--- title: Donald Trump Protest: Reince Priebus Asks Both Sides to Stop description: "Violence only begets more violence." canonical: https://time.com/4256731/donald-trump-chicago-violence-reince-priebus/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-13T00:21:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:22.677Z article:section: Politics og:title: GOP Head Asks Both Sides to Reduce Violence at Trump Rallies og:description: "Violence only begets more violence." og:url: https://time.com/4256731/donald-trump-chicago-violence-reince-priebus/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ecb55607da6e69a/69888abe3c1639844f45c692/trump-chicago-protests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5472 og:image:height: 3078 og:image:alt: Trump Rally Postponed After Protestors Clash With Supporters og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: GOP Head Asks Both Sides to Reduce Violence at Trump Rallies twitter:description: "Violence only begets more violence." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ecb55607da6e69a/69888abe3c1639844f45c692/trump-chicago-protests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # GOP Head Asks Both Sides to Reduce Violence at Trump Rallies > Sponsored content. 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Protesters rally outside of the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is due to speak at a campaign rally March 11, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Dakota Sillyman—Corbis by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Mar 13, 2016 12:21 AM UTC The head of the Republican Party is condemning the violence that broke out Friday at a Donald Trump rally in Chicago, calling on both sides to exercise restraint. In his first comments after Trump supporters and protesters [clashed in the Windy City](http://time.com/4256529/donald-trump-chicago-rally-protest-cancel/) and after a week of increasingly heated moments on the campaign trail, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said both Democrats and Republicans bear responsibility for the escalation. “While we have differences, our right to free speech should be just that: speech,” Priebus said in a statement, which appeared first on TIME. “Violence is never the answer. Violence only begets more violence. As we go further along in this election cycle, I ask those on my side of the political spectrum and those on the left to engage actively in the political process in a manner that continues to make our democracy the envy of the rest of the world. Leaders and activists in both parties bear a responsibility to ensure that the discourse we engage in promotes the best of America.” **Read More:** [_Why Protesters Help Donald Trump_](http://time.com/4256684/donald-trump-protests-help/) After he was forced to cancel the Chicago event and scuffles broke out inside and around the arena where it was scheduled to be held, Trump [repeatedly refuted the notion](http://time.com/4256550/donald-trump-blames-thugs-cancelled-chicago-rally/) in television interviews that he bore any responsibility for the violence, despite comments last month that he wished he could punch a protester in a face, assurances that he’d pay supporters’ legal fees if they clashed with protesters and laments that protesters weren’t removed from his rallies on stretchers. “The stakes for the election this November are high,” Priebus said. “The eyes of the world will look upon America closely to see how we conduct ourselves. 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