ABC, NBC Blame Violence in New Mexico and California on Trump

Nicholas Fondacaro | May 26, 2016
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For the past couple days violence has erupted at Donald Trump rallies in New Mexico and California, resulting in police breaking out the riot gear. The cause? Violent leftists who can’t express themselves through peaceful protest, but NBC and ABC handed the responsibility solely to Trump on Wednesday night. “Where Trump goes, unrest follows … This is the same scene that we are seeing play out in city after city across America,” NBC’s Katy Tur exaggerated.

On World News Tonight, ABC’s Ton Llamas’ description of the riots made it sound as if Trump brought a war zone with him. “Demonstrators barging through barricades and clashing with officers. Trampling police cars. Police forced to fire tear gas,” said Llamas while flashing violent images to the screen.

Host of NBC’s Nightly News, Lester Holt did the same. “It comes a day after some of the most chaotic scenes at a Trump rally we've seen in Albuquerque, where protesters smashed through barriers, jumping on cars, again, police in riot gear moving in to quell the violence,” stated Holt. 

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