Donald Trump is blaming Bernie Sanders supporters for rally protests

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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump blamed Bernie Sanders' supporters for protests at his canceled Chicago rally on Friday, CNN reports.

"You know, Bernie was saying Mr. Trump should speak to his crowd," Trump said Saturday. "You know where they come from? Bernie's crowd. They're Bernie's crowd."

In response, Sanders called Trump a "pathological liar."

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Trump continued attacking Sanders on Sunday, even threatening to have his supporters show up to the Democratic presidential hopeful's rallies. Julie Kliegman

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Julie Kliegman
Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.