[BBC] US President Barack ObamaI think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody...
has warned White House contenders to avoid raising tensions, a day after a rally by Donald Trump was called off amid festivities.
Mr Obama said candidates should not resort to "insults" and "certainly not violence against other Americans".
Mr Trump, who leads the race for the Republican nomination, cancelled his reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
rally after fighting broke out between his supporters and protesters.
His rivals and others have accused him of using inflammatory rhetoric.
Mr Obama, who will be standing down after November's presidential election, was speaking at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Dallas on Saturday.
He said: "What the folks who are running for office should be focused on is how we can make it even better - not insults and schoolyard taunts and manufacturing facts, not divisive
...politicians call things
divisivewhen when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never
divisive,they're
principled...
ness along the lines of race and faith."