[Hoot Gibson]

You've done a lot of research here. But we are none the less still talking past each other. Cruz did blame Trump for the presence of protestors at his rallies. Probably, among the Chicago protestors and very likely Kansas City too, were some of the same faces that were involved in Ferguson or the shut down of Michigan Avenue, the Chicago Stock Exchange, or the disruptive protests there in February meant to stop deportations.

The right to assemble is a centerpiece of this nation, as is Freedom of Speech. Those unalienable rights are literally under siege. A currently popular idiom is 'the genie is out of the bottle." Now that rioters have gotten their foothold in this nation thanks to the sponsored insurrection which began with the 'Occupy Wall Street Movement.' how are we going to get those folks to 'pull those horns back in?'

Bill Ayers was mentioned earlier in this thread, and I'd bet the smile on his face right now makes the Cheshire Cat look like the Sad Sack. Concerts, football games, schools, hospitals, the beach, Church meetings, and now the political process, among myriad soft targets, are all suffering disruption at the hands if what many have called the one two punch of professional protestors or more seriously, terrorists. I heard nothing, nada, out of Cruz's mouth by way of any sort of scolding to these thugs. I have heard nothing out of anybody's mouth really, except a few news types like Dobbs, Hannity and Stewart Varney by way of truthful condemnation for this cancerous force for evil. If Cruz is the statesman I at one time thought he was, he needs to step up with a much more pronounced effort.

If you are unwilling to concede this one point, just say so and I'll give up.

Actually, it did not take much research to refute your position that Trump has done nothing to incite violence against protesters. I am a political news junkie, so I knew what I would find before I searched for the video clips. It just took some time to cull out the clips that were too long or included left wing commentary. The media is going very easy on Trump for now, but if he wins the nomination, they will be merciless in their attacks against him.

If Donald Trump is your idea of a statesman, then perhaps you should give up. Both Cruz and Fiorina have condemned the actions of the protesters. If you bothered to watch the video of Cruz handling Code Pink protesters and think that he is not a statesman compared to Trump, then I have little hope that you will ever change your mind.

Cruz appeared on ABC This Week this morning and repeated his condemnation of the protesters' tactics, but the video has not yet been posted on Youtube. However, if Trump cannot handle a few protesters at his rallies during the primary season, those groups will overwhelm him with protesters if he wins the nomination. As the videos that I posted show, Trump uses the same kind of tactics that left wing radicals use to draw attention to his campaign and to fire up his supporters. There is a reason that Trump rallies are associated with violent confrontations between his supporters and protesters and that reason is Donald Trump wants it that way. Peaceful protests and calm political speech does not draw much media coverage.

I will continue to trust my own eyes and ears over the empty, angry rhetoric of an emotionally unstable, spoiled billionaire brat. We all have to make our own decisions and I have made mine. Trump is a dangerous cult leader, who will never have my support. Trump is and will continue to destroy the Republican Party. If he expects Republicans to unite behind him, then Trump is also delusional. It is never going to happen.

#NeverTrump