--- title: Donald Trump Rally: Rivals Say Trump Set Tone for Violence description: "Donald Trump has created a toxic environment," said Ohio Gov. John Kasich canonical: https://time.com/4256580/donald-trump-rally-violence-response-cruz-rubio-kasich-hillary-clinton-sanders/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-12T15:49:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T16:25:21.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Rally: Rivals Say Trump Set Tone for Violence og:description: "Donald Trump has created a toxic environment," said Ohio Gov. 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Luke Sharrett—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) and [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/) Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:25 PM UTCPublished: Mar 12, 2016 3:49 PM UTC The violence at Donald Trump’s rally in Chicago Friday is rippling through the political world, with his Republican and Democratic rivals saying the GOP front-runner is responsible for creating the charged environment where protesters and supporters clashed for hours. “Donald Trump has created a toxic environment,” said Ohio Gov. John Kasich at a press conference he called to address the violence. “There is no place for a national leader to prey on the fears of people,” he added, saying Trump allowed his supporters to “come together in violence.” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who has been [encouraging people to vote strategically](http://time.com/4255838/donald-trump-marco-rubio-john-kasich/) in each state to stop Trump, said the businessman has set the tone for clashes at his rallies. “You have a candidate in Donald Trump who clearly has used language that appeals to anger, and in some instances has actually said to the crowd, ‘Let’s beat this person up or let’s do this or let’s do that,'” Rubio said in an [interview with MSNBC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njFyhF85NKk&feature=youtu.be) on Friday night. “I do think Donald needs to realize and take responsibility for the fact that some of the rhetoric he has used could potentially be contributing to this environment that is growing increasingly disturbing for a growing number of Americans.” Rubio said no other candidate, including Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, have violence at their rallies. “There’s only one presidential candidate who has violence at their events,” Rubio said. “I think a campaign bears responsibility for creating an environment, when the candidate urges supporters to engage in physical violence to punch people in the face,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday night. “The predictable consequence of that is that it escalates. And today is unlikely to be the last such instance.” Trump, who called off the rally an hour before he was to take the stage, has repeatedly spoken of roughing up protesters at his events, including expressing a desire to punch a protester in the face last month in Nevada, and at other points promising to pay his supporters’ legal fees if they rough-up protesters. In a statement Friday evening, Hillary Clinton invoked the memory of last year’s Charleston shooting as an example of when hate leads to violence “The divisive rhetoric we are seeing should be of grave concern to us all,” Clinton [said in a statement](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/708526634459078656). “All of us, no matter what party we belong to or what views we hold, should not only say loudly and clearly that violence has no place in our politics, we should use our words and deeds to bring Americans together.” Clinton further criticized Trump during a Saturday morning event in St. Louis. “I want to say a few words about what happened last night in Chicago,” the former Secretary of State said. “You know, we will always have our differences, won’t we? That’s what happens in a democracy like ours. But the ugly, divisive rhetoric we are hearing from Donald Trump and the encouragement of violence and aggression is wrong, and it’s dangerous.” “If you play with matches, you’re going to start a fire you can’t control,” she added. “That’s not leadership. That’s political arson. The test of leadership and citizenship is the opposite. If you see bigotry, oppose it. If you see violence, condemn it. And if you see a bully, stand up to him.” Meanwhile, Sanders [spoke out against hate](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sanders-calls-for-unity-after-trump-violence-642732611921) on Friday night at his rally in Summit, Ill., presenting a contrast to the scene playing out a short distance away at Trump’s rally in Chicago, MSNBC reported. “What this campaign is about is bringing our people together, not letting Donald Trump or anybody else divide us up,” Sanders said. “No, we’re not going to hate Mexicans. We’re not going to hate Muslims. We’re not going to insult women. We’re not going to insult veterans. We’re not going to insult African-Americans.” On Saturday, Kasich and Rubio expressed reservations about upholding their pledge to support Trump should he win the nomination, one they reiterated at Thursday night’s GOP debate. “I don’t know…I still at this moment continue to intend to support the Republican nominee, but \[it’s\] getting harder every day,” Rubio said. “It makes it extremely difficult,” said Kasich. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4256580/donald-trump-rally-violence-response-cruz-rubio-kasich-hillary-clinton-sanders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4256580/donald-trump-rally-violence-response-cruz-rubio-kasich-hillary-clinton-sanders/"},"headline":"Presidential Candidates Say Trump Set Tone for Violence at Rallies","datePublished":"2016-03-12T15:49:24.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T16:25:21.000Z","description":"\"Donald Trump has created a toxic environment,\" said Ohio Gov. 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