The Volokh Conspiracy

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This is the GOP front-runner

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I've posted my views of Donald Trump once and wasn't planning on doing it again. But I feel obligated to point out his latest contribution: Lamenting that, unlike in "the old days" that he "loved," Trump supporters can't beat up protesters so badly that the protesters are "carried out in a stretcher." Trump adds that he would like to "punch [the protester] in the face." The crowd cheers at both:

Those waiting for GOP voters to stop supporting this megalomaniac for the presidency are running out of time: Super Tuesday is just a week away. Meanwhile, the RealClearPolitics average of polls on the GOP race shows Trump leading his nearest rival by about fifteen percentage points.