The violence continues

[jimnyc]

The violence from the left at the various Trump rallies is disgusting. Eggs, rocks, paint and they don't care if they're hitting a Trump supporter or a police officer. Burning of American flags and raising of the Mexican flag. And then we have the mayor of San Jose supporting the violence, blaming it on Trump. Sorry, that may have been valid at one rally, but these folks are out of control, outside of rallies where Trump has nothing to do with them, and they're hitting folks that had nothing to say to them. Not representative of the entire left... but why aren't we seeing this same level of violence at Clinton/Sanders rallies? Don't even try to say it's because they haven't said anything to "deserve violence" at their rallies, it shouldn't and doesn't matter. Far too many of these folks are showing their true colors.

The mayor of San Jose, Democrat Sam Liccardo, reacted angrily to the events. Not that he was particularly upset at the violent mob that attacked innocent Americans, of course. No, his ire was directed at Mr. Trump. "At some point Donald Trump needs to take responsibility for the irresponsible behavior of his campaign," the mayor said. Apparently it was downright "irresponsible" of Trump to even set foot in California's third largest city.

The Washington Post characterized the mayor's remarks as if they were just standard partisan hackery: It noted that the mayor is a "Hillary Clinton supporter." But Liccardo's remarks were far different than, say, a cable TV flack claiming that Trump's tax policy "favors the rich." (And by the way, he employed the same logic as as a slack-jawed misogynist saying of a sexual assault victim, "hey, her skirt was so short, she was asking for it.")

http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/2002680

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