Are Trump’s rallies becoming a liability?

Published July 11, 2016 4:01am ET



It’s hard to imagine Donald Trump’s presidential campaign without the rallies he’s held all over the country. We’ve seen Trump don a hardhat and pretend to shovel coal in West Virginia, attract surprisingly large crowds in Massachusetts, speak as riots unfolded in California and gruffly demand that protesters be ejected everywhere.

“Hey, is it fun to be at a Trump rally?” the businessman asked an approving audience in Baltimore before Maryland’s primary. “Think this happens with lyin’ Ted Cruz?” These raucous events are part of what he’s talking about when he says he doesn’t want to get too presidential.

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