His comments drew immediate backlash, with the Clinton campaign calling his remarks “dangerous” and saying a person running for president “should not suggest violence in any way”. Although the second amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.
Advertisement
Trump’s campaign, however, responded in another communique in which communications director Jason Miller said the mogul was referring to the “power of unification” in his remarks, adding that “Second Amendment people have wonderful spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power”.
Reuters reported that “a federal official on Wednesday said the U.S. Secret Service had not formally spoken with Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign regarding his suggestion a day earlier that gun rights activists could stop Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from curtailing their access to firearms”.
On Wednesday, high-profile Republicans appeared shaken by their candidate’s latest misfire.
An August 5-8 Reuters/Ipsos poll found that almost one-fifth of 396 registered Republicans wanted Trump to drop out of the race and another 10 percent said they didn’t know whether he should give up.
The best moves for Mr 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.
As he struggled to turn the page on a hard period in his campaign, Mrs Clinton’s campaign continued a push to win over Republicans and independents, launching a group called “Together for America”. It lists 50 prominent Republicans and Independents who have endorsed her so far, including former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg.
“Donald Trump lost me a long time ago”, Mr Shays told MSNBC. “I’m talking about the power of the voter”, he said on CNBC.
It’s a terrible day when a candidate for President of the United States escalates already inflammatory rhetoric by recklessly implying an opponent may be shot.
This incident is far from the first controversial statement from the real estate mogul-turned-politician. In an interview with the right-wing broadcaster Fox News, however, Trump insisted that he had called for democratic – not deadly – action. The day Hillary Clinton selects Supreme Court justices?
Advertisement
Mr Trump was seeking to reset his campaign this week with an economic policy speech after a series of missteps including a clash with the parents of fallen Muslim American army captain Humayun Khan.
