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OPINION: Violent demonstrators in Berkeley are thugs, not activists

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There can be no justification for the violence perpetrated on Sunday by a group of leftist protesters who attacked supporters of President Trump and others Sunday during an otherwise peaceful “rally against hate” in Berkeley.

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