release much information.

“The San Jose Police Department made a few arrests tonight after the Donald Trump Rally,” police said in a statement. “As of this time, we do not have specific information on the arrests made. There has been no significant property damage reported. One officer was assaulted.”

In one video circulating widely on social media, two protesters tried to protect a Trump supporter as other protesters attacked him and called him names.

Another video captured a female Trump supporter taunting protesters before being surrounded and struck in the face with an egg and water balloons.

Police eventually cleared the protest, which they called an “unlawful assembly.”



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Before the event, the San Jose Police Department issued a press release saying it “recognizes and respects everyone’s right to express their First Amendment [rights], and we will do everything possible to ensure the event is safe for all attendees and surrounding neighborhoods.”


Trump supporters were surrounded and, in several cases, attacked as they left the rally.

In one incident captured on camera, a Trump supporter was struck hard over the side of the head as he was walking away from a group of protesters. The attack left him with blood streaming down his head and onto his shirt.

“I was walking out with a Trump sign and he grabbed my Trump sign, saying I was like a racist and stuff,” the man told bystanders and local media. “Then he followed me, like, spit on me.”

The Trump supporter said all he had done was chant the candidate’s name before trying to walk away.

Another Trump supporter was also bloodied after being attacked, his shirt torn almost completely off his body. Videos circulating on social media showed swirling, furious fights spilling from street corner to street corner, often with no police in sight.

Marcus DiPaola, a freelance photographer following the Trump campaign, posted video of someone getting punched violently in the face.

I called 911 but no one answered. Donald trump protest in San Jose, CA pic.twitter.com/LwaWyeYZfq

— Marcus DiPaola (@marcusdipaola) June 3, 2016

Reached by phone Thursday night, DiPaola said the sucker punch happened at 8:08 p.m. just outside the convention center where the Trump rally was held.

“It wasn’t completely unprovoked,” he said. “The guy with the flag was waving it in front of the victim’s face. The victim kind of pushed the flag out of the way and then walked quickly away. You saw what happened next.”

DiPaola said he called 911 but was put on hold and so hung up. He said he told one police officer about the beating but was told SJPD “didn’t have the manpower” to intervene.

“Morons,” he said. “How do you not staff 911 for an event of this size?”

DiPaola wasn’t the only journalist to condemn the cops’ handling of the protest.

Punches thrown outside Trump rally between supporter and protesters. Just interviewed a guy bleeding. SJP did not break line to assist

— Melanie Woodrow (@MelanieWoodrow) June 3, 2016

BREAKING: The police in San Jose have appeared to lost control. Trump supporters being terrorized and beaten up by mobs of protestors.

— Tom Llamas (@TomLlamasABC) June 3, 2016


According to the San Jose Mercury News, many of the protesters were Latinos from East San Jose opposed to what they saw as racism from the GOP candidate.

Protesters attack a man they mistakenly identified as a supporter of Donald Trump outside a Trump campaign rally on Thursday in San Jose, Calif. (Noah Berger/AP)

“We’re here to support Latinos, black people; we’re not rapists,” Cindy Zurita, a 23-year-old student, told the Mercury News as she held a sign reading: “Mr Hate leave my state.”

ABC reporter Tom Llamas, however, said that some of the protesters were “throwing up gang signs.”

“There were [people] who came to demonstrate & some who just wanted to brawl,” he tweeted, calling it “the most violent demonstrations we’ve seen.”


At times, protesters began to fight among themselves. In one instance, two female protesters pleaded for nonviolence while trying to protect a Trump supporter from an angry crowd. Despite their efforts, someone snatched the Trump supporter’s hat.

Trump supporter just got caught in the middle. Some protesters attacking, others shouting for no violence pic.twitter.com/m0dpwFKYcg

— Nicky Woolf (@NickyWoolf) June 3, 2016

A handful of the bright red “Make America Great Again” hats were set on fire by protesters, who then snapped photos of the scene or hung the charred hats from street signs.

Some protesters said they were disappointed to see violence undermine their message.

“It’s sad to see San Jose representing like this,” student Martha Garcia told the Guardian. “Trump is the one igniting the hate. You can’t fight fire with fire.”

Protesters set a Make America Great Again hat on fire pic.twitter.com/8Bss1GBfTH

— Sara Murray (@SaraMurray) June 3, 2016

A burned #Trump hat rests on a street sign. pic.twitter.com/rQspeOZKDu

— Katrina Cameron (@KatCameron91) June 3, 2016

Perhaps the most jarring scene was that of a young female Trump supporter being attacked by a crowd of protesters.


In multiple videos of the incident, the woman initially appeared to be happily posing in her Trump football jersey in front of the mostly male protesters, some of whom can be heard whistling and shouting at her.


Then an anonymous arm rises over the crowd and tosses an egg at the woman, striking her in the head and eliciting howls and laughter from the crowd.


A second later, a red water balloon bursts against the woman’s arm.

At first, the woman tries to shrug off the attacks, smiling while appearing to reach out toward the Mexican flags that some protesters are waving.


Objects keep crashing into the convention center windows behind her, however, and protesters can be heard screaming expletives at her.

Watch: The moment a Trump supporter, surrounded by protesters, is egged in the face, hit by other food. pic.twitter.com/qYFdwJWvrS

— Jacob Rascon (@Jacobnbc) June 3, 2016

Suddenly, another projectile strikes her hard in the face. Eventually, someone comes to help her and, after she indicates that she is having trouble seeing, she is ushered back inside the convention center.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders’s campaigns both condemned the violence in San Jose. John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton for America, tweeted that “violence against supporters of any candidate has no place in this election.”

Mike Casca, Sanders’s rapid response director, tweeted that “we cannot stop Trump’s violent rhetoric with violence — only peaceful protest in a voting booth can do that.”

Blame for the attacks circulated almost as rapidly as images of the violence, with Trump supporters accusing Democrats and members of the media of having a double standard.

Things inside the rally were more subdued — if only slightly.

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Politico reported that one of its journalists was removed from the rally for reporting at the event without the campaign’s permission.

Trump, meanwhile, was interrupted a handful of times by protesters.

Responding to Clinton’s blistering attack on him earlier in the day, Trump attacked her over her email controversy, going so far as to say “Hillary Clinton has to go to jail.”

“She does not look presidential — that I can tell you,” he said, according to Bloomberg. “This is not a president. Four more years of this stuff and we’re not going to have a country left.”



Miller reported from Washington.

 

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