That was a very real scare Saturday night at Donald Trump’s rally in Reno, Nevada, apparent from the speed at which Secret Service agents rushed the candidate off the stage.
The audience stayed put, one man was led away under heavy police escort, and the rally continued a few minutes later when Trump returned to the stage. He wasn’t hurt … which apparently cleared that way for the usual editorializing from the media.
Politico’s chief political correspondent, Glenn Thrush, pretty clearly laid the blame for the incident on Trump and his rhetoric. Trump returned to the stage at 9:09 Eastern or so, which would make the grace period about 11 minutes.
glenn, you are not a real journalist. sorry
— Everyone Is Hitler (@portnoydennis) November 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/Gpowey/status/795074183193591808
So, @glennthrush Um what? You are excusing violence and blaming him for it?
— Kathleen (@katnandu) November 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/ContrarianConan/status/795074868597297152
you've finally taken your tongue out of Podestas ass to say something.
— Stephen ??????? (@HowManyDaysEU) November 6, 2016
What the hell? You're blaming Trump for this? This is why people hate reporters in the first place.
— Kizer ?? (@KizerDuke) November 6, 2016
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https://twitter.com/jonburton20/status/795074508025688064
Hold on now; the original’s been deleted. Let’s see how Take 2 plays:
Thank god Trump is okay – I deleted Tweet cos of the response, not the sentiment…wanted to discourage anger/negativity – Tweet stoked it.
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) November 6, 2016
Amazing how that happened.
I have no problem repeating it: Thank God Trump is okay-maybe now we can lower the fucking temperature? This is an election, not a war. https://t.co/9KH6nIcxoR
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) November 6, 2016
We confess we’re not top-tier journalists like the highly trained folks at Politico, but wouldn’t “repeating it” mean, you know, repeating it? Not rewriting it so that “he” becomes “we”?
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Update:
This took a little longer than expected; gotta get those takes in while they’re hot.
https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/795076412931764224
So he had this coming? He was asking for it? This is chickens coming home to roost?
This is not the time, IMHO.
— Happy Thanksgiving & Epstein Didn't Kill Himself (@drawandstrike) November 6, 2016
Considering no one knows anything at all yet, it’s really not a good time for speculation on anyone’s motives.
YOU are the one fostering a "climate of hate" by implying it's his own fault some lunatic wanted to kill him.
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) November 6, 2016
And….the DNC and Hillary pay people to perpetrate actual violence, but props for framing it this way. Nice job.
— Chris Tsotsoros (@ctsotsoros) November 6, 2016
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Journalism is DEAD! Watch Glenn Thrush grovel in email to Podesta: ‘Because I have become a hack’ https://t.co/uzJzKVOl0E
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 17, 2016
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