“This is simple-what Trump is saying is unsafe”.
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“By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks”, he continued.
Donald Trump’s suggestion that “maybe there is” something Second Amendment supporters could do to stop his Democratic rival from picking Supreme Court justices caused outrage among those who read it as an incitement to violence. Even reporters have told me. Or was he merely musing about the indisputably powerful influence of the gun lobby? Trump dismissed the group as part of the Washington establishment that he blames for numerous United States’ problems.
The Clinton campaign said there was only one possible interpretation: that Trump was, jokingly or not, encouraging violence against Clinton herself.
Trump told Fox News on Tuesday night that he was simply referring to the power that voters hold.
But Democrats saw – and seized – an opportunity to reinforce the perception that Trump can’t moderate the things that come out of his mouth, much less the decisions he’d make as president. The Democratic nominee’s emerging advantage comes at a key moment after both political conventions are over, when the state of a presidential race tends to stabilize and leads are hard to surmount. “A person seeking to be president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way”. He has yet to return to running television ads even as Clinton fills the airwaves, and leads a campaign team that remains badly understaffed.
We’ve seen this pattern play out before: Trump says something controversial, perhaps with a potentially dark insinuation – then denies the insinuation completely. “They’re so dishonest. But I’m gonna hit ’em hard”.
The controversy immediately overwhelmed Mr Trump’s intended campaign-trail focus: the economic plan he unveiled just a day earlier and was promoting during a series of rallies in the most competitive general election states. It also underscored the concern, voiced by many anxious Republicans, that he can not stay disciplined and avoid inflammatory remarks that imperil not only his White House prospects but the re-election chances of many GOP lawmakers.
The New York Daily News and the Donald Trump campaign have not seen eye-to-eye. And Mr Trump’s running mate, IN governor Mike Pence, said his boss was talking about the election choice for pro-gun voters, not encouraging violence. His latest unforced mishap: an off-hand remark that critics quickly slammed as a suggestion that gun-rights backers should take a literal shot at Hillary Clinton should she win the White House.
Trump rode such events to great success in the primaries, when each of Trump’s eyebrow-raising statements – including a moment when he appeared to mock a disabled journalist and his repeated retelling of a debunked story about US soldiers dipping bullets in pig’s blood – earned him a tremendous amount of attention and carried little electoral outcome. When asked about a four way race with minor party candidates, Clinton’s lead shrinks to within two points of Trump, who drops to 42 percent.
Well, Jake as you and I were just commenting, we’re both native English speakers, and when I heard that for the first time, that was more than a speed bump.
Trump did try to put one other simmering dispute to rest – at least temporarily.
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The poll confirms Clinton emerged from the noisy campaign week that followed her convention in a stronger position than Trump. Trump has complained previously that two debates are scheduled during National Football League games. But, he added, “I have to see the conditions”.
