Trump insisted that his “Second Amendment” comments referred to the power of gun rights supporters as a “political movement”.
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“Maybe I’m hearing it wrong, but sounds like he’s basically saying take her out”, said Julie B, an office administrator and married mother of two who was identified only by her first name and last initial. If, for example, Donald Trump were to claim tomorrow that the First Amendment did not protect an individual right to speech, how do we imagine that the press corps would react?
“By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks”.
A Reuters/IPSOS poll Wednesday found that 19 percent of Republican voters want the real estate tycoon to drop out of the race, while 70 percent think he should stay and 10 percent say they don’t know.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton lectured Donald Trump for his comments about the Second Amendment, after her campaign accused him of urging his supporters to assassinate her.
Swaggerty said he thought all Trump was saying was that no one should try to take away people’s Second Amendment rights.
A federal official familiar with the matter denied a media report that the U.S. Secret Service, which investigates threats against presidents and candidates, had formally spoken with the Trump campaign about his remark.
“Regardless of party, voters are increasingly concerned that Trump’s tendency to bully, demean and degrade others sends the wrong message to our children”, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said in announcing the effort. In Georgia, where I lived at the time, there was even a ballot line where you could vote straight-party Democratic, right after you cast your presidential vote against the communisticMcGovern.
“He should have never said that, it’s instigating”.
Clinton held a campaign event in Miami, Florida, where four cases of the Zika virus have been reported.
“I’m nearly at the point where I think I’m going to vote for Hillary”. He said he didn’t believe Trump was trying to incite violence.
Republican House Leader Paul Ryan told reporters Tuesday he had heard about Trump’s comment and that it sounded like a “joke gone bad”.
But high-profile Republicans and rank-and-file voters appeared shaken on Wednesday after a string of Trump missteps, struggling with how to best reject Trump’s divisive candidacy.
In his Fayetteville remarks, Trump praised the military and criticized the management of the Department of Veterans Affairs, though he didn’t specifically mention Fort Bragg.
On Monday, 50 Republican national security officials signed an open letter questioning Trump’s temperament, calling him reckless and unqualified to be president.
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“In North Carolina and every other place to be honest, they have ripped businesses from your guts”, he said. A day after Clinton committed to participating in all three scheduled debates, Trump said he, too, would do three debates, though he seemed to leave himself an out.
