“Although the Second Amendment people – maybe there is, I don’t know”, Mr Trump told supporters at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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This tendency to say something as sloppy as Trump’s remark and then accuse everyone else of being evil for reaching a reasonable conclusion from his remarks is annoying and, frankly, Clinton/Obama-esque.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which has endorsed Mrs Clinton, said Mr Trump was encouraging gun violence “based on conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton”.
The conservative New York Post tabloid prefers to lead on the continuing controversy over Mrs Clinton’s email accounts, but reports on its inside pages that Mr Trump has “created a new firestorm” with his remarks.
“What it is is there’s a tremendous power behind the Second Amendment”.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump had been talking about Mrs. Clinton’s naming justices to the U.S. Supreme Court and said there might be something “Second Amendment people” could do to respond.
Thankfully, there’s a really easy way to keep this sort of thing from happening in the future: The next time Donald Trump wants to say (as running mate Mike Pence explained) that “people who cherish that right, who believe that firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens makes our communities more safe, not less safe, should be involved in the political process and let their voice be heard”, perhaps he should use those words and not make an off-the-cuff remark like he did.
Clinton´s campaign decried Trump´s “dangerous” language and demanded in a statement that presidential hopefuls “not suggest violence in any way”. In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, who has said he will vote for Trump in November, Trump reiterated that his intent was to highlight unity with Second Amendment supporters.
Democratic lawmakers expressed shock about Trump´s comments.
“In this clip, Trump´s either calling for an armed revolt or the assassination of his opponent”.
Indeed, the Secret Service investigated a Trump staffer after he threatened President Barack Obama on social media.
At a later rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina Trump avoided addressing his controversial comments. “I’ve known him for 28 years”, Giuliani said. “With a crowd like that, if that’s what they thought he’d meant, they’d have gone wild”.
Trump´s repeated stumbles and divisive rhetoric have angered Republican Party grandees.
Former CIA director Michael Hayden blasted the “Second Amendment” comments.
“Influential Republican US Senator Susan Collins piled in, saying the nominee was “unworthy” of America´s highest elective office and would not receive her support”.
“What else could Trump do that would be worse than implying the positive impact of a political assassination?” the former United States lawmaker wrote.
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Trump jab at Clinton seen by some as threat of violence was posted in World of TheNews International – https://www.thenews.com.pk on August 10, 2016 and was last updated on August 10, 2016.
