Trump Is Fine With Beating of Protester
"Maybe he should have been roughed up."

© Scott Morgan / Reuters
Appearing on Fox & Friends Sunday morning, Donald Trump discussed the Saturday incident in which a Black Lives Matter protester was violently kicked out of one of his rallies. Asked whether the protester was "roughed up" by Trump supporters, the Republican candidate replied, "I don't know. Rough up? Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing." The individual in question was forcibly removed from a rally in Birmingham, Alabama for heckling the candidate during a speech.
A black protester at Trump's rally today in Alabama was shoved, tackled, punched & kicked: https://t.co/Aq0wuaAtax pic.twitter.com/cTRDMtjuBl
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) November 21, 2015Register below to read this article for free or subscribe
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