Fewer than 24 hours after a speech which some of his supporters took as proof that Donald Trump was indeed USA presidential material, the GOP candidate suggested American gun owners should shoot Hillary Clinton.
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Speaking in Wilmington, North Carolina today, Trump said Clinton would appoint liberal justices to the Supreme Court if she wins the race for the White House. By the way, and if she gets to pick -[crowd booing]-if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks.
“But I’ll tell you what, that will be a awful day”, Trump continued.
The NRA declared that Trump was right, while former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe insisted this was clearly an assassination threat.
“This is simple – what Trump is saying is unsafe”, the statement said.
Republican Donald Trump and his allies are suggesting that rival Hillary Clinton’s emails may be responsible for the death of an Iranian nuclear scientist who was executed for spying for the United States, even though there is no credible evidence of any link.
That said, Trump’s list “doesn’t look a lot different from Hillary Clinton’s list of economic advisers”.
“Donald Trump might astound Americans on a routine basis, but we must draw a line between political speech & suggestions of violence”, she said in a tweet Tuesday. Although the Second Amendment people might have a solution to stop her from making those appointments.
An e-mail sent from Clinton’s campaign later in the evening used Trump’s rhetoric to solicit donations from supporters.
“If you don’t do the right thing, you’re not going to have a Second Amendment, or you’re not going to have much of it left”.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, a Clinton supporter and staunch gun-control advocate, said on Twitter: “Don’t treat this as a political misstep”.
If she gets to pick her judges means we are operating under the assumption Hillary Clinton has already picked her judges.
On, Tuesday after, Ms Clinton’s responded to Mr Trump’s comments, saying it was proof of his unsuitability for the office.
“Here’s the sad truth: There is no other Donald Trump.
It’s against two National Football League games”, Trump told ABC News.
Minutes later the Trump campaign had issued a statement saying that Trump meant people who support the second amendment are unified and will vote together.
Swalwell called for a Secret Service investigation. “The Clinton campaign is desperate and is obviously throwing all sorts of outrageous charges”.
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Michael Hayden, a former Central Intelligence Agency director who on Monday was among 50 Republican national security experts to denounce Trump in a letter, said on CNN, “You’re not just responsible for what you say”.
