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MSNBC Host Downplays Violence in New Mexico Anti-Trump Riot

John Bickley

According to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, protesters stomping on police cars and hurling burning shirts, rocks and bottles at cops is “low-key violence.”

During the Wednesday installment of “Hardball,” the left-leaning host discussed the riot that erupted outside a Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico Tuesday night. About 100 anti-Trump protesters — many of whom were waving Mexican flags and chanting “F*** Donald Trump!” — assaulted police, vandalized vehicles and committed arson. Despite the dangerous display, Matthews downplayed their riotous actions as “low-key violence” and blamed the whole incident on Trump, whom he accused of “taunting” and “encouraging” the protesters.

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