Hillary’s Violent Double Standard

Here is Hillary Clinton on violence when it comes to supporters of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump:

So far, Team Clinton has been mute in reaction to reports that protesters outside a Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

“Mr. Trump should not be urging people on,” she told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in March. “This is deeply distressing, and I think as the campaign goes further, more and more Americans are going to be, you know, really disturbed by the kind of campaign he’s running.”

Clinton returned to that theme during a rally in Indianapolis earlier this month: “When you divide people against one another, you don’t know what is going to happen. We are seeing violence at political rallies in our country.”

Here is Democratic National Committee Chair (and Clinton supporter in all but name) Debbie Wasserman Schultz on violence when it comes to what she regards as Sen. Bernie Sanders’ insufficiently strong denunciation of the violence committed by some of his supporters at the Nevada State Primary Convention:

“With all due respect, when there is a ‘but’ in between condemnation of violence generally, and after the word ‘but’ you go on to seemingly justify the reason that the violence and intimidation has occurred, then that falls short of making sure that going forward this kind of conduct doesn’t occur in the future.”

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Here are Clinton and Schultz on violence when it is directed at supporters of Trump: a deafening silence.

So far, Team Clinton has been mute in reaction to reports that protesters outside a Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday shouted and threw objects at the New York billionaire’s supporters and police.

The Associated Press reported that demonstrators repeatedly interrupted Trump inside the Albuquerque Convention Center, shouting and holding up banners and resisting removal by security officers. The banners included the messages like “Trump is Fascist” and “We’ve heard enough.”

According to the Albuquerque Journal, men outside the venue punched and shoved each other periodically throughout the night, while frightened children clung to adults weaving through the chaos. Drivers in passing cars revved their engines, and passengers waved large Mexican flags, while protesters yelled, “Viva Mexico!”

Some protesters, according to AP, threw water bottles and water at Trump supporters who were on a sidewalk making their way to the convention center. The victims included Dereck Scott, a Trump supporter who uses a wheelchair. He told AP that the attack was unprovoked and unnecessary. Protesters shouted “walk of shame,” called Trump supporters racist, and increased their booing whenever a Trump supporter who was a minority walked by.

The AP dispatch indicated that protesters overran police barricades and rushed the convention center. Protesters charged police as officers in riot gear and mounted patrol units worked to push back a rush of protesters outside. Some threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles, and other items at officers, while others overturned trash cans and knocked down barricades. Albuquerque police say they used smoke grenades to disperse the crowd.

Police said on Twitter that “several” officers has been treated for injuries as a result of being hit by rocks, and cops arrested at least on person. Albuquerque attorney Doug Antoon told AP that rocks flew through the convention center windows as he was leaving Tuesday night.

“This was not a protest — this was a riot. These are hate groups,” he said.

Trump concurred with the characterization on Wednesday, saying on Twitter: “The protesters in New Mexico were thugs who were flying the Mexican flag. The rally inside was big and beautiful, but outside, criminals!”

Sen. Jeff Sessions said on “The Laura Ingraham Show” that Clinton and other Democrats should speak out forcefully.

“I just can’t imagine this kind of reaction, and I hope it will be condemned by President Obama and Attorney General [Loretta] Lynch, and Hillary Clinton,” he said. “They should condemn this.”