Trump 2024: If He Runs Again, Will History Repeat Itself?

As the case against Donald Trump drew to a close, House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin argued that January 6 was not an aberration but the culmination of Trump’s record of condoning political violence.

To bolster his argument, Raskin played several clips of Trump’s past comments. “If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them would you, seriously? I promise you. I will pay for the legal fees,” Trump said in a rally during the 2016 primary. At the time, Trump’s 2016 rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz strongly condemned Trump for such rhetoric. The two men watched intently in the Senate chamber as a video rehashed Trump’s comments praising political violence from the 2016 campaign.

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John McCormack

John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.

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As the case against Donald Trump drew to a close, House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin argued that January 6 was not an aberration but the culmination of Trump’s record of condoning political violence.

To bolster his argument, Raskin played several clips of Trump’s past comments. “If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them would you, seriously? I promise you. I will pay for the legal fees,” Trump said in a rally during the 2016 primary. At the time, Trump’s 2016 rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz strongly condemned Trump for such rhetoric. The two men watched intently in the Senate chamber as a video rehashed Trump’s comments praising political violence from the 2016 campaign.