 GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump today tweeted out his condemnation of an attack on a homeless Boston Hispanic man by suspects who name-dropped the mogul -- days after his initial remarks that his supporters were "passionate" drew fire. When asked on Wednesday night in New Hampshire if he had heard of the incident, Trump said he hadn’t. "We need energy and passion, but we must treat each other with respect. The brothers, Scott Leader and Steve Leader, were being held without bail on charges including assault and indecent exposure. I would never condone violence.” 
 
 Police said witnesses flagged down a trooper just after midnight Wednesday after they saw Scott and Stephen Leader urinating on a homeless man who was sleeping and punching and beating him with a metal pole. The victim was treated for a broken nose, serious bruises and other injuries. Scott Leader told troopers after his arrest, "Donald Trump was right, all these illegals need to be deported," according to a state police report filed in court. Following the attack, Trump reportedly said that it "would be a shame.” if his rhetoric inspired violence, but added that he found "the people that are following me are very passionate." "They love this country," he said, according to the Boston Herald. "They want this country to be great again.
– Donald Trump is taking another crack at responding to an assault in Boston reportedly committed in his name, this time with a little more feeling: "Boston incident is terrible," he tweets. "We need energy and passion, but we must treat each other with respect. I would never condone violence." The comments follow an assault in which two brothers allegedly beat a homeless Hispanic man and later invoked Trump's negative comments about immigrants, notes the Boston Herald. Initially, Trump called the assault a "shame" but quickly added that his followers were passionate, and critics accused of him of downplaying the violence. Or as Time puts it, he "flubbed" his first attempt. The 58-year-old victim is a citizen of Mexico, reports NECN. He was recuperating from a broken nose and other injuries.