In justifying his remarks, Trump falsely claimed that the Democratic presidential candidate wants to “destroy your Second Amendment”, referring to the right to bear arms.
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“I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons, they should disarm”, he told the crowd.
“Well, during his time in office, I think Barack has answered those questions with the example he set by going high when they go low”.
The Republican nominee said that if Mrs Clinton is so implacably against gun rights, she should ask not receive armed protection. When Trump said, “Let’s see what happens to her”, and “It would be very risky”, he’s taking things to a new level and talking about the actual result – not just Clinton allegedly putting her money where her mouth is on how guns aren’t safe. Okay? It’d be very risky.
Donald Trump has once again insinuated that Hillary Clinton be assassinated, telling a crowd of supporters in Miami on Friday night that he thinks Clinton’s bodyguards should disarm in order to “see what happens to her”.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the James L. Knight Center on September 16, 2016 in Miami, Florida.
Stuart Stevens, a Washington-based political consultant who worked on Republican Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, tweeted: “The Secret Service should investigate this threat”.
The Secret Service has not commented.It comes after a remark by Mr Trump last month was blasted by Democrats who claimed it was a call for Mrs Clinton’s assassination. I finished it. I finished it, you know what I mean.
Trump has gained ground on Clinton in national opinion polls after revamping his campaign staff in August and taking steps to give a more polished performance on the campaign trail.
Trump’s long-expressed doubts that Obama was born in the United States despite a birth certificate proving Obama’s eligibility for the presidency resurfaced with a Washington Post interview Thursday in which Trump would not say whether or not he believed the president was born in Hawaii in 1961.
President Obama himself also weighted in on the birther controversy, saying “I’m pretty confident where I was born”.
“The birther conspiracies, which cast doubt over whether Obama is legally able to be president, incense black Americans whose votes Trump has been trying to court”.
At the same rally, Trump also vowed to reverse improved U.S. relations with Cuba unless the island nation meets his demands for more religious and political freedom.
Mr Trump says he will “stand with the Cuban people in their fight against communist oppression”.
The comment marks yet another reversal for the GOP candidate, who previously said he supported the idea of normalized relations, but wished the USA had negotiated a better deal. He told a surprised media the following: “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period”.
He added, “And they’re very happy”. The system is bad. He is also blaming Hillary Clinton for starting the rumors of Obama’s nationality back in 2008.
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However, she has never argued in favour of overturning the Second Amendment. Video credit: Zdenek Gazda.
