Palin campaigned with Trump in Tampa Monday before returning to Alaska to be with her husband, Todd, who was in a
serious snow machine accident.
"We
don't have time for all that petty, punk-ass little thuggery stuff
that's been going on with these 'protesters,' who are doing nothing but
wasting your time and trying to take away your First Amendment rights,"
she said. "And the media being on the thugs' side -- what the heck are
you guys thinking, media?"
The
GOP presidential front-runner's rallies have turned increasingly
violent in the past week as supporters have clashed with protesters.
Trump was
forced to cancel a rally in Chicago over the weekend and
was given a scare when a protester rushed the stage Saturday.
Trump told CNN's Wolf Blitzer
Monday "there's no violence, nobody's been hurt" at his rallies, which
have had a number of high-profile incidents of violence in the past
week.
"First of all let's not even use
the word violence, there's very little disruption generally speaking.
It's a function of the press, the press likes to say what the press
likes to say," Trump said.
"If
one person gets up and starts shouting and the police walks that person
out, they try and make it like it's a violent thing. It's not violent.
It's a protester that stands up or probably a disruptor, because I think
they're sent there by people on the other side," he said.
Trump added: "But there's no violence, nobody's been hurt."
But he reiterated that he doesn't support any violence at his rallies.
"No,
I don't like that. And we don't condone that, Wolf. And I've said that
numerous times," Trump said, when asked about the North Carolina
supporter who punched the protester.
CNN's Tom LoBianco contributed to this report.
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