CNN reported Wednesday that the Secret Service has spoken to the Trump campaign “multiple times” about his remark, and the campaign says the Republican nominee’s intent was not to incite violence.
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As Hillary Clinton begins to open up a fairly consistent lead over Donald Trump, and an unusual number of Republicans (though a lot of them not people running for office this year!) distance themselves from the mogul, the big question for down-ballot races is whether we’ll see the comeback of ticket-splitting inNovember.
She said: “Words matter, my friends”.
When that does not work, Trump protests he was only joking – such as when he seemed to invite Russian Federation to interfere in the presidential election and referred to the deletion of Clinton emails from her time as secretary of state last month: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing”.
Donald Trump and his campaign are responding to accusations that the candidate encouraged “Second Amendment people” to commit violence against Hillary Clinton during a rally Tuesday.
Clinton’s campaign decried Trump’s “dangerous” language and demanded in a statement that presidential hopefuls “not suggest violence in any way”.
Trump, a NY businessman, was seeking to reset his campaign this week with an economic policy speech after a series of missteps that included a prolonged clash with the parents of fallen Muslim American Army Captain Humayun Khan. His casual suggestion that more countries should have nuclear weapons.
“Words matter, my friends”, the former US secretary of state, who rarely engages in direct back-and-forths with her Republican rival, said at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll taken August 5-8 showed that almost one-fifth of 396 registered Republicans want Trump to drop out of the race for the White House and another 10 percent “don’t know” whether the Republican nominee should or not.
Agents rushed onto the stage to protect the candidate, but retreated after the protester was escorted out. “By the way, and if she gets to pick – if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks”.
In an interview with Fox News, Mr Trump grew adamant.
CNN also published a report that quotes an anonymous Secret Service official, who confirms, “There has been more than one conversation” on the subject.
At a campaign stop in North Carolina Tuesday, Trump suggested legal gun owners become assassins of his competitor instead of voters.
She accused Trump of participating in an “inciting of violence” from his supporters against her. He quickly added: “Although the Second Amendment people – maybe there is, I don’t know”. “And there can be no other interpretation.I mean, give me a break”. While Secret Service Communications Director Cathy Milhoan won’t provide commentary, CNN seems satisfied with their agency source’s account of events.
He has clearly roiled the party with his unorthodox remarks, with some Republicans frustrated at his apparent inability to stay on message.
But Trump has the exact same problem: 33% said “honest” describes him; 64% said it does not. “It is very similar to what Brady came up with – great minds think alike, because it’s, I’d say, 80 percent overlap with the Brady plan”.
The best moves for Trump’s detractors may be withholding their endorsements, refusing to raise money for his campaign, throwing their weight behind Clinton or holding out hope that he voluntarily quits.
Six GOP senators including Susan Collins and a number of House Republicans have disowned him too.
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Conservative watchdog Judicial Watch released a batch of emails that raise questions about the State Department’s relationship with the Clinton Foundation.
