Trump Thinks Oregon Militia Should Quit: We Need ‘Law And Order’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed disapproval of the militia that took over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon over the weekend.

In an interview with The Hill, the real estate mogul agreed with his fellow Republican presidential candidates who have called for the group of armed men to stand down.

“You have to maintain law and order, no matter what,” Trump told The Hill.

Numerous presidential candidates have criticized the militia and called on them to leave the Oregon refuge, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

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  1. That’s Trump’s stopped-clock moment for 2016.

  2. Hillary was with Chris Matthews last night. Bernie did a network news interview. Both of these fine people shared a comprehensive view of many of the issues that are important to the nation.
    Let’s make an effort to focus on these two Democratic candidates instead of the freak show that is going on in the make-believe world described in this story.

  3. Ah, “law and order” in Trump’s universe means get rid of Hispanics, suppress the blacks, ignore the women, stop the Muslims.

  4. It sure took him long enough, and it sure was minimal and copying the other gop losers. We don’t need Law and Order, we need people to follow the laws of the land, and stop violating the Constitution and claiming they’re protecting or saving it from the government. Like the DKos Birder diary says, they are the real welfare queens, using land that belongs to everyone for their own selfish and often destructive needs.

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