USA Today reporter Paul Singer had a frightening theory of what a contested Republican convention could result in. Not inside the convention hall, but outside. In a Friday night appearance on MSNBC's Hardball, Singer gave a scenario where there would be a massive clash between Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protestors.



Singer noted the movement already has a strong presence in Cleveland, where the convention will be held, and would protest the convention, Trump or no Trump.



"Imagine for the Democrats watching this, imagine there is a challenge to Donald Trump and then you have the Trump voters in the streets around the convention kicking up dust, and then you have the Black Lives Matter, who you know will be in Cleveland, because they're there any way, kicking up dust."



"You have this clash in the streets," Singer said.



Host Chris Matthews was perplexed by the situation Singer predicted.



"You are an imaginative guy. I never thought about that," a baffled Matthews said.



"It's going to be like the Seattle trade protests all again with the anarchists coming in. It's going to be insane," Jay Newton Small of TIME chimed in.