Trump said Friday night that Clinton’s Secret Service detail should disarm because she supports gun control. “No, she gets right back up and she comes back stronger for the people who need her the most”.
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“What do you think. Yes? Take their guns away”, he said.
At a rally in August in North Carolina, he posited that “second amendment people” could stop her from picking pro-gun reform judges if she was elected to the presidency.
“Take their guns away, OK? It’ll be very risky”, Trump said to the thunderous applause of his followers.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a top adviser to Trump, told Fox News Sunday that Trump’s comments had been misinterpreted and demanded that Kaine apologize to Trump for suggesting he had a malicious intent.
While campaigning for Hillary Clinton, Vermont Senator Mr Sanders described the Republican candidate statement regarding the birther argument as “pathetic” and goes to the “root of what Trump’s campaign is about”.
The Real Clear Politics averages showed gains during the week by Trump in the battleground states of Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and MI.
Trump said his debates with his Democratic rival will be “a very interesting period of time”.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, repeatedly questioned whether Obama was born in the United States in 2011, which eventually led the president to release a copy of his birth certificate showing that he was born in Hawaii.
Raddatz accused Trump of perpetuating falsehoods about Obama’s birthplace that “fueled conspiracy theories”, asking Pence whether Trump was wrong to stand by his birther questions for years. He was also an adviser to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008.
“I just left Little Haiti”, Trump told the Miami crowd, alluding to a quick meeting with supporters who, without citing any evidence, accused President Bill Clinton of plundering Haitian quake relief programs.
“Tonight, Donald Trump once again alluded to violence against Hillary Clinton”, said Elizabeth Shappell, spokeswoman for Correct The Record, a pro-Clinton media watchdog group.
Since before their official nominations, both candidates have been protected by Secret Service agents.
Pence could not provide further proof that Clinton or her campaign directly propagated birther claims.
Asked her bodyguards to drop guns, said “Let’s see what happens”.
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On that occasion, the Clinton campaign responded within minutes, with Mr Mook saying: “A person seeking to be the president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way”.
