The Clinton campaign immediately expressed its outrage at Trump’s remarks.
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“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks”, Trump said.
He then added, “Although the Second Amendment people – maybe there is, I don’t know”.
He added: “But I tell you what, that will be a frightful day, if Hillary gets to put her judges in, right now we’re tied”. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) Sen. Said her campaign manager, Robby Mook: “This is simple – what Trump is saying is unsafe”.
Donald Trump’s latest comments are causing controversy again on the campaign trail, with some Republicans now saying he’s crossed the line.
The Trump campaign quickly refuted any such inference and asserted that Trump meant political power to stop Clinton at polls.
“This is a political movement”.
But will Trump’s “Second Amendment” remarks backfire politically? “And there can be no other interpretation”.
Trump’s reaction later as the uproar grew: “Give me a break”.
But Trump’s controversial remarks earlier Tuesday pointed to a scenario under which Clinton would be appointing Supreme Court judges – meaning Election Day would be long gone.
However, the Trump campaign tried to rapidly control the damage, clarifying, “It’s called the power of unification – second Amendment people have incredible spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power”.
Humphrey said he emailed New Hampshire’s members of the Republican National Committee, urging them to demand an emergency meeting to strip Trump of the nomination.
Retired General Michael Hayden, the former head of the Central Intelligence Agency and NSA, told CNN: “If someone else had said that outside the hall, he’d be in the back of a police wagon now with the Secret Service questioning him”. But Pierson said her boss was talking about what “could happen” and how voters should get out and vote to protect their right to bear arms. He’s not a person like you who is very articulate, very well-spoken.
“That was more than a speed bump”. That is actually a very arresting comment. “That is a topic that we don’t ever come close to, even when we think we are trying to be lighthearted”, Hayden added. “It’s an assassination threat, seriously upping the possibility of a national tragedy & crisis”, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, said in a tweet.
“.@RealDonaldTrump is right. If @HillaryClinton gets to pick her anti-#2A #SCOTUS judges, there’s nothing we can do. #NeverHillary“, the group tweeted.
The comments from the Clinton campaign and key surrogates comes after Trump said at a rally that “Second Amendment people” will stop Hillary from nominating liberal Supreme Court justices.
Trump’s campaign issued a statement saying Trump’s words were nothing more than a call for Second Amendment supporters to vote.
But Trump’s campaign denied that he was suggesting violence, instead saying the real estate mogul was referencing the power gun rights advocates have at the voting booth. She wants to leave you unprotected in your home.
Trump said, “Nobody in that room thought anything other than what you just said… Maybe there is. I don’t know”.
“This individual wasn’t invited as a guest, and the campaign was unaware of his attendance until after the event”, Clinton’s campaign said in an email to reporters. “I just don’t want you to be shot by someone who shouldn’t have a gun in the first place”. Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson said the comments weren’t at all an endorsement of violence, but rather a statement about Clinton and the Second Amendment.
“Don’t treat this as a political misstep”.
However, donors to candidates considered to be outside the Republican establishment were far more likely to give to Trump. They even used the hashtag “Never Hillary” to back up Donald’s statements.
“It is beyond outrageous”.
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Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks to the Trask Coliseum at University of North Carolina in Wilmington, North Carolina, US, August 9, 2016.
