Trump on Last Night’s Protesters: ‘These Are Bad People’
Today, speaking in Vandalia, Ohio, Donald Trump addressed the protests that led to the cancelation of his speech last night in Chicago.
Trump called the protesters "bad people" and suggested there was an organized effort to shut down the event.
Here's a rush transcript:
DONALD TRUMP: "So, what happened yesterday was incredible. We dealt with law enforcement -- so good, so good. We love our police. Do we love our police? But we dealt with law enforcement at every level. Secret service, great, the whole group. And it was determined that if we go in, it could cause really bad, bad vibes. And you have to understand, they want me to tell my people, please, be nice, be nice. My people are nice. The people that came there were so nice. And let me tell you, the people that were there that came there, that were invited there, thousands and thousands of people, they caused no problem. They were taunted, they were harassed by these other people. These other people, by the way, some represented Bernie, our communist friend. Now, really, Bernie should tell his people -- there weren't too many Hillary people there. You know why. I mean, in all fairness to Bernie, the reason there weren't Hillary people, they have no fervor. There's no fervor. Say what you want about Bernie, at least they have a little bit of fervor, right? But with Bernie, so, he should really get up and say to his people, stop. Stop. Not me. Stop. They said, Mr. Trump should get up and this morning tell his people to be nice. My people are nice, folks. They're nice. They're great. They're great. My people are great. My people are great. So, here's the story. So, we get up, and I make the decision, and the people in the audience were really devastated. You know, some of those people got there, like you, they got there like eight hours early. Now, they're standing there for eight hours, like you, right? Like you. Raise your hand. We love you people. Don't worry, I'll sign autographs. Don't let them -- don't let them rip you away from that position. No one's -- the only one who could rip you away is Nick mangold. Him, we can't do anything about, right? So, anyway. So, what happens is everybody was fine, everybody was behaving, and what they've done really on the other side -- it was moveon.org or one of these groups -- bad groups. These are bad people."
