He’s been pushing it all along …..
This isn’t something new…
And it STILL works with 40% of American…
Negative Politics and Republicans….
The pattern continued over the holiday weekend, when he tweeted video of a melee in Texas between protesters and security officers during an event for a Trump-affiliated group and two celebratory videos of a protester in Portland, Ore., with his feet on fire. One of the videos was scored to the Kenny Loggins song “Footloose” and the second featured mocking play-by-play commentary by a mixed-martial-arts announcer.
“These are the Democrats ‘peaceful protests,’ ” Trump wrote. “Sick!” On Monday, he retweeted a prediction that political unrest “could lead to ‘rise of citizen militias around the country.’ ”
The strategy echoes the approach that fueled his climb in politics as he shocked the political world with graphic warnings about “rapists” crossing the border illegally from Mexico, welcomed the families of crime victims to speak at his events and said he favored instructing the military to target the families of Islamic extremists, a probable war crime. He also repeatedly encouraged assaults on protesters at his own events.
In each case, the unprecedented focus on violence by a major American politician allowed Trump to attract attention, turning his rallies into unpredictable and raucous affairs that were widely viewed…
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