Another day on the campaign trail turned into another night of controversy, this time over Donald Trump’s comments about the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick, if she gets to pick her judges- nothing you can do folks. “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know”, he continued. Republicans, hopeful of winning back the White House from the Democrats in the November 8 election, insist that Obama’s successor name Scalia’s replacement, who could have a lasting effect on the ideological balance of a court now split with four liberals and four conservatives.
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Harris added: “It can’t always be, “Oh, crap, Donald Trump said” and then fill in the blank”.
On Twitter, the Secret Service would only say it is aware of the comments.
Collins said she was concerned about a variety of statements Trump had made, but indicated that his comments regarding the Khan family – the parents of a Muslim soldier killed in Iraq who criticized Trump at the Democratic convention – were the motivation for the statement about not supporting Trump.
Beyond Trump’s inaccurate claims, many political observers saw a threat of political violence against Clinton.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand who loves tweaking Trump, tweeted that the Republican nominee “makes death threats because he’s a pathetic coward who can’t handle the fact that he’s losing to a girl”. “It sounds like just a joke gone bad”, Ryan said. “And this year, they will be voting in record numbers, and it won’t be for Hillary Clinton, it will be for Donald Trump”.
“I think that’s what the comment was initially meant to point to, but in classic Trump fashion, he made it in a way to be subtle kick to get people talking about it and doing exactly what we’re doing right now”, Hayden explained. “This is a tremendous political movement”, he said on Fox News.
Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Brandon Dillon was among those to quickly condemn the comment – calling out Trump supporters in the process. “A person seeking to be President of the United States should not suggest violence in any way”.
About an hour after Trump’s remark – long after the horse had galloped out of the barn – his campaign issued its own response to the outrage. Said her campaign manager, Robby Mook: “This is simple – what Trump is saying is unsafe”.
“What he meant was you have the power to vote against her”, Giuliani said of Trump’s remarks.
The National Rifle Association, America’s largest pro-gun lobby, put forth that Trump was correct in saying it would be hard to protect the Second Amendment if Clinton appoints new justices.
Trump did not elaborate, and in the auditorium, the crowd did not seem to respond strongly.
Republican vice presidential nominee Indiana Gov. Mike Pence insisted that Trump was not advocating violence during a campaign stop in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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But Democrats called Trump’s remarks another sign of a candidate unfit for the White House.
