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Trump supporters, protesters clash after Chicago rally postponed
By Jeremy Diamond and Theodore Schleifer, CNN
Chicago (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign on Friday postponed a rally in Chicago amid fights between supporters and demonstrators, protests in the streets and concerns that the environment at the event was no longer safe.
The announcement, which came amid large protests both inside and outside the event at the University of Illinois, comes amid heightened concerns about violence at the GOP front-runner's rallies and four days before Illinois holds its Republican primary.
Hundreds of demonstrators packed into an arena, breaking out into protest even before Trump had shown up. At least five sections in the arena were filled with protesters.
"Mr. Trump just arrived in Chicago, and after meeting with law enforcement, has determined that for the safety of all of the tens of thousands of people that have gathered in and around the arena, tonight's rally will be postponed to another date," the Trump campaign said in a statement. "Thank you very much for your attendance and please go in peace."
Several fistfights between Trump supporters and protesters could be seen after the announcement, as a large contingent of Chicago police officers moved in to restore order.
Supporters of Trump still inside chanted "We want Trump" after the event was canceled. Protesters, meanwhile, shouted "We shut s*** down" and "We stumped Trump." Others chanted "Bernie" as supporters whipped out Bernie Sanders campaign signs.
Some protesters were being detained and forcefully carried out.
Maria Hernandez, a 25-year-old community organizer, broke out into dance as a Trump campaign staffer announced that the rally had been canceled.
"I've never been more proud of my city," Hernandez told CNN.
Hernandez, who came out to protest Trump, said the Republican front-runner's immigration policies, as well as racial divisions in her city, pushed her to show up and protest Trump's planned event.
"I'm protesting because I'm black and Mexican and I'm not sure where he wants to deport me to, but I deal with racism daily in Chicago and I've had enough," she said.
One Trump supporter said he was "disappointed" that the event was postponed.
"Protesters have won now," Marlin Patrick, 55, told CNN. "We just feel as if the protesters have taken over."
Debi Patrick, a 53-year-old Trump supporter who lives outside Chicago, said there should have been more security planned for the event, but said she didn't blame Trump for the atmosphere at the rallies, saying people are responsible for their own behavior. Asked if she would still vote for Trump on Tuesday, she said, "Absolutely, more than ever."
But, Patrick said, "This is scaring the hell out of me, trying to leave here."
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"Until today, we've never had much of a problem," Trump later told CNN's Don Lemon. Asked if he had any regrets about the charged rhetoric at his rallies, Trump was defiant.
"I don't have regrets," Trump said. "These were very, very bad protesters. These were bad dudes. They were rough, tough guys."
Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told CNN that there were no reports of injuries or arrests at the event. He added that attendees were exiting the rally and appeared to be civil.
Guglielmi added that the decision to postpone the event was not made by Chicago police.
A crowd of protesters outside the rally site had been steadily growing throughout the afternoon. Earlier Friday, 32 people were arrested in protests both inside and outside Trump's rally at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, police said. Thirty-one people were charged with disturbing the peace, and one was charged with third-degree assault. St. Louis police declined to provide further details.
Later Friday night, Michelle Tanneh, a Chicago police spokeswoman, said she could not confirm details about arrests.
Protests spill into streets
Soon after the event was postponed, scores of protesters -- a racial mixture of whites and blacks, Hispanics and Asians -- spilled out into the streets near the university, which is located in the city's downtown.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside a parking garage adjacent to the arena, where police set up a human barricade to allow supporters to go to their cars and leave. More than a dozen police officers on horseback were there.
"Let's go, let's go," one Chicago police officer told Trump supporters in a truck. "Go home."
One supporter, who didn't give his name as he drove out, said the situation was dangerous and that he felt unsafe as protesters shouted at his car.
At one point, a man on the third floor of the garage leaned over the edge and shouted at protesters, "I don't support Trump."
A protester responded, "You f***ing neo-Nazi prick, come down here."
Aureliano Rivas, 18, a Mexican-American high school student from Chicago, told CNN he was protesting because "we have to stand our ground."
"We shouldn't let racism happen like this," said Rivas, who was shouting "F*** Trump" as Trump supporters drove out of the garage. In response, Rivas said, supporters were flipping him off.
Asked what he would tell a Trump supporter, Rivas said, "This is wrong. You shouldn't support someone who is racist."
Trump responds
After the protests in the arena ended, Trump did a series of media interviews, including one with Lemon. Trump told Lemon he had no regrets about his rhetoric, attributing the root cause of the violence to economic issues such as unemployment among African-American youths.
"We have a very divided country," Trump said. "A lot of people are upset because they haven't had a salary increase for 12 years."
Trump also blamed the media for what he saw as an overinflation of the evening's problems. And he said most incidents involving protesters are tame and in control, saying that he has been "very mild" with those who disrupt his events and that his events are gatherings of "great love" that are interrupted by unruly, violent people.
Trump, however, did say he hoped "my tone is not that of causing violence."
