{"id":672,"date":"2018-03-16T21:22:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T01:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=672"},"modified":"2018-03-19T21:28:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T01:28:47","slug":"assaults-increased-when-cities-hosted-trump-rallies-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=672","title":{"rendered":"Assaults Increased When Cities Hosted Trump Rallies, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0President Trump at a 2016 campaign rally in Charleston, W.Va. Cities that hosted his rallies saw an increase in reported assaults on the days of the events.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Credit<\/span>Ty Wright for The New York Times<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

A study published on Friday appears to confirm what news reports suggested long ago: President Trump\u2019s campaign rallies were associated with a rise in violence when they came to town.<\/p>\n

A city that hosted a Trump rally saw an average of 2.3 more assaults reported on the day of the event than on a typical day, according to the study, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and published in the journal Epidemiology. The authors found no corresponding link between assaults and rallies for Mr. Trump\u2019s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt appeared to be a phenomenon that\u2019s unique to Donald Trump\u2019s rally,\u201d said Christopher Morrison, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and the lead author of the study.<\/p>\n

It may come as little surprise that the rallies were associated with increased violence, as the often volcanic clashes between Mr. Trump\u2019s supporters and opponents were widely covered at the time.<\/p>\n