Speaking at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, the Republican nominee said incorrectly his general election opponent wants to “abolish, essentially, the Second Amendment”.
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“So, the guy who just joked about armed revolt and shooting a president is the guy I’m supposed to trust with (the Supreme Court) and nukes”. “But I’ll tell you what”.
Democrats interpreted the statement as a veiled suggestion that people exercise their second Amendment rights by legally owning guns and who oppose Clinton could shoot her.
The Trump campaign attempted to walk back Trump’s comments.
Trump hurtled past offensiveness into unsafe recklessness on Tuesday by suggesting violence as a means to prevent Clinton from nominating U.S. Supreme Court justices.
“This is simple – what Trump is saying is risky”, the statement said. “A person seeking to be the president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way”.
The NRA backed him up on the statement saying the only way to protect the Second Amendment was to vote for Trump. “They have tremendous political power”.
In the event that Trump fails to abandon his candidacy – as he seems determined to – the Republican Party, including vice presidential nominee Mike Pence, must instead abandon Trump for toying with political bloodshed.
“Give me a break”, he told Fox News.
Jason Miller, Trump’s senior communications adviser, said in a statement that Trump was merely talking about Second Amendment supporters large influence as a group.
Trump’s campaign said he was not calling for violence, but lauding the “power of unification” and saying Second Amendment supporters would unify to support Trump.
Swalwell called for a Secret Service investigation.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump said gun enthusiasts could prevent Hillary Clinton from enacting a broad disarmament of Americans through the judiciary if elected. “You are responsible for what people hear”.
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Hayden said when he first heard the comments, he thought it was “more than a speed bump”. It matters what he said – a reckless comment that might or might not be outrageous, depending on your interpretation. It found no evidence that Clinton’s server was hacked when she was secretary of state, although the Federal Bureau of Investigation director said that if it had been hacked investigators probably would not be able to detect any evidence of such a break-in. “That is a topic that we don’t ever come close to, even when we think we are trying to be lighthearted”.
Connecticut Democrat Senator Chris Murphy took to Twitter and wrote, “This isn’t play”.
“There is something we will do on #ElectionDay: Show up and vote for the #2A #DefendtheSecond #NeverHillary”, the gun rights organization tweeted. “They are doing everything they can to destroy Donald Trump”. “He was already a threat to this country, if he were to somehow win, but now he’s clearly attempting to make violence the effect of his defeat”, said Brandon Dillon, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. Some in the audience in North Carolina who were seated behind Trump could be seen wincing when he made the comment. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, introducing him, blamed the controversy on “disgusting” journalists.
Trump’s remarks came a day after a Monday speech at the Detroit Economic Club which was meant to help him move past widespread disapproval voiced about several recent remarks and reset his campaign. The crowd reacted by booing.
He again left the rally to the introduction to the Rolling Stones’ “You can’t always get what you want”, despite Keith Richards demand he not use it.
“Don’t treat this as a political misstep”, Sen.
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Indeed, Democratic groups on Tuesday used Trump’s comments to attack Republicans.