"My basic tone is that of securing our borders, of having a country," he said.
Earlier in the night, as protests outside the arena continued, Trump tweeted that he had "just got off phone with the great people of Guam," which holds a Republican convention on Saturday to elect delegates.
"I just got off the phone with the great people of Guam! Thank you for your support! #VoteTrump today! #Trump2016."
2016 hopefuls blast Trump
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump's main rival for the GOP presidential nomination who declined at CNN's Republican debate this week to blame Trump for violence at his rallies, took a much sharper tone on Friday night.
"In any campaign, responsibility starts at the top," Cruz told reporters in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
"When you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence," he continued, "you create an environment that only encourages that sort of nasty discourse."
Cruz added that the violence was a "predictable consequence" of Trump's posture toward protesters at his events.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told Lemon that the protests were part of an "organized effort to disrupt a rally. This is not some organic protest."
"But putting that aside for a moment, the tone and tenor of Donald Trump's rallies over the last few months has been disturbing to a lot of people," he continued.
Rubio added, "If you're running for president, you have to understand that that kind of rhetoric from a president -- or a major presidential candidate -- has ramifications," Rubio said. "The images that the world must be looking at now must seem to them like our republic is fracturing."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich blasted Trump in a statement.
"Tonight, the seeds of division that Donald Trump has been sowing this whole campaign finally bore fruit, and it was ugly," he said. "Some let their opposition to his views slip beyond protest into violence, but we can never let that happen."
And Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic hopeful, tweeted during the night that his campaign's message was about unity, a thinly veiled shot at Trump.
"We do things a little different in this campaign: We bring people TOGETHER. #BernieInIL," he tweeted.
But Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., blamed the demonstrators for the unrest.
"Liberals love the first amendment until you say something they don't agree with," he tweeted.
Heightened tensions at rallies
Protests and racial tensions have recently escalated at Trump rallies. On Thursday, a man attending a Trump rally this week was charged with assault after he allegedly sucker-punched a black protester being led out of a Trump event.
Last fall, Trump said a Black Lives Matter protester maybe "should have been roughed up." And despite an announcement at the start of his rallies urging protesters not to be violent toward protesters, Trump in February urged his supporters to "knock the crap out of" anybody "getting ready to throw a tomato" and vowed to pay for their legal fees should they face charges.
"Knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. OK? Just knock the hell -- I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise," Trump said.
And Trump also said he personally wanted to punch a protester "in the face" during a rally in February.
But at CNN's Republican debate on Thursday, Trump insisted that he did not support violence at his events.
"I certainly do not condone that at all," Trump said, adding, "We have some protesters who are bad dudes. They have done bad things."
CNN's Mallory Thompson, Kristen Holmes, Noah Gray and Jeff Zeleny contributed to this report.
By Jeremy Diamond and Theodore Schleifer, CNN
Chicago (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign on Friday postponed a rally in Chicago amid fights between supporters and demonstrators, protests in the streets and concerns that the environment at the event was no longer safe.
The announcement, which came amid large protests both inside and outside the event at the University of Illinois, comes amid heightened concerns about violence at the GOP front-runner's rallies and four days before Illinois holds its Republican primary.
Hundreds of demonstrators packed into an arena, breaking out into protest even before Trump had shown up. At least five sections in the arena were filled with protesters.
"Mr. Trump just arrived in Chicago, and after meeting with law enforcement, has determined that for the safety of all of the tens of thousands of people that have gathered in and around the arena, tonight's rally will be postponed to another date," the Trump campaign said in a statement. "Thank you very much for your attendance and please go in peace."
Several fistfights between Trump supporters and protesters could be seen after the announcement, as a large contingent of Chicago police officers moved in to restore order.
Supporters of Trump still inside chanted "We want Trump" after the event was canceled. Protesters, meanwhile, shouted "We shut s*** down" and "We stumped Trump." Others chanted "Bernie" as supporters whipped out Bernie Sanders campaign signs.
Some protesters were being detained and forcefully carried out.
Maria Hernandez, a 25-year-old community organizer, broke out into dance as a Trump campaign staffer announced that the rally had been canceled.
"I've never been more proud of my city," Hernandez told CNN.
Hernandez, who came out to protest Trump, said the Republican front-runner's immigration policies, as well as racial divisions in her city, pushed her to show up and protest Trump's planned event.
"I'm protesting because I'm black and Mexican and I'm not sure where he wants to deport me to, but I deal with racism daily in Chicago and I've had enough," she said.
One Trump supporter said he was "disappointed" that the event was postponed.
"Protesters have won now," Marlin Patrick, 55, told CNN. "We just feel as if the protesters have taken over."
Debi Patrick, a 53-year-old Trump supporter who lives outside Chicago, said there should have been more security planned for the event, but said she didn't blame Trump for the atmosphere at the rallies, saying people are responsible for their own behavior. Asked if she would still vote for Trump on Tuesday, she said, "Absolutely, more than ever."
But, Patrick said, "This is scaring the hell out of me, trying to leave here."
