Donald Trump thinks he should 'get credit' for handling rally disruptions

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On Sunday, two days after Donald Trump canceled a Chicago rally rather than speak in front of hundreds of protesters in a crowd, the Republican presidential frontrunner suggested he "should get credit, not be scorned" for the tone of his rallies.

"I'm treated very unfairly," Trump said on CNN's State of the Union.

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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.