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Police charge Trump campaign manager with battery
Continued from Front Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, walks with his campaign manager Co- “I think ultimately the re-
rey Lewandowski after speaking at a news conference in Dubuque, Iowa. Florida police have sponsibility is Mr. Trump’s.”
“No jury, in my opinion, charged Lewandowski with simple battery in connection with an incident earlier in the month Trump’s Republican rivals
would convict a man and involving a reporter. also seized on the news,
destroy a man’s life over which comes a week be-
what you witnessed.” (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) fore a Wisconsin primary
Police charged Lewan- contest that could give
dowski after reviewing a statement that Lewan- Trump’s march toward his been doing over these last Trump an insurmountable
surveillance video of the dowski “grabbed me tight- party’s presidential nomi- months is inciting violent delegate lead or give his
incident, obtained from se- ly by the arm and yanked nation. behavior, aggressive be- opponents new hope of
curity at the Trump-owned me down.” Critics cast it as another havior that I think is very a contested national con-
property. Police deter- The video appears to show example of why the brash dangerous and has result- vention.
mined the video shows him yanking her backward. billionaire would struggle ed in attacks on people Cruz said the incident
Lewandowski grabbing Mi- Fields weighed in on Twitter: to attract women in a pro- at his events including this is “the consequence of
chelle Fields, who worked “My story never changed. spective race against Clin- charge that has now been the culture of the Trump
for Breitbart News, a con- Seriously, just stop lying.” ton, the Democratic front- brought against his cam- campaign — the abusive
servative news and opinion It’s unclear what impact, if runner. paign manager,” Clinton culture when you have a
website, at the time, as she any, the news will have on “What Donald Trump has said in La Crosse, Wisconsin. campaign that is built on
tried to ask Trump a ques- personal insults, on attacks
tion after a March 8 ap- and now physical vio-
pearance. lence.”
The Trump campaign said Cruz asked his senior aide,
Lewandowski would plead Rick Tyler, to resign in Feb-
not guilty and “is com- ruary for spreading a story
pletely confident that he that falsely alleged former
will be exonerated.” rival Marco Rubio had in-
Trump on Tuesday reversed sulted the Bible.
a previous position that the Ohio Gov. John Kasich
incident never happened, said he “probably would
suggesting instead that Le- suspend somebody” de-
wandowski was trying to pending on the evidence
block Fields from “grabbing available.
and asking questions.” The incident fueled fresh
“She was grabbing me. attacks by anti-Trump
Does that mean I’m sup- groups, who have already
posed to file charges been attacking the bil-
against her?” Trump told lionaire for failing to quell
reporters. He said Fields violence at his public
exaggerated her original appearances.q
Supporters of religious exemption bill say debate isn’t over
Continued from Front and equality and opposing voting against the bill, they Georgia’s status as the No. Georgia by Disney, the
discrimination in all its forms may lack the two-thirds 1 state to do business, but NFL and any other person
President Barack Obama, every time,” Earnest said. votes needed to override as we move forward I will in Hollywood,” said Gar-
for his part, was never un- “It’s the president’s strong Deal’s veto. never lose sight of the im- land Hunt, a pastor at The
der the impression that last view that we can take Action may have to wait portance of an individual’s Father’s House in Norcross,
year’s Supreme Court de- all the necessary steps to until the legislature returns right to practice their faith,” Georgia.
cision legalizing gay mar- protect religious freedom in January. Cagle said. “Because of economics,
riage would lay to rest the without giving people the Sen. Marty Harbin, a Tyrone Deal, a Baptist, will be able he faltered.”
struggle for equality, justice approval to discriminate Republican, said support- to exercise his veto power Georgia Equality, the
and fairness, White House against people because of ers will “work until there’s a during two more legislative state’s largest gay-rights
spokesman Josh Earnest who they love.” change in governor if that’s sessions before he leaves advocacy group, now
said. It remains to be seen what we have to do.” the governor’s mansion. plans to push for legal pro-
“That struggle goes on,” whether GOP leaders can Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Now 74, he has said he tection specific to lesbian,
Earnest told reporters ac- gather three-fifths majori- Cagle, a top candidate for doesn’t plan to run again. gay, bisexual and trans-
companying Obama on ties in both houses to re- the GOP governor’s race Supporters said Deal caved gender residents in employ-
Tuesday to an unrelated quest a special session. in 2018, said the vetoed bill to corporate pressure. ment, housing and other
appearance in Atlanta. Even then, with 11 Repub- struck “the right balance.” “There was an economic services. State law currently
“The president comes licans and all Democrats “I’ve always advocated for threat that was put on offers none. q
down on the side of fairness
