The group’s comments drew a sharp reply from Trump, who painted them as “nothing more than the failed Washington elite looking to hold onto their power” and saying they should be “held accountable” for making the world less safe.
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Last month, the Secret Service said it was investigating New Hampshire State Sen.
“When the bad guys burst into your house, they’re not looking about Second Amendments and ‘Do I have the right to do this.’ The bad guys aren’t going to be giving up their weapons”. Shoot her nominee? Who knows. The remarks come just a day after Trump attempted to right his campaign, delivering a sober, scripted speech on the economy – and sticking to the teleprompters, even as protesters interrupted him.
Anti-Trump Republicans found vindication in their disdain for the man. “He needs to very quickly get his act together”.
Trump’s reaction later as the uproar grew: “Give me a break”.
“Donald Trump suggested someone kill Sec Clinton”.
It would be “heartbreaking”, Pence said on “The Sean Hannity Show” Monday, if someone who had cooperated with the United States, “lost their life because of the recklessness and the carelessness of Hillary Clinton using a private server”. Progress NC Action, for example, pushed North Carolina Gov.
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Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat and a leading advocate for stronger gun safety laws, called Trump’s comments “disgusting and embarrassing and sad”. “It’s an assassination threat, seriously upping the possibility of a national tragedy & crisis”. “Because if you said that to me, I would say to you, ‘Are you out of your mind?’ I saw it, I heard it, I know what it meant”.
When asked to clarify what Trump meant, his campaign said in an emailed statement: “It’s called the power of unification – 2nd Amendment people have wonderful spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power”.
Trump’s campaign said he was not calling for violence, but lauding the “power of unification” and saying Second Amendment supporters would unify to support Trump. Collins wrote that she supports neither party’s nominee, though previously she’s said she’s open to voting for Hillary Clinton.
“This is simple-what Trump is saying is risky”.
Later in the day, Trump had settled on a different explanation – that he was referring to the “tremendous political power” of gun owners and the National Rifle Association.
The Trump Campaign refuted the allegations and charged the “dishonest media” on trying to extract his Wilmington statement as inciting violence.
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Mr Beazley said Mr Trump was unlikely to listen to much of the advice he would get on the need for the USA to maintain a global leadership role rather than pursue what he’s pushed as an “America first” policy. If @HillaryClinton gets to pick her anti-#2A #SCOTUS judges, there’s nothing we can do. “Because you are American”.
