Dems shouldn’t wish Trump’s ‘moral catastrophe’ on GOP

Published March 17, 2016 12:02am ET



I believe the peaceful transfer of power will prove more popular with Americans than Donald Trump. But we need to make sure of this, before we get on with the rest of the 2016 campaign. None of the issues facing the country takes precedence over the idea that the United States settles elections with the ballot, not the bullet. Trump’s campaign has descended into violence and it has to stop now.

The fun, if it ever was fun, with this guy is over. People are being slugged at speeches. Rallies are turning into riots. Donald Trump calls for violence directly from the podium at his events, over and over again. Trump encourages, and provides cover for, violent, dangerous, and indeed terroristic organizations that formerly festered on the fringes of our society.

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