“Maybe he should have been roughed up, because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing.”
November 22, 2015, in response to a Fox News host asking about a heckler at Trump’s rally in Alabama the day before”
“I would bring back waterboarding. And I’d bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding.”
“I’d like to punch him in the face.”
February 22, 2016, about a protester who disrupted a Las Vegas rally
“Any guy that can do a body slam, he is my guy!”
October 18, 2018, referring to then-Representative Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for physically assaulting a reporter
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
“Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?”
June 2020, according to former Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s memoir, which described Trump having said this about protesters outside the White House (Trump has denied saying this)
“We pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country, that lie and steal and cheat on elections … The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave than the threat from within. Our threat is from within.”
“If you had one really violent day … one rough hour—and I mean real rough—the word will get out, and it will end immediately.”
September 29, 2024, proposing a violent crackdown by police to deal with crime, during a rally in Pennsylvania
November 22, 2015, in response to a Fox News host asking about a heckler at Trump’s rally in Alabama the day before”
“I would bring back waterboarding. And I’d bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding.”
“I’d like to punch him in the face.”
February 22, 2016, about a protester who disrupted a Las Vegas rally
“Any guy that can do a body slam, he is my guy!”
October 18, 2018, referring to then-Representative Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for physically assaulting a reporter
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
“Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?”
June 2020, according to former Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s memoir, which described Trump having said this about protesters outside the White House (Trump has denied saying this)
“We pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country, that lie and steal and cheat on elections … The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave than the threat from within. Our threat is from within.”
“If you had one really violent day … one rough hour—and I mean real rough—the word will get out, and it will end immediately.”
September 29, 2024, proposing a violent crackdown by police to deal with crime, during a rally in Pennsylvania