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"Until today, we've never had much of a problem," Trump later told CNN's Don Lemon. Asked if he had any regrets about the charged rhetoric at his rallies, Trump was defiant.
"I don't have regrets," Trump said. "These were very, very bad protesters. These were bad dudes. They were rough, tough guys."
Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told CNN that there were no reports of injuries or arrests at the event. He added that attendees were exiting the rally and appeared to be civil.
Guglielmi added that the decision to postpone the event was not made by Chicago police.
A crowd of protesters outside the rally site had been steadily growing throughout the afternoon. Earlier Friday, 32 people were arrested in protests both inside and outside Trump's rally at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, police said. Thirty-one people were charged with disturbing the peace, and one was charged with third-degree assault. St. Louis police declined to provide further details.
Later Friday night, Michelle Tanneh, a Chicago police spokeswoman, said she could not confirm details about arrests.
Protests spill into streets
Soon after the event was postponed, scores of protesters -- a racial mixture of whites and blacks, Hispanics and Asians -- spilled out into the streets near the university, which is located in the city's downtown.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside a parking garage adjacent to the arena, where police set up a human barricade to allow supporters to go to their cars and leave. More than a dozen police officers on horseback were there.
"Let's go, let's go," one Chicago police officer told Trump supporters in a truck. "Go home."
One supporter, who didn't give his name as he drove out, said the situation was dangerous and that he felt unsafe as protesters shouted at his car.
At one point, a man on the third floor of the garage leaned over the edge and shouted at protesters, "I don't support Trump."
A protester responded, "You f***ing neo-Nazi prick, come down here."
Aureliano Rivas, 18, a Mexican-American high school student from Chicago, told CNN he was protesting because "we have to stand our ground."
"We shouldn't let racism happen like this," said Rivas, who was shouting "F*** Trump" as Trump supporters drove out of the garage. In response, Rivas said, supporters were flipping him off.
Asked what he would tell a Trump supporter, Rivas said, "This is wrong. You shouldn't support someone who is racist."
Trump responds
After the protests in the arena ended, Trump did a series of media interviews, including one with Lemon. Trump told Lemon he had no regrets about his rhetoric, attributing the root cause of the violence to economic issues such as unemployment among African-American youths.
"We have a very divided country," Trump said. "A lot of people are upset because they haven't had a salary increase for 12 years."
Trump also blamed the media for what he saw as an overinflation of the evening's problems. And he said most incidents involving protesters are tame and in control, saying that he has been "very mild" with those who disrupt his events and that his events are gatherings of "great love" that are interrupted by unruly, violent people.
Trump, however, did say he hoped "my tone is not that of causing violence."
"My basic tone is that of securing our borders, of having a country," he said.
Earlier in the night, as protests outside the arena continued, Trump tweeted that he had "just got off phone with the great people of Guam," which holds a Republican convention on Saturday to elect delegates.
"I just got off the phone with the great people of Guam! Thank you for your support! #VoteTrump today! #Trump2016."
2016 hopefuls blast Trump
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump's main rival for the GOP presidential nomination who declined at CNN's Republican debate this week to blame Trump for violence at his rallies, took a much sharper tone on Friday night.
"In any campaign, responsibility starts at the top," Cruz told reporters in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
"When you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence," he continued, "you create an environment that only encourages that sort of nasty discourse."
Cruz added that the violence was a "predictable consequence" of Trump's posture toward protesters at his events.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told Lemon that the protests were part of an "organized effort to disrupt a rally. This is not some organic protest."
"But putting that aside for a moment, the tone and tenor of Donald Trump's rallies over the last few months has been disturbing to a lot of people," he continued.
Rubio added, "If you're running for president, you have to understand that that kind of rhetoric from a president -- or a major presidential candidate -- has ramifications," Rubio said. "The images that the world must be looking at now must seem to them like our republic is fracturing."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich blasted Trump in a statement.
"Tonight, the seeds of division that Donald Trump has been sowing this whole campaign finally bore fruit, and it was ugly," he said. "Some let their opposition to his views slip beyond protest into violence, but we can never let that happen."
And Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic hopeful, tweeted during the night that his campaign's message was about unity, a thinly veiled shot at Trump.
"We do things a little different in this campaign: We bring people TOGETHER. #BernieInIL," he tweeted.
But Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., blamed the demonstrators for the unrest.
"Liberals love the first amendment until you say something they don't agree with," he tweeted.
Heightened tensions at rallies
Protests and racial tensions have recently escalated at Trump rallies. On Thursday, a man attending a Trump rally this week was charged with assault after he allegedly sucker-punched a black protester being led out of a Trump event.
Last fall, Trump said a Black Lives Matter protester maybe "should have been roughed up." And despite an announcement at the start of his rallies urging protesters not to be violent toward protesters, Trump in February urged his supporters to "knock the crap out of" anybody "getting ready to throw a tomato" and vowed to pay for their legal fees should they face charges.
"Knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. OK? Just knock the hell -- I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise," Trump said.
