Trump begins Sunday with threat to disrupt Bernie Sanders rallies

After days of ever-more chaotic political rallies, Donald Trump issued a not-so-veiled threat Sunday morning to disrupt rallies held by Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.

In a tweet posted at 7:48 a.m., Trump pointed to Sanders supporters who were protesting at his rallies and said, "Be careful Bernie, or my supporters will go to yours!"

With only a couple of days remaining before hugely important primaries in Ohio, Missouri and Florida, the volatility of the presidential campaign continues to reach new heights of chaos. 

On Saturday alone, Secret Service agents had to surround Trump as someone appeared to rush the stage of a rally in Dayton, Ohio, and in Kansas City, police officers used pepper spray to disperse about 200 protesters at a Trump rally. 

Two people were arrested during the confrontations in Kanas City, the police said on Twitter.

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The day before, Trump was forced to cancel a rally in Chicago after violence broke out at the UIC Pavilion before Trump appeared. Five people were arrested at that event. 

“We’ve had an interesting couple of days,” Trump said as he began speaking in Kansas City, according to the Kansas City Star.  When he spotted some protesters at the The Midland Arena he said “Get ’em out of there, get ’em out.” But he added, “We don’t want to hurt the protesters.”

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Despite that statement, Trump has reportedly instructed his team to look into paying the legal fees for a man who punched a protester at a Trump rally in North Carolina.

"I don't want to condone what happened to him," Trump said Sunday morning on CBS. "But this kid was walking out, and I understand he had a certain finger up in the air as he's walking out, and this man became very angry."

Trump said the protester shouldn't have stuck his middle finger up, "if that's what he did." 

In his appearances Trump has appeared eager to paint himself as the victim of the extraordinary events. He complained the well-organized protesters in Chicago intent on keeping him from speaking had violated his First Amendment rights, and questioned why no one was asking Bernie Sanders to defend the actions of his backers.

Numerous protesters in Chicago said they were supporters of the Democratic candidate.

"They're Bernie fans!" Trump said in Cleveland on Saturday. "Hey, Bernie, get your people in line, Bernie!"

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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