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Donald Trump Cancels Chicago Rally Due to Violent Protests

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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump canceled a night rally in Chicago after thousands of protesters gathered at University of Illinois arena.
 
The gathering turned ugly quickly as verbal and physical fights broke out between protesters and Trump supporters.
Trump's campaign released a statement shortly before the rally was to begin explaining that it was canceled due to safety concerns.
 
The incident is unlike anything seen in presidential politics in decades. The Chicago chaos presents the biggest leadership test yet for the Republican outsider, the deeply divided Republican Party and an even more sharply splintered nation that he seeks to lead, reports the Associated Press.
 
Franklin Graham warned during an interview with Fox & Friends Wednesday that God has been taken out of the political conversation in the United States and the clash in Chicago reveals that the results are ugly.
 
"There is a lot of anger in this country," Graham told CNN's Carol Costello this week. ""They are angry at the government and they are angry at the politicians."
 
Graham explains that the only one who can fix a broken system is God.
 
"The only hope for this country is God and we have taken God out of the political debate, and we have taken him out of the public space, and I want to put him back in," Graham said.
 
Others feel that Trump should take responsibility for the violence that has been a mark of his rallies over the last couple of weeks.
 
In any campaign, responsibility starts at the top," said Texas Senator Ted Cruz. "Any candidate is responsible for the culture of the campaign. And when you have a campaign that disrespects the voters, when you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence, when you have a campaign that is facing allegations of physical violence against members of the press, you create an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discourse."
           
Florida Senator Marco Rubio said Trump needs to "own up" to the impact of the rhetoric he's used. "There are consequences to the things people say in politics," he said.
           
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Saturday morning condemned Trump for creating "a toxic environment."
 
Trump blamed the state of the nation's economy and President Barack Obama's leadership when asked about what prompted the violent clash at his rally.
           
"It's a divided country," he said. "It's been that way for a long time. It's very sad to see. It's divided among many different groups."

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