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applegrove

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Thu Nov 26, 2015, 10:03 PM Nov 2015

At Trump's presidential rallies, a combustible mix of glee, fear

At Trump's presidential rallies, a combustible mix of glee, fear

By Luciana Lopez at Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/26/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKBN0TE2NV20151126

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But they are increasingly becoming known for their undercurrent of aggression, which escalated into a physical altercation over the weekend when white Trump supporters attacked a black protester at his rally, to the candidate's approval.

Out in the crowds, the mix of emotions is heady, setting a Trump rally apart from those of virtually all the other Republican and Democratic White House hopefuls. The rallies combine a gleeful rejection of establishment politics, a fear that the country is about to be transformed into something un-American, and a simmering aggression toward those who dissent from Trump's world view.




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Trump should be disqualified from running for president because he was not born in the US Xipe Totec Nov 2015 #1
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