Man accused of assaulting woman at election rally says Trump inspired him

[demmiblue]

Source: The Guardian

Lawyers for a man accused of assaulting a woman at a Trump campaign rally last year have said he acted at the urging of the candidate, complicating the president’s argument in court that he stands immune to civil lawsuits.

Alvin Bamberger was recorded in a video last March pushing a woman, Kashiya Nwanguma, at a pro-Trump rally in Louisville, Kentucky. During the altercation, Trump shouted “get out” and “get ‘em out of here!”

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But the attorneys also made a claim against the president and his campaign, observing that throughout the 2016 election Trump repeatedly urged supporters to expel protesters, and once hinted he would pay any legal fees of those who did.

“Bamberger had no prior intention to act has he did,” the attorneys wrote. “Bamberger would not have acted as he did without Trump and/or Trump campaign’s specific urging and inspiration.

“To the extent that Bamberger acted, he did so in response to – and inspired by – Trump and/or Trump campaign’s urging to remove the protesters.”

The lawyers add that if Bamberg is found liable, Trump or his campaign should be held equally to blame “because Trump and/or Trump campaign urged and inspired Bamberger to act as he did”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/15/trump-campaign-rally-lawsuit-assault-kentucky?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[Gothmog]

1. Who is surprised by this?

[47of74]

2. Ah yes, the party of personal responsibility once again.

They're all about personal responsibility when they can use it to put other people down, but the moment they get caught doing wrong then they turn around and say it's not their fault.

I want these Branch Trumpvidians to tell me something. If that Orange Tapeworm Asshole Shitgibbon Fuckhead Putinfluffer told them to jump off a bridge would they do so?