Donald Trump Promotes Violence

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One of the reasons why Trump isn’t fit to become president is because he promotes violence, as shown throughout several of his rallies. In the article, “Donald Trump Encourages Violence At His Rallies. His Fans Are Listening,” by Sam Stein and Dana Liebelson, the authors wrote about how a video released showed a gang of men kicking and punching a Black Lives Matter protester at a Trump rally, to which Donald Trump Responded with, “Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing(Diamond).” In other words, supporters of Trump thought it was appropriate to attack a protester all because he disrupted his speech. As a potential leader, Donald Trump shouldn’t have advocated for the violence at his rally just because the person didn’t agree with him. …show more content…

In 2009, Obama was interrupted by a Republican member of Congress, and Obama continued with his speech instead of forcing them out or getting angry with them. It was because he was a respectable leader, and leaders understand not everybody will agree with them. Advocating for violence would have caused a larger gap between Republicans and Democrats, and would have given Republicans a reason to dislike Obama. A respectable leader recognizes that they need to keep their people united, and Donald Trump is already causing separation between the people, which is why he’s not fit to be