Donald Trump: 'We're not provoking. We want peace.'

Republican front-runner Donald Trump has vowed to continue his abrasive presidential campaign rhetoric, rejecting any responsibility for violence at his rallies and defending supporters accused of attacking protesters.

"We're not provoking. We want peace. We don't want trouble," he told a large crowd in Bloomington, Illinois, the first of three comparatively docile events from Illinois to Florida as he campaigned before another critical bout of large-state primaries.