Former President Donald Trump's "hate rally" in the Bronx on Thursday put the whole community in danger, said former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner in a Friday edition of his "Justice Matters" show — and more than that, it may have violated the rules placed on him by the court as a defendant. Trump's rally, which in typical fashion had far fewer people than Trump claimed it did, is the latest of his attempts to campaign around his criminal trial in Manhattan, and was billed as an event to connect with Black and Hispanic voters. "If Donald Trump's lips are moving, he's probably lying, inciting violence, or both, all while being on pre-trial release in multiple criminal cases," said Kirschner, adding that Trump is the "very embodiment of hatred.
" ALSO READ: What Trump's weird WWE Hall of Fame speech tells us about his presidential debate strategy Immigrants and "drugged-out homeless people living in our places" were key targets of his rants this time, said Kirschner — and he praised dictators like Vladimir Putin, while inviting rappers accused of a murder conspiracy onstage. "Boy, what uplifting messages," he said. This is going to encourage violence, said Kirschner — after all, when Trump attacked Asian-Americans, calling COVID the "Kung Flu," we saw a huge spike in anti-Asian hate crimes.
And when he urged people to come to the Capitol on January 6, they did so. "The law actually has a mechanism to deal with danger posed by Donald Trump," noted Kirschner — specifi.
