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.
Trump has instead blamed disruptions at his campaign events on Bernie Sanders' supporters.
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Meanwhile, BuzzFeed's Kyle Blaine points out that none of Trump's Sunday morning interviewers asked about another recent incident at a Trump event: his campaign manager allegedly assaulting a reporter. Julie Kliegman
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