US democracy at stake amid campaign violence, major Jewish group warns
WASHINGTON — Threats of political violence endanger the viability of American democracy, the American Jewish Committee warned Thursday, a day after Republican frontrunner Donald Trump predicted that there would be “riots” if his party tried to edge him out through a brokered convention.
“I think you’d have riots. I think you’d have riots,” Trump said Wednesday in an interview with CNN. “I’m representing a tremendous many, many millions of people.”
Although the AJC’s statement did not mention any candidates by name, its dire warnings seemed to reflect directly on Trump’s comments.
“Violence and threats of violence have no place in American politics. There should be no threats to disrupt political rallies and no threats to disrupt a convention if a candidate is denied the nomination by his party’s convention,” the organization admonished. “Too many democracies have failed, to be replaced by autocratic governments, when violence became a sanctioned political tool, especially by those who feel disenfranchised and choose not to await ordinary change at the ballot box.”
Warning that “nothing less than the survival of American democracy is at stake,” the AJC emphasized that “we hope that the violence seen so far is an aberration which stops now,” and called on “those who have resorted to, or sanctioned, violence” to “repudiate it now.”
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US democracy at stake amid campaign violence, major Jewish group warns
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Odium Steve_McGarrett tinydancer
What are they worried about? Why are they interfering? They are pretty much telling us beforehand that Trump will be denied nomination and we should tolerate it, or else 'democracy' will die. This is laughable.
I don't even know what kind of 'violence' they've been witnessing. The situation hasn't been violent at all, with exception of minor incidents instigated by Bernie supporters.
WASHINGTON — Threats of political violence endanger the viability of American democracy, the American Jewish Committee warned Thursday, a day after Republican frontrunner Donald Trump predicted that there would be “riots” if his party tried to edge him out through a brokered convention.
“I think you’d have riots. I think you’d have riots,” Trump said Wednesday in an interview with CNN. “I’m representing a tremendous many, many millions of people.”
Although the AJC’s statement did not mention any candidates by name, its dire warnings seemed to reflect directly on Trump’s comments.
“Violence and threats of violence have no place in American politics. There should be no threats to disrupt political rallies and no threats to disrupt a convention if a candidate is denied the nomination by his party’s convention,” the organization admonished. “Too many democracies have failed, to be replaced by autocratic governments, when violence became a sanctioned political tool, especially by those who feel disenfranchised and choose not to await ordinary change at the ballot box.”
Warning that “nothing less than the survival of American democracy is at stake,” the AJC emphasized that “we hope that the violence seen so far is an aberration which stops now,” and called on “those who have resorted to, or sanctioned, violence” to “repudiate it now.”
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US democracy at stake amid campaign violence, major Jewish group warns
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Odium Steve_McGarrett tinydancer
What are they worried about? Why are they interfering? They are pretty much telling us beforehand that Trump will be denied nomination and we should tolerate it, or else 'democracy' will die. This is laughable.
I don't even know what kind of 'violence' they've been witnessing. The situation hasn't been violent at all, with exception of minor incidents instigated by Bernie supporters.
