Jeffrey Lord: ‘The American Left Promotes Violence; They Depend on Violence’

‘This is what they do’

TRUMP: “But I still — I don’t condone violence.”
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COSTELLO: “And he said that he would look into paying Mr. McGraw legal bills. Trump did not explain McGraw’s suspicion that the victim Rakeem Jones was a terrorist.”
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REPORTER: “Did you like the event?”
McGRAW: “You bet I liked it.”
REPORTER: “What did you like about it?”
McGRAW: “Knocking the hell out of that big mouth. We don’t know who he is, but we know he’s not acting like an American.
REPORTER: “So he deserved it?”
McGRAW: “Every bit of it.”
REPORTER: “What was that?”
McGRAW: “Yes, he deserved it. The next time we see him, we might have to kill him.”
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COSTELLO: “With me now is Jeffrey Lord. He is a Trump supporter and former political director for the Reagan White House. I’m also joined by CNN political commentator Errol Lewis. He is also a political anchor at New York One News. Welcome to both of you.”
LORD: “Good morning.”
LOUIS: “Hello, Carol.”
COSTELLO: "Good morning. Jeffrey, I understand loyalty, but we saw the pictures. Mr. McGraw was not being threatened physically in any way. Why would Mr. Trump consider paying the legal bills for this man?"
LORD: "Carol, look, there’s no place for violence here, none, zero. And I can’t see you here. I can only hear you, but certainly I am aware as I think are you that there was attempts at violence. There were people who were these protesters taking swing at Trump supporters. I saw that on CNN air. We’re not talking about that. The American Left is into violence. This guy, you know, I don’t know where this guy is coming from. I want nothing to do with him. you know. I don’t deal in violence. It’s wrong."
COSTELLO: "You’re talking, Jeffrey, about Mr. McGraw, the guy who punched the African American protester?"[crosstalk]
LORD: "Yes."
COSTELLO: "You want nothing to do with that man?"
LORD: "Nothing to do with him."
COSTELLO: "Do you disagree with your candidate, then, Donald Trump for looking into paying his legal bills?
LORD: "I understand what he’s saying, he’d stick by his word. I understand. But what I’m trying to say, and this is very important, the American Left promotes violence. They always do, whether it’s occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, the Democratic National Committee, the Convention of 1968. There are dozens of incidents of this from the American Left and that’s because they dependent on violence. They use violence, labor violence, race violence. Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore. This is what they do. The guy that rushed the platform in Ohio is a Bernie Sanders supporter. They are into violence. Donald trump has nothing to do with this. Good Lord, 40 years ago, it was [indecipherable] they were after. All I’m suggesting to you is this is what they do. We’re going to see more of it because we’ve been seeing it for decades."

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