Trump: My Supporter Who Punched The Protester Was ‘Talked To Horribly’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in the atrium of the Old Post Office Pavilion, soon to be a Trump International Hotel, Monday, March 21, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Monday that the man who allegedly punched a protester at an Arizona campaign rally for the real estate mogul over the weekend was “talked to horribly.”

“He was given a certain finger on a hand. He was talked to horribly. And he was also looking at somebody that came up with somebody dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan,” Trump said.

The latest scuffle at a Trump event came Saturday, when video of a rally in Tucson showed a protester being punched as he was escorted out of the event. Tony Pettway, who is an airman at nearby Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, later was arrested on suspicion of assaulting the protester.

Trump said Pettway has a “very fine record” and a “great family and he has had enough.”

“And he happened to be African-American, the person who was a supporter,” Trump continued. “And it was a shame what happened but you know what, he saw a member of the Ku Klux Klan. And you people don’t write that.”

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  1. “He was given a certain finger on a hand. He was talked to horribly. And he was also looking at somebody that came up with somebody dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan,” Trump said.

    Also, why is an orange? So there!
  2. Did anybody catch his comment referring to Elizabeth Warren as “the Indian”? More racism from Trump.

  3. Except he did not punch and kick the guy wearing the Klan outfit. He punched and kicked the guy wearing an American flag shirt. His racism and thuggery is so awful it sometimes overshadows how much of a bald-faced liar he is.

  4. Well I can understand how someone who was “talked to horribly” and then pummeled a protester might ‘worry’ you Donald…after all, that’s what you do several times a day but then you have the Secret Service that we are paying for to protect your mouth from harm…

  5. “fine I’ll bite”

    One: unless dude got thrown on first, that active military member should know that putting your hands on anyone (regardless of provocation) is a straight up fail.

    Two: whoopee in regards to African American,#yeaboyyy

    Three: was he asked about McGraw’s reasons for that sucker punch in NC.

    Four: now he has a problem with the Klan.

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