And Trump also said he personally wanted to punch a protester "in the face" during a rally in February.
But at CNN's Republican debate on Thursday, Trump insisted that he did not support violence at his events.
"I certainly do not condone that at all," Trump said, adding, "We have some protesters who are bad dudes. They have done bad things."
CNN's Mallory Thompson, Kristen Holmes, Noah Gray and Jeff Zeleny contributed to this report.
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Trump snags former rival's backing, scraps Chicago rally
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, Missouri, March 11, 2016.
Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein
CHICAGO/PALM BEACH, Fla. U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled a campaign rally Friday night amid security concerns just hours after the Republican front-runner earned the endorsement of a former rival who said the billionaire's pugnacious campaign style is belied by a more thoughtful, private side.
"There are two different Donald Trumps: there's the one you see on the stage and there's the one who's very cerebral, sits there and considers things very carefully," Ben Carson said Friday as he became the second former Republican candidate to back Trump in the White House race.
The soft-spoken retired neurosurgeon, who dropped out of the race last week, said the American people would be "comforted" when they discover Trump's gentler side.
The thousands of protesters who showed up for Trump's rally Friday evening at the University of Illinois at Chicago - along with thousands of supporters - showed little indication they had noticed anything but the candidate's combative campaign style.
The university arena turned into a chaotic scene as the two warring sides amped up their positions. A half hour after the rally was slated to begin, a Trump campaign staffer announced it was being postponed for safety reasons, unleashing competing chants of "We dumped Trump!" and "We want Trump!" throughout the packed venue.
"We made a great decision not to have the rally," Trump told CNN after meeting with law enforcement and making the call.
"I am not a person that wants to see violence," he added.
Trump blamed protesters for creating disturbances at his campaign events and said it is a "love fest" among his supporters.
Friday's event in Chicago stood out because the huge number of protesters virtually matched the number of Trump supporters, as opposed to other Trump campaign events where protesters have been a very small, albeit vocal, minority.
Earlier in the day, speaking at a public event in St. Louis, Missouri, Trump was interrupted repeatedly by protesters who were led out of the event by police and security, an increasingly common occurrence at his raucous rallies.
"He's all mouth, get him out," Trump shouted as one of the protesters was led out. "Go back to mommy," he said as another protester was led away.
The latest endorsement for Trump followed a Republican debate in Miami on Thursday night at which Trump and the remaining three candidates in the Republican race struck a markedly more civil tone.
Carson shot to the top of the Republican pack last year but faltered in the early nominating contests. His endorsement is unlikely to dramatically shift the Republican race, but it gives Trump a boost as the Republican establishment cranks up attacks, and comes just days before crucial nominating contests in the battle to be the party's presidential candidate for the Nov. 8 election.
The Republican primaries to be held on Tuesday in five states will be critical for Trump to cement his lead, and to determine whether U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and Ohio Governor John Kasich, whose home states are among those holding contests on Tuesday, will be able to continue with their increasingly long-shot candidacies. Trump's nearest rival in the race is U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
Carson's comments on Friday aimed to soften Trump's public image after a campaign marked by his demeaning personal attacks on opponents, harsh comments about Mexican immigrants and calls to temporarily bar all Muslims from entering the country.
"I'M A THINKER"
Trump's controversial campaign has led many Republican establishment figures to call for an all-out effort to prevent him from winning the nomination - an effort that Carson said would fracture the Republican Party and ensure a Democratic win in November.
Asked about Carson's comments, Trump said he did not want to "overanalyze" himself but there was only "one Donald Trump."
"Certainly you have all of this, and you have somebody else that sits, and reads and thinks. And I'm a thinker," said Trump, 69. "Perhaps people don't think of me in that way because you don't see me in that form."
Trump also raised the possibility that he will not attend the next Republican debate, scheduled for later this month in Salt Lake City. "We've had enough debates, in my opinion," he said.
In St. Louis, Trump's speech was interrupted more than a half-dozen times by protesters. Scuffles between Trump supporters and protesters have become more frequent, and a protester was punched in North Carolina on Wednesday by a Trump supporter who has been charged with assault.
"The officers are being very gentle," Trump advised, telling the crowd later, "It adds to the flavor, makes it more exciting, isn't this better than listening to a long boring speech?"
Carson's endorsement of Trump followed that of another former candidate, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who announced his backing last month.
Next Tuesday's voting will be a pivotal point as candidates chase the 1,237 delegates from primary contests and caucuses needed to win the Republican nomination. Trump has 459 delegates, followed by Cruz at 360, Rubio at 152 and Kasich at 54, according to the Associated Press.
The primaries in Florida and Ohio on Tuesday have the potential to be game-changers because both states award Republican delegates on a winner-take-all basis, meaning that he winner of the popular vote in each state will be awarded the state's entire slate of delegates. Many states award delegates proportionate to the popular vote.
For his part, Rubio said in a round of television interviews on Friday he was still in position to win Florida next week. Voters in his home state who do not want Trump as the Republican nominee should support him, he said.
