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Getty Clinton: Trump created conditions for violence at his events

Donald Trump deserves a share of the blame for the anti-Trump protesters caught violently attacking his supporters last week, Hillary Clinton argued Sunday.

“Trump has lowered the bar. And now is it a surprise that people opposing him are stepping over that low bar?” she wondered in an interview aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

The Democratic presidential candidate emphasized that she condemns “all violence in our political arena”

“I condemned it when Donald Trump was inciting it. I condemn it by those who are taking violent protest … against Donald Trump,” she said. “It should all stop.”

Trump, in his own CNN interview, accused “thugs” of orchestrating violence outside of his California rallies, which he described as a “lovefest inside.” He speculated that the violent protesters were “paid agitators” and referenced one viral image of a female supporter getting hit in the face with an egg.

“I would be very strong if I were the police,” he said. “Sheriff Joe Arpaio would not let a thing like that happen … I think they have to be able to do their job. I think the police forces are being treated very unfairly in this country.”

(Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, is a Trump supporter.)

Bernie Sanders, who’s still vying for the Democratic nomination against Clinton, also pleaded with his supporters to refrain from any violence. Trump has fingered Sanders allies for causing chaos at his rallies.

“I condemn it absolutely,” Sanders said. “I want to make it clear that any person who is a Bernie Sanders supporter, do not in any way shape or form engage in any violence.”