Trump In Two Tweets: ‘Proud’ Of Protesters ‘Incited By The Media’

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2015, file photo, Donald Trump speaks at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/Randall Hill, File)
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President-elect Donald Trump seems to have changed his opinion overnight on protests again him that have spread nationwide.

On Thursday night, the President-elect said that “professional protesters” who were “incited by the media” were ruining his “open and successful” electoral victory.

“Unfair” wrote Trump.

By Friday morning, he had changed his tone.

“Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country,” he wrote, presumably referring to the same people.

“We will all come together and be proud!”

After Trump’s electoral victory Tuesday night, protests against him have occurred in cities across the country, and online, via the hashtag #NotMyPresident.

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  1. 4 years. In 4 years we can vote him out. Please.

  2. Why would “professional protesters” need to be “incited by the media”? They’re just doing their job, right? It’s good for the economy. I’m still waiting for my check from Soros, but I hear it’s in the mail.

  3. So is anybody in the media going to ask him about all the vote rigging he claimed was going to happen?

    I’m sure they’ll pursue this as hard as they pushed him to release his tax returns.

  4. …which no Republican candidate for President will ever do again. Thank you, MSM.

  5. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    No. In 4 years you won’t even recognize America. In 8 voting will be “required” to show that America still has “freedom.”

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