The Democratic nominee’s campaign director, Robby Mook, reacted at the time in a statement saying that “This is simple – what Trump is saying is unsafe”.
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“There has been more than one conversation”, the official said.
On policy issues, Trump Tuesday continued focusing on the economy, saying he would charge American companies that move operations overseas a 35 percent tariff on their goods.
Democrats quickly jumped on the comments as further evidence that Trump is undisciplined and unprepared for the presidency, while Trump insisted he was never advocating violence against Clinton.
Critics charged Trump was inciting people to violence.
Eight years ago, he supported the Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
But Mr Trump’s remark about gun-rights activists sparked a torrent of criticism on social media that he was effectively calling for Mrs Clinton’s assassination. Republican Senator Susan Collins said on Monday that dispute led her to announce that she would not vote for Mr Trump.
“You get to a certain point in this business, you’re not just responsible for what you say, you are responsible for what people hear and that might be a good lesson here”. It lists 50 prominent Republicans and Independents who have endorsed her so far, including former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg. “[Kasich] was my first choice, my second choice, my third choice but I’ve come to realize that my next choice is Hillary Clinton”. But that’s a lot better than Trump is doing among Republicans, Marist found 32 percent of Republicans said they had an unfavorable opinion of Trump.
He said any Clinton picks to the U.S. Supreme Court would be “a frightful day” for gun rights. Because I suspect it’ll be more than you think.
She went on to reiterate the comments Haley gave earlier in the week about not having time to weigh in on the daily back-and-forth of the presidential campaign while she’s running a state.
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He has clearly roiled the party with his unorthodox remarks, with some Republicans frustrated at his apparent inability to stay on message. “Donald Trump is urging people around this country to act consistent with their convictions in the course of this election, and people who cherish the Second Amendment have a very clear choice in this election”.