"If they don't want Donald Trump to be our nominee, then voting for John Kasich or Ted Cruz in Florida is a vote for Donald Trump," Rubio said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Rubio said later that his supporters in Ohio should vote for Kasich next Tuesday if that looked like the best anti-Trump tactic.
“Clearly John Kasich has a better chance of winning Ohio than I do, and if a voter in Ohio concludes that voting for John Kasich gives us the best chance to stop Donald Trump there, I anticipate” that is what they will do, Rubio told reporters at an event in West Palm Beach, Florida.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, Missouri, March 11, 2016.
Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein
CHICAGO/PALM BEACH, Fla. U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled a campaign rally Friday night amid security concerns just hours after the Republican front-runner earned the endorsement of a former rival who said the billionaire's pugnacious campaign style is belied by a more thoughtful, private side.
"There are two different Donald Trumps: there's the one you see on the stage and there's the one who's very cerebral, sits there and considers things very carefully," Ben Carson said Friday as he became the second former Republican candidate to back Trump in the White House race.
The soft-spoken retired neurosurgeon, who dropped out of the race last week, said the American people would be "comforted" when they discover Trump's gentler side.
The thousands of protesters who showed up for Trump's rally Friday evening at the University of Illinois at Chicago - along with thousands of supporters - showed little indication they had noticed anything but the candidate's combative campaign style.
The university arena turned into a chaotic scene as the two warring sides amped up their positions. A half hour after the rally was slated to begin, a Trump campaign staffer announced it was being postponed for safety reasons, unleashing competing chants of "We dumped Trump!" and "We want Trump!" throughout the packed venue.
"We made a great decision not to have the rally," Trump told CNN after meeting with law enforcement and making the call.
"I am not a person that wants to see violence," he added.
Trump blamed protesters for creating disturbances at his campaign events and said it is a "love fest" among his supporters.
Friday's event in Chicago stood out because the huge number of protesters virtually matched the number of Trump supporters, as opposed to other Trump campaign events where protesters have been a very small, albeit vocal, minority.
Earlier in the day, speaking at a public event in St. Louis, Missouri, Trump was interrupted repeatedly by protesters who were led out of the event by police and security, an increasingly common occurrence at his raucous rallies.
"He's all mouth, get him out," Trump shouted as one of the protesters was led out. "Go back to mommy," he said as another protester was led away.
The latest endorsement for Trump followed a Republican debate in Miami on Thursday night at which Trump and the remaining three candidates in the Republican race struck a markedly more civil tone.
Carson shot to the top of the Republican pack last year but faltered in the early nominating contests. His endorsement is unlikely to dramatically shift the Republican race, but it gives Trump a boost as the Republican establishment cranks up attacks, and comes just days before crucial nominating contests in the battle to be the party's presidential candidate for the Nov. 8 election.
The Republican primaries to be held on Tuesday in five states will be critical for Trump to cement his lead, and to determine whether U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and Ohio Governor John Kasich, whose home states are among those holding contests on Tuesday, will be able to continue with their increasingly long-shot candidacies. Trump's nearest rival in the race is U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
Carson's comments on Friday aimed to soften Trump's public image after a campaign marked by his demeaning personal attacks on opponents, harsh comments about Mexican immigrants and calls to temporarily bar all Muslims from entering the country.
"I'M A THINKER"
Trump's controversial campaign has led many Republican establishment figures to call for an all-out effort to prevent him from winning the nomination - an effort that Carson said would fracture the Republican Party and ensure a Democratic win in November.
Asked about Carson's comments, Trump said he did not want to "overanalyze" himself but there was only "one Donald Trump."
"Certainly you have all of this, and you have somebody else that sits, and reads and thinks. And I'm a thinker," said Trump, 69. "Perhaps people don't think of me in that way because you don't see me in that form."
Trump also raised the possibility that he will not attend the next Republican debate, scheduled for later this month in Salt Lake City. "We've had enough debates, in my opinion," he said.
In St. Louis, Trump's speech was interrupted more than a half-dozen times by protesters. Scuffles between Trump supporters and protesters have become more frequent, and a protester was punched in North Carolina on Wednesday by a Trump supporter who has been charged with assault.
"The officers are being very gentle," Trump advised, telling the crowd later, "It adds to the flavor, makes it more exciting, isn't this better than listening to a long boring speech?"
Carson's endorsement of Trump followed that of another former candidate, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who announced his backing last month.
Next Tuesday's voting will be a pivotal point as candidates chase the 1,237 delegates from primary contests and caucuses needed to win the Republican nomination. Trump has 459 delegates, followed by Cruz at 360, Rubio at 152 and Kasich at 54, according to the Associated Press.
The primaries in Florida and Ohio on Tuesday have the potential to be game-changers because both states award Republican delegates on a winner-take-all basis, meaning that he winner of the popular vote in each state will be awarded the state's entire slate of delegates. Many states award delegates proportionate to the popular vote.
