“Hillary Clinton supports common sense measures like comprehensive background checks that will help decrease the number of gun deaths our nation suffers every day”, the statement said.
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“I really, frankly couldn’t believe he said it”, said Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. “Clinton, she’s going to double up your taxes”.
The US Constitution’s Second Amendment guarantees a right to keep and bear arms. “A person seeking to be the President of the United States should not suggest violence in any way”, said Robby Mook, Hillary for America Campaign Manager.
Said her campaign manager, Robby Mook: “This is simple – what Trump is saying is unsafe”.
“2nd Amendment people have fantastic spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power”, Jason Miller, a senior communications adviser to the campaign, said in the statement.
“This is simple – what Trump is saying is risky”, a spokesman said.
The NRA followed with, “But there IS something we will do on #ElectionDay: Show up and vote for the #2A!” Trump’s unfavorable rating is 54 percent, with Clinton getting that mark from 55 percent of voters. Trump said, if anything, this whole controversy is a “good thing” for him because it will inform more people about his pro-gun stance. “You have the power to speak against her. Trump averages 30,000 live viewers per stream while Clinton receives on average, a measly 500 viewers”.
50 to 44 percent – in a Bloomberg Politics poll released Wednesday morning that shows the former secretary of State maintaining her post-convention bounce.
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California tweeted: “Donald Trump suggested someone kill Sec”.
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani came to Trump’s defense.
Despite what Trump believes, there have been other interpretations, including former Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Hayden, who told The Daily Beast, “If someone outside the hall had said it, I suspect the Secret Service would’ve considered it threat and detained the individual for questioning”.
Meanwhile, Trump’s running mate held a rally at the Heinz History Center Tuesday night. “You never joke about something like that”.
He joins a number of high-profile Republicans moving away from Trump amid a string of controversial statements. “I think of the candidates offered as the viable options for president, yah I think he’s the best one”, said an active duty member of the Army who asked his name not be used.
“It suggests either a very bad-taste reference to political assassination and an attempt at humor, or an incredible insensitivity”, he told CNN.
Trump sought to do just that by using an economic policy speech in Detroit on Monday after a series of missteps that included a prolonged clash with the parents of a fallen Muslim American soldier.
“The support he has from Republicans nearly seems obligatory rather than voluntary”, Mike Smith, a Republican voter and Reuters/Ipsos poll