--- title: Donald Trump Denies There Is Any Violence at His Rallies description: Donald Trump switched tactics Monday on the escalating violence at his campaign rallies, denying that there is any violence at all. canonical: https://time.com/4257804/donald-trump-rally-violence-denial/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-14T16:28:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:23.605Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Denies There Is Any Violence at His Rallies og:description: "There's no violence. There's love-fests." og:url: https://time.com/4257804/donald-trump-rally-violence-denial/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd444106b31aa058/69888ad2524fc05eb0df72a9/trump13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton, Fla., on March 13, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Denies There Is Any Violence at His Rallies twitter:description: "There's no violence. There's love-fests." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd444106b31aa058/69888ad2524fc05eb0df72a9/trump13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Denies There Is Any Violence at His Rallies > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. 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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton, Fla., on March 13, 2016. Joe Raedle—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 14, 2016 4:28 PM UTC Donald Trump switched tactics Monday on the escalating violence at his campaign rallies, denying that there is any violence at all. At a question and answer session with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in Hickory, North Carolina, Trump argued that no one has been hurt at his rallies, which he called “love-fests.” “The press is now calling, they’re saying, ‘Oh but there’s such violence.’ There’s no violence. You know how many people have been hurt at our rallies? I think like, basically none, other than I guess maybe somebody got hit once or something. But there’s no violence,” he said. “The people that are supporters of Donald Trump want to see America be great again. That’s what it is,” Trump added. “There’s no violence. There’s love-fests. These are love-fests.” Trump had to [cancel a campaign event](http://time.com/4256529/donald-trump-chicago-rally-protest-cancel/) in Chicago over the weekend over security concerns; in recent days his events have spurred more tension and physical altercations between supporters and protesters. A Trump fan in North Carolina was charged with assault last week for sucker-punching a protester in the face. Trump has offered to [pay his legal fees](http://time.com/4256809/donald-trump-legal-fees-protester-punch/). But the real estate mogul’s denial on Monday marks a change in strategy for him in talking about the issue. While Trump has said that he doesn’t condone violence, he has also [obliquely defended it](http://time.com/4255579/donald-trump-protesters-violent/), calling the protesters “bad dudes” and “really dangerous.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4257804/donald-trump-rally-violence-denial/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4257804/donald-trump-rally-violence-denial/"},"headline":"Trump Denies There Is Any Violence at His Rallies","datePublished":"2016-03-14T16:28:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:23.605Z","description":"Donald Trump switched tactics Monday on the escalating violence at his campaign rallies, denying that there is any violence at all.","url":"https://time.com/4257804/donald-trump-rally-violence-denial/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd444106b31aa058/69888ad2524fc05eb0df72a9/trump13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd444106b31aa058/69888ad2524fc05eb0df72a9/trump13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton, Fla., on March 13, 2016.","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton, Fla., on March 13, 2016.","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4257804/donald-trump-rally-violence-denial/","name":"Trump Denies There Is Any Violence at His Rallies"}}]}] ```