www.nytimes.com
Open in
urlscan Pro
151.101.129.164
Public Scan
Submitted URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html
Effective URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html
Submission: On March 11 via manual from US — Scanned from US
Effective URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html
Submission: On March 11 via manual from US — Scanned from US
Form analysis 2 forms found in the DOM
POST https://nytimes.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html&apn=com.nytimes.android&amv=9837&ibi=com.nytimes.NYTimes&isi=284862083
<form method="post" action="https://nytimes.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html&apn=com.nytimes.android&amv=9837&ibi=com.nytimes.NYTimes&isi=284862083"
data-testid="MagicLinkForm" style="visibility: hidden;"><input name="client_id" type="hidden" value="web.fwk.vi"><input name="redirect_uri" type="hidden"
value="https://nytimes.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html&apn=com.nytimes.android&amv=9837&ibi=com.nytimes.NYTimes&isi=284862083"><input name="response_type"
type="hidden" value="code"><input name="state" type="hidden" value="no-state"><input name="scope" type="hidden" value="default"></form>POST https://nytimes.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html&apn=com.nytimes.android&amv=9837&ibi=com.nytimes.NYTimes&isi=284862083
<form method="post" action="https://nytimes.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html&apn=com.nytimes.android&amv=9837&ibi=com.nytimes.NYTimes&isi=284862083"
data-testid="MagicLinkForm" style="visibility: hidden;"><input name="client_id" type="hidden" value="web.fwk.vi"><input name="redirect_uri" type="hidden"
value="https://nytimes.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html&apn=com.nytimes.android&amv=9837&ibi=com.nytimes.NYTimes&isi=284862083"><input name="response_type"
type="hidden" value="code"><input name="state" type="hidden" value="no-state"><input name="scope" type="hidden" value="default"></form>Text Content
Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Sunday, March 10, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Campaign Stops|The Man the Founders Feared https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html * Share full article * * * 317 Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Opinion THE MAN THE FOUNDERS FEARED By Peter Wehner * March 19, 2016 * Share full article * * * 317 * Read in app Credit...Daniel Zender “I THINK you’d have riots.” So said Donald J. Trump last week, when he was asked by CNN what he thought would happen if he arrived at the Republican Convention this summer a few delegates short of the 1,237 needed to win outright and didn’t set forth from Cleveland as the party’s nominee. It is stunning to contemplate, particularly for those of us who are lifelong Republicans, but we now live in a time when the organizing principle that runs through the campaign of the Republican Party’s likely nominee isn’t adherence to a political philosophy — Mr. Trump has no discernible political philosophy — but an encouragement to political violence. Mr. Trump’s supporters will dismiss this as hyperbole, but it is the only reasonable conclusion that his vivid, undisguised words allow for. As the examples pile up, we should not become inured to them. “I’d like to punch him in the face,” Mr. Trump said about a protester in Nevada. (“In the old days,” Mr. Trump fondly recalled, protesters would be “carried out in a stretcher.”) Of another protester, Mr. Trump said, “Maybe he should have been roughed up.” In St. Louis, Mr. Trump sounded almost wistful: “Nobody wants to hurt each other anymore.” About protesters in general, he said: “There used to be consequences. There are none anymore. These people are so bad for our country. You have no idea folks, you have no idea.” Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Talk like this eventually finds its way into action. And so on March 10, a Trump supporter named John McGraw, was charged with assault, battery and disorderly conduct, after a protester was sucker-punched as he was being hauled by security guards out of a Trump rally in North Carolina the day before. When interviewed afterward Mr. McGraw said, “The next time we see him, we might have to kill him.” And Donald Trump’s reaction? He said he was considering paying Mr. McGraw’s legal fees. “He obviously loves his country,” Mr. Trump added, “and maybe he doesn’t like seeing what’s happening to the country.” Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. A correction was made on March 27, 2016 : An opinion essay last Sunday about political violence in American history misstated the circumstances surrounding the death of an abolitionist newspaper editor; the editor, Elijah Parish Lovejoy, was white, not black, and he was shot to death, not burned to death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction. If you spot an error, please let us know at nytnews@nytimes.com.Learn more Peter Wehner, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, served in the last three Republican administrations and is a contributing opinion writer. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter. A version of this article appears in print on March 20, 2016, Section SR, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: The Man the Founders Feared. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe Read 317 Comments * Share full article * * * 317 * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT COMMENTS 317 The Man the Founders FearedSkip to Comments The comments section is closed. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to letters@nytimes.com. SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions KEEP READING THE TIMES BY CREATING A FREE ACCOUNT OR LOGGING IN. Continue Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options