Donald Trump said he'd kill terrorists' families at a rally. His crowd went wild.
Donald Trump said he'd kill terrorists' families at a rally. His crowd went wild.
By Zack Beauchamp, January 25, 2016
There is a disturbing new anecdote from Donald Trump's presidential campaign in a story by reporter Ryan Lizza, who has a long feature on the Republican primary in the newest issue of the New Yorker.
Lizza followed Trump to an event this December in Mesa, Arizona, where Trump was interviewed by Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly. Shortly before the Mesa event, Trump had pledged to kill the families of suspected terrorists to deter them from attacking America. "When you get these terrorists," Trump said, "you have to take out their families."
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/428719/kill-terrorists-families-gangsta-trump
Trump’s fans tend to express little regard for political norms. They cheer at his most outlandish statements. O’Reilly asked Trump if he meant it when he said that he would "take out" the family members of terrorists. He didn’t believe that Trump would "put out hits on women and children" if he were elected. Trump replied, "I would do pretty severe stuff." The Mesa crowd erupted in applause. "Yeah, baby!" a man near me yelled. I had never previously been to a political event at which people cheered for the murder of women and children.
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http://thurstonblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/trump-goes-where-no-other-republican.htmlhttp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/01/the-duel-faceoff-ryan-lizza
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