Hillary Clinton Condems, Then Justifies Violent Protests, Says Trump Incited Protestors

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In an interview with Jake Tapper, Hillary Clinton blamed protestor violence at rallies on Donald Trump, saying it is a result of the environment he created. Mrs. Clinton,, the likely Democratic nominee, said the presumptive Republican nominee “lowered the bar” on violence.

The former secretary of state, who used over the top rhetoric herself during what was billed as a foreign policy speech, said “the people who don’t like him are stepping over that low bar.” That was one day before violent protestors in San Jose, Calif., attacked Trump supporters as they exited an event and even cornered a woman, screamed profanities and egged her while police watched.

“I condemn all violence in our political arena,” Mrs. Clinton said. “I condemned it when Donald Trump was inciting it and congratulating people who were engaging it. I condemn it by those who are taking violent protests to physical assault against Donald Trump. This has to end. He set a very bad example.”

Of course, we and other news outlets have reported that these protests are not in fact organic, grassroots genuine protests. They are in fact organized by Mrs. Clinton’s and Sen. Sanders’s supporters.

“He created an environment in which it seemed to be acceptable for someone running for president to be inciting violence, to be encouraging his supporters. Now we’re seeing people who are against him responding in kind,” she added. “It should all stop. “It is not acceptable.”