In recent weeks, we have seen an appalling rise in violent attacks on protesters and journalists at Donald Trump rallies. The Republican frontrunner has not merely tolerated this political violence, but actively encouraged it. Remarkably, given the very real physical threats activists encounter, anti-Trump protests have over time become larger and more organized. The weeks to come will reveal whether this popular resistance to Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric can do more than shut down a rally. But confrontational young and minority activists have already redirected the substance of the 2016 election once. There is good reason to imagine they can do so again.
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2016/03/18-grassroots-activists-stop-trump-williamson
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