“She had it coming” has been discredited as an excuse for raping an attractive woman provocatively dressed, but too many people (including, shockingly, Ted Cruz) are using the equivalent excuse to justify the cancelation of Donald Trump’s Chicago rally last night.  The argument goes that Trump’s rally rhetoric about “punching in the face” disruptive protesters somehow inflamed the passions of his opponents so much that they were justified in planning and organizing an effort to violate his right to campaign.

By that standard, doesn’t President Obama’s rhetoric about “get in their face” and White House advice to “punch back twice as hard” justify disrupting Obama’s public events?  I doubt that anyone making excuses for the Chicago demonstrators would argue this.

Make no mistake: the protesters who exulted over their victory in shutting down the rally last night on TV were no spontaneous response.  None other than convicted terrorist (and Obama pal) Bill Ayers was involved:

Actual terrorist Bill Ayers is protesting against trump in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/7dqat4Dvmh

— Progressives Today (@ProgsToday) March 11, 2016

Mixed messages at the anti-trump rally. Cc domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. @rebelpundit @gatewaypundit pic.twitter.com/cWAwhkvPGc

— Progressives Today (@ProgsToday) March 12, 2016

So were a host of the same groups that gunned up the violence in Ferguson, Missouri:

Party for Socialism and Liberation...

...and the Revolutionary Communist Party...

...and of course MoveOn.org...

I expect that with the heady taste of thuggish victory in their mouths, the left will continue this assault.  How long until we see vandalism of buildings with Trump’s name on them?