For his part, Rubio said in a round of television interviews on Friday he was still in position to win Florida next week. Voters in his home state who do not want Trump as the Republican nominee should support him, he said.
"If they don't want Donald Trump to be our nominee, then voting for John Kasich or Ted Cruz in Florida is a vote for Donald Trump," Rubio said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Rubio said later that his supporters in Ohio should vote for Kasich next Tuesday if that looked like the best anti-Trump tactic.
“Clearly John Kasich has a better chance of winning Ohio than I do, and if a voter in Ohio concludes that voting for John Kasich gives us the best chance to stop Donald Trump there, I anticipate” that is what they will do, Rubio told reporters at an event in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Donald Trump rally postponed as protesters, supporters clash
According to the Trump campaign, the postponement was due to safety concerns
The Associated Press Posted: Mar 11, 2016 7:49 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 11, 2016 9:33 PM ET
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, face off with protesters after a rally on the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago was cancelled due to security concerns Friday, March 11, 2016, in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press)
A Donald Trump rally in Chicago has been postponed for safety reasons due to protest activity, a Trump campaign staffer told Reuters.
The announcement that Trump would postpone the rally for another day led the crowd inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion to break out into raucous cheers.
Protesters rushed the arena floor in jubilant celebration. Many jumped up and down, with arms up in the air, shouting "Bernie! Bernie!" and "We stopped Trump!"
Meanwhile, supporters of the candidate broke out into chants of "We want Trump! We want Trump!"
There were isolated physical confrontations between some members of the crowd after the event was cancelled.
There was no sign of Trump inside the arena on the college campus, where dozens of UIC faculty and staff had petitioned university administrators to cancel the rally. They cited concerns it would create a "hostile and physically dangerous environment" for students.
Trump: 'I think we did the right thing'
Trump says he postponed the event because he didn't "want to see people hurt or worse."
Trump told MSNBC in a telephone interview: "I think we did the right thing."
Trump attributed the protests not to objections to his policies but to general malaise in the United States — particularly among people upset they haven't been able to find jobs.
"It's anger in the country," he said. "I don't think it's directed at me. Just what's been going on for years."
Trump also spoke with CNN, saying, "The protesters are really ... some of them are very violent and I'm not even sure they can control themselves."
Trump told CNN he does not incite or condone violence.
Trump supporters and protesters alike filled the arena earlier Friday night for the rally for the U.S. presidential contender, with a handful of intense verbal clashes taking place before the Republican front-runner took the stage.
For the first time during his White House bid, the crowd at a planned rally appeared to be an equal mix of those eager to cheer on the billionaire businessman and those overtly opposed to his candidacy.
'Let them stay'
When one African-American protester was escorted out before the event started, the crowd erupted into chants of "Let them stay!"
Veronica Kowalkowsky, an 18-year-old Trump supporter, said before the event started that she had no ill will toward the protesters — but didn't think they felt the same way.
"I feel a lot of hate," she said. "I haven't said anything bad to anyone."
Trump protester escorted off stage1:06
Hours before the event was scheduled to start, hundreds of people lined up outside the arena at UIC — a civil and immigrant rights organizing hub with large minority student populations. Trump backers were separated from an equally large crowd of anti-Trump protesters by a heavy police presence and barricades.
Some Trump supporters walking into the area chanted, "USA! USA!" and "Illegal is illegal." One demonstrator shouted back, "Racist!"
'Build a wall around Trump'
One protester, 64-year-old Dede Rottman of Chicago, carried a placard that read: "Build a Wall Around Trump. I'll Pay for It."
A demonstrator is removed by Chicago police. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Trump's visit created waves on the campus from the time it was announced. Dozens of UIC faculty and staff petitioned university administrators to cancel the rally, citing concerns it would create a "hostile and physically dangerous environment" for students.
Trump is facing intensifying criticism for the violent clashes between supporters and protesters. His rally earlier Friday in St. Louis was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, and police there said 31 people were arrested and charged with general peace disturbance. One person arrested outside the St. Louis venue was charged with third-degree assault.
Trump taunted the protesters in St. Louis from the stage at the city's Peabody Opera House, even as he promised that police and security would be "gentle" as they removed them.
'Go home to mommy'
"They're allowed to get up and interrupt us horribly and we have to be very, very gentle," Trump said in response to one of the interruptions. "They can swing and hit people, but if we hit them back, it's a terrible, terrible thing, right?"
He panned the protesters as weak "troublemakers," ordered them to "go home to mommy" or "go home and get a job" because "they contribute nothing."
"These are not good people, just so you understand," Trump said. "These are not the people who made our country great. These are the people that are destroying our country."
As Trump attempts to unify a fractured Republican Party, racially charged images of his supporters attacking protesters and allegations that he's inciting violence have cast new attention on the divisive nature of his candidacy.
It intensified this week, when a North Carolina man was arrested after video footage showed him punching an African-American protester being led out of a rally in that state on Wednesday. At the event, the billionaire real estate mogul recalled a past protester as "a real bad dude."
"He was a rough guy, and he was punching. And we had some people — some rough guys like we have right in here — and they started punching back," Trump said. "It was a beautiful thing."
'I'd rather be too strong than too weak'
Friday's gathering in St. Louis was his first public campaign event since, and Trump defended his conduct and lashed out at the press for making too much of the clashes.
"You know, they talk about a protest or something. They don't talk about what's really happening in these forums and these rooms and these stadiums," Trump said. "They don't talk about the love."
He added that he and his supporters aren't angry people, but they "do get angry when we see the stupidity with which our country is run and how it's being destroyed."
"I'd rather be too strong than too weak, by a long shot," he said.
According to the Trump campaign, the postponement was due to safety concerns
The Associated Press Posted: Mar 11, 2016 7:49 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 11, 2016 9:33 PM ET
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, face off with protesters after a rally on the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago was cancelled due to security concerns Friday, March 11, 2016, in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press)
A Donald Trump rally in Chicago has been postponed for safety reasons due to protest activity, a Trump campaign staffer told Reuters.
The announcement that Trump would postpone the rally for another day led the crowd inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion to break out into raucous cheers.
Protesters rushed the arena floor in jubilant celebration. Many jumped up and down, with arms up in the air, shouting "Bernie! Bernie!" and "We stopped Trump!"
Meanwhile, supporters of the candidate broke out into chants of "We want Trump! We want Trump!"
There were isolated physical confrontations between some members of the crowd after the event was cancelled.
There was no sign of Trump inside the arena on the college campus, where dozens of UIC faculty and staff had petitioned university administrators to cancel the rally. They cited concerns it would create a "hostile and physically dangerous environment" for students.
Trump: 'I think we did the right thing'
Trump says he postponed the event because he didn't "want to see people hurt or worse."
Trump told MSNBC in a telephone interview: "I think we did the right thing."
Trump attributed the protests not to objections to his policies but to general malaise in the United States — particularly among people upset they haven't been able to find jobs.
"It's anger in the country," he said. "I don't think it's directed at me. Just what's been going on for years."
Trump also spoke with CNN, saying, "The protesters are really ... some of them are very violent and I'm not even sure they can control themselves."
Trump told CNN he does not incite or condone violence.
Trump supporters and protesters alike filled the arena earlier Friday night for the rally for the U.S. presidential contender, with a handful of intense verbal clashes taking place before the Republican front-runner took the stage.
For the first time during his White House bid, the crowd at a planned rally appeared to be an equal mix of those eager to cheer on the billionaire businessman and those overtly opposed to his candidacy.
'Let them stay'
When one African-American protester was escorted out before the event started, the crowd erupted into chants of "Let them stay!"
Veronica Kowalkowsky, an 18-year-old Trump supporter, said before the event started that she had no ill will toward the protesters — but didn't think they felt the same way.
"I feel a lot of hate," she said. "I haven't said anything bad to anyone."
Trump protester escorted off stage1:06
Hours before the event was scheduled to start, hundreds of people lined up outside the arena at UIC — a civil and immigrant rights organizing hub with large minority student populations. Trump backers were separated from an equally large crowd of anti-Trump protesters by a heavy police presence and barricades.
Some Trump supporters walking into the area chanted, "USA! USA!" and "Illegal is illegal." One demonstrator shouted back, "Racist!"
'Build a wall around Trump'
One protester, 64-year-old Dede Rottman of Chicago, carried a placard that read: "Build a Wall Around Trump. I'll Pay for It."
A demonstrator is removed by Chicago police. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Trump's visit created waves on the campus from the time it was announced. Dozens of UIC faculty and staff petitioned university administrators to cancel the rally, citing concerns it would create a "hostile and physically dangerous environment" for students.
Trump is facing intensifying criticism for the violent clashes between supporters and protesters. His rally earlier Friday in St. Louis was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, and police there said 31 people were arrested and charged with general peace disturbance. One person arrested outside the St. Louis venue was charged with third-degree assault.
Trump taunted the protesters in St. Louis from the stage at the city's Peabody Opera House, even as he promised that police and security would be "gentle" as they removed them.
'Go home to mommy'
"They're allowed to get up and interrupt us horribly and we have to be very, very gentle," Trump said in response to one of the interruptions. "They can swing and hit people, but if we hit them back, it's a terrible, terrible thing, right?"
He panned the protesters as weak "troublemakers," ordered them to "go home to mommy" or "go home and get a job" because "they contribute nothing."
"These are not good people, just so you understand," Trump said. "These are not the people who made our country great. These are the people that are destroying our country."
As Trump attempts to unify a fractured Republican Party, racially charged images of his supporters attacking protesters and allegations that he's inciting violence have cast new attention on the divisive nature of his candidacy.
It intensified this week, when a North Carolina man was arrested after video footage showed him punching an African-American protester being led out of a rally in that state on Wednesday. At the event, the billionaire real estate mogul recalled a past protester as "a real bad dude."
"He was a rough guy, and he was punching. And we had some people — some rough guys like we have right in here — and they started punching back," Trump said. "It was a beautiful thing."
'I'd rather be too strong than too weak'
Friday's gathering in St. Louis was his first public campaign event since, and Trump defended his conduct and lashed out at the press for making too much of the clashes.
"You know, they talk about a protest or something. They don't talk about what's really happening in these forums and these rooms and these stadiums," Trump said. "They don't talk about the love."
He added that he and his supporters aren't angry people, but they "do get angry when we see the stupidity with which our country is run and how it's being destroyed."
"I'd rather be too strong than too weak, by a long shot," he said.
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称六四是暴乱 特朗普又要挨骂了
| 2016-03-11 20:16:11 明报 |
有望成为美国共和党总统候选人的富商特朗普，在周四的党内电视辩论中被翻旧帐，指其对中国1989年六四事件发表「正面意见」，特朗普回应时以「暴乱」（riot）一词形容当时的学生集会。另外他又表示，当时中国政府在处理事件上展示「强力」手腕。有关言论惹来传媒人和网民狠批。
这场由美国有线新闻网络（CNN）主办的辩论中，焦点落于主持塔柏（Jake Tapper）翻特朗普的旧帐，指其曾就「中国屠杀天安门广场中支持民主的示威者」发表正面意见，要求他回应。特朗普在六四事件1年后接受《花花公子》杂志访问，谈及六四事件。当时他说：「当学生们涌进天安门广场，中国政府几乎搞砸，然后他们变得兇狠、恐怖，可是他们以强力镇压（put it down with strength），显示出强力（行径）的威力，我们的国家当前正好被视为软弱……被其他国家唾骂。」
1990年受访 称中共显示威力
特朗普辩护时称，上述言论不代表自己支持北京血腥镇压六四，但他随即以「暴乱」一词描述事件。他说：「这不意味我支持那件事……我是说那是个强大和富有力量的政府以强力镇压，然后他们遏制了暴乱。这是件恐怖的事」（I said that is a strong, powerful government that put it down with strength. And then they kept down the riot. It was a horrible thing.）。他明言：「强大不等于好。」
《华邮》：为北京涂脂抹粉
特朗普的说法惹来舆论围攻，《华盛顿邮报》报道质疑特朗普的用词恰以为北京论调涂脂抹粉；政治网站Politico编务总监霍恩谢尔（Blake Hounshell）在Twitter慨嘆「无法想像」特朗普以「暴乱」形容六四，而曾在清华大学任教的霍瓦内茨（Patrick Chovanec）指，特朗普应该不是在讨好中国政府，却暴露其真实想法。
中国政府在1989年学生运动酝酿期间曾发表「四二六社论」，将其定性为「动乱」，事后改为「反革命暴乱」，日后逐渐淡化成「政治风波」。
| 2016-03-11 20:16:11 明报 |
有望成为美国共和党总统候选人的富商特朗普，在周四的党内电视辩论中被翻旧帐，指其对中国1989年六四事件发表「正面意见」，特朗普回应时以「暴乱」（riot）一词形容当时的学生集会。另外他又表示，当时中国政府在处理事件上展示「强力」手腕。有关言论惹来传媒人和网民狠批。
这场由美国有线新闻网络（CNN）主办的辩论中，焦点落于主持塔柏（Jake Tapper）翻特朗普的旧帐，指其曾就「中国屠杀天安门广场中支持民主的示威者」发表正面意见，要求他回应。特朗普在六四事件1年后接受《花花公子》杂志访问，谈及六四事件。当时他说：「当学生们涌进天安门广场，中国政府几乎搞砸，然后他们变得兇狠、恐怖，可是他们以强力镇压（put it down with strength），显示出强力（行径）的威力，我们的国家当前正好被视为软弱……被其他国家唾骂。」
1990年受访 称中共显示威力
特朗普辩护时称，上述言论不代表自己支持北京血腥镇压六四，但他随即以「暴乱」一词描述事件。他说：「这不意味我支持那件事……我是说那是个强大和富有力量的政府以强力镇压，然后他们遏制了暴乱。这是件恐怖的事」（I said that is a strong, powerful government that put it down with strength. And then they kept down the riot. It was a horrible thing.）。他明言：「强大不等于好。」
《华邮》：为北京涂脂抹粉
特朗普的说法惹来舆论围攻，《华盛顿邮报》报道质疑特朗普的用词恰以为北京论调涂脂抹粉；政治网站Politico编务总监霍恩谢尔（Blake Hounshell）在Twitter慨嘆「无法想像」特朗普以「暴乱」形容六四，而曾在清华大学任教的霍瓦内茨（Patrick Chovanec）指，特朗普应该不是在讨好中国政府，却暴露其真实想法。
中国政府在1989年学生运动酝酿期间曾发表「四二六社论」，将其定性为「动乱」，事后改为「反革命暴乱」，日后逐渐淡化成「政治风波」。
