Mr. Weld, was the US attorney for MA and then headed the Justice Department’s criminal division in the Reagan administration. With a seat now open on the nine-justice US Supreme Court, he said that Clinton would appoint a jurist who would weaken the Second Amendment.
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“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks”, Trump said with a shrug, adding: “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know”.
Trump’s perceived violation of political norms – candidates don’t typically call for physically hurting opponents – was all the more striking because the position he was criticizing isn’t one that Clinton holds.
Then Trump seemed to suggest, however, that gun-owners could stop her from doing so. During the 2008 campaign, while defending her continued fight against then-candidate Barack Obama for the nomination, she pointedly mentioned that Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at about that same point in the 1968 race.
The New York Daily News blasted Donald Trump for his suggestion that Hillary Clinton should be shot if she wins the election, calling for Trump to end his campaign.
As Trump struggled to turn the page on a hard period in his campaign, Clinton’s campaign continued a push to win over Republicans and independents Wednesday, launching a group called “Together for America”. “A person seeking to the be president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way”, her campaign tweeted.
“This is a federal crime if he means what he said”, Rivera said during an appearance Tuesday on Fox News’s “The Five”.
“Give me a break”, Trump said hours later, insisting was referring to the power that voters hold.
The Huffington Post links to stories of Trump’s campaign.
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was in the audience at the Wilmington rally, defended Trump Wednesday morning.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether Trump’s latest stumble would continue to dog him or whether, like many in the past, it would quickly fade away.
“I’m not here to repeal the Second Amendment”, she said in her Democratic National Convention speech.
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It’s an issue that could affect votes in a crucial swing state where she has held a small advantage in recent polls.
