That’s what some heard in remarks he made at an August 9, 2016, rally in Wilmington, N.C.
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“If she gets to pick her judges- nothing you can do folks”.
The ad was released the same day that Trump drew fire for suggesting that “Second Amendment people” could stop Clinton.
Catherine Milhoan, a spokeswoman for the Secret Service, said, “We are aware of his comments”. “You know why? Because you’re Americans”. “I mean, give me a break”. She has improved her position since a WSJ/NBC/Marist poll last month when she led 45% to 36%, before the two parties had their conventions and Trump’s campaign suffered a series of setbacks.
The powerful gun lobby then tried claiming that the entire right to bear arms in the constitution could be erased with a Hillary victory, claiming that the Second Amendment was on the ballot in the form of a vote between Hillary and Donald.
Seddique Mateen, an immigrant from Afghanistan, was caught on camera seated in the audience behind Mrs Clinton during her campaign appearance at an open rally some 23 miles (37 kilometres) south of Orlando.
We will hear directly from Senator Susan Collins about why she’s rejected the Trump candidacy right after the news summary. “Why can’t he stop saying stupid things?” said James Harris, a Missouri Republican political strategist.
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California tweeted: “Donald Trump suggested someone kill Sec”.
It can’t always be, “Oh, crap, Donald Trump said” and then fill in the blank. Progress NC Action, for example, pushed North Carolina Gov.
The erratic businessman was immediately condemned for his statement, which many said supported violence and was unacceptable.
Mr Trump has repeatedly accused Mrs Clinton of seeking to abolish gun rights and being a “gun grabber”.
“It’s an assassination threat, seriously upping the possibility of a national tragedy & crisis”, he said via Twitter.
A super-PAC working to elect Clinton also responded minutes after Trump’s remark.
John Podhoretz, of the New York Post, tweeted: “That Second-Amendment folks want to shoot politicians they don’t like is, let me just say, not a classic Republican theme”.
“The remarks came in the context of Trump warning that a Clinton presidency would alter the balance of the Supreme Court in liberals” favor.
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday that Donald Trump’s apparent joke about the “Second Amendment people” assassinating Hillary Clinton suggested “either a very bad-taste reference to political assassination and an attempt at humor, or an incredible insensitivity”. “And this year, they will be voting in record numbers”.
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“This is simple – what Trump is saying is unsafe”, Mook said in a statement. It’s hard to quantify or know exactly what it means to live in a world where the Secret Service is subtweeting a candidate for President of the United States.
