Trump said that if Hillary Clinton gets to pick federal judges if she becomes president, there is nothing that can be done to protect the right to bear arms.
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Donald Trump’s surrogates are in overdrive after he hinted that the “Second Amendment people” could put a stop to Hillary Clinton.
During a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Tuesday, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump made some statements about the second amendment and Hillary Clinton that are getting a lot of attention.
Instead, the Republican presidential nominee stressed what he meant was that pro-gun supporters could use their “political power” to try and derail Clinton, his Democratic opponent.
“This is simple-what Trump is saying is risky”, Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, responded Tuesday.
“It’s called the power of unification – 2nd Amendment people have wonderful spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power”, spokesman Jason Miller said. This is a strong, powerful movement, the Second Amendment… there can be no other interpretation.
“Senator Chris Murphy of CT, home to the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, went as far to call Trump’s comments an “assassination threat” in a tweet”.
Robby Mook, Mrs Clinton’s campaign manager, said “what Trump is saying is dangerous”.
It’s been interpreted by Democrats and Republicans alike as a thinly-veiled threat and as a dog whistle call to action, a suggestion to his less-stable supporters to stop Clinton through gun violence.
Trump denied that this is what he was saying in a later interview with Sean Hannity.
“To buy that, you have to be corrupt because if you said that to me, I would say to you: ‘Are you out of your mind?'” he said.
But unity is something Trump is now clearly struggling with.
“Give me a break”, Trump agreed. She wants to leave you unprotected in your home.
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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Speaking on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper, Pierson said Clinton was a “gun grabber” and initially argued with Tapper over whether Trump was simply referring to voting.
