Living up to its reputation as Chicago gangland, 69-year-old GOP presidential candidate real estate mogul Donald Trump cancelled his rally yesterday at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Organized rabble-rousers infiltrated Trump’s rally, promising almost certain violence, despite the Chicago Police Department claiming they had the situation under control. With more racial violence than any other American city, Chicago was a disaster-in-waiting for the GOP front-runner, wisely canceling the event. Had violence erupted and angry protesters gotten their way, it could have dominated the headlines before Super Tuesday 3, where five key states, including Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri, go to the polls. Letting Chicago hoodlums hit Trump’s rally with a wrecking ball would have given his detractors more ammunition before the make-or-break March 15 primary.
Jumping all over Trump’s decision to cancel the Chicago event, Democratic front-runner former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and all remaining GOP candidates, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, ripped Trump for inciting incendiary rhetoric, fostering violence at his rallies. “I think a campaign bears responsibility for creating an environment,” said Cruz, hoping to save his sinking campaign. Cruz faces a rude awakening Tuesday, March 15, losing to Trump in potentially all five states. Cruz knows, as do all other candidates, that elements of Black-Lives-Matters and what’s left of the Black Panthers, conspired to crash Trump’s Chicago rally, turning a First Amendment political rally into a racial spectacle. Mainstream media outlets mentioned nothing about Chicago’s organized troublemakers.
Showing how opportunistic all candidates at Trump’s expense, not one mentioned Chicago’s long history of racial street violence and activism. “I would point out there isn’t violence at my events, there isn’t violence at Ted’s events, there isn’t violence at a Kasich event, there isn’t violence at a Sanders’ event, there isn’t violence at a Clinton event,” said Rubio, biting-and-scratching for any traction ahead of his do-or-die home state primary, Florida. Trailing Trump by at least 15%, Rubio desperately looks for any votes ahead of Super Tuesday 3. Realizing he’s gone too far, Rubio backtracked. “I want to be clear: I am not telling you what happened there tonight is something I blame [Trump] for because I will tell you those people there are professional protesters in an array of special interest groups,” Rubio said. With Rubio facing extinction Tuesday, he hopes to keep his political options open.
Looking ahead to the general election, Hillary roused her African American Democratic base, accusing Trump of racism and incitement. “The divisive rhetoric we are seeing should be a grave concern to us all,” said Hillary, blaming Trump for bringing out Black Lives Matters and remnants of Black Panthers. Hillary’s critique was mild compared to Kasich, who faces elimination in Tuesday’s Ohio winner-take-all primary. “Tonight the seeds of division that Donald Trump has been sowing this whole campaign finally bore fruit, and it was ugly,” said Kasich, hoping to gain traction before the do-or-die Ohio primary. Kasich showed his cagey side, expressing intrigue for a brokered convention, his self-deluded path to the nomination. Winning not one of the GOP’s 33 primarie, Kasich looks forward to a “brokered convention,” revealing for Ohio voters his devious side.
Watching Democratic and GOP candidates jump at the chance to score points against Trump before the Super Tuesday 3 primaries shows their desperation. All reliable polls show that Trump should put the anti-Trump movement to rest March 15. After acting like Baghdad Bob, Saddam’s chief propagandist, Rubio now looks ahead to after his campaign’s imminent end March 15. At least he admitted the “professional” agitators that tried to sabotage Trump’s Chicago rally. “The ugly divisive rhetoric we are hearing from Donald Trump and the encouragement of violence is wrong, and it’s dangerous,” Hillary told a campaign rally in St. Louis. Proving she’ll do-or-say-anything to score points, Hillary shows why she has the lowest “trustworthy” ratings of any presidential candidate. Trump’s Chicago rally was sabotaged by professional activists looking for publicity.
Wisely canceling the Chicago rally, Trump left the Chicago agitators holding the bag. Nothing harms the First Amendment more that professional rabble-rousers looking to make political statements. Political rallies are about getting out a political message before elections not giving special-interest groups a forum for advancing political agendas. Trump’s wise decision to cancel the rally shows voters his common sense and good judgment ahead of March 15 Super Tuesday 3. Trump’s supporters, and those jumping on the bandwagon, aren’t intimidated by Chicago hoodlums looking for publicity to make political statements. “I don’t have regrets,” said Trump “They were very, very bad protesters. Those were bad dudes. They were rough, tough guys.” Canceling the Chicago rally helped Trump’s momentum heading into March 15 to wrap up the GOP nomination.
