"Trump stated, 'You go back 20 years, 40 years, 100 years, 200 years, 500 years, it's always been there. ... And I'm not sure that it's any more now than there was.'"
"'I do think that the hate speech of the Democrats, much more so, is very dangerous. I really think it's very dangerous for the country,' Trump remarked."
"'There was spirit in that room,' Trump told O'Donnell. 'I mean, it was like the whole country was together. It was pretty amazing. It made a big impression.'"
"'I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody. I'm not a pedophile,' Trump shot back, arguing that it was Democrats - not him - who were in the wrong."
Trump expressed a lack of concern about political violence, suggesting it has always existed and is not worse now than in the past. He criticized Democrats for their rhetoric, calling it dangerous. Following a shooting incident, he noted a sense of unity at the First Amendment dinner but quickly returned to attacking Democrats and the media. Trump vehemently denied allegations from a shooter's manifesto, asserting that he is not guilty of the accusations made against him, while claiming that Democrats are the real issue.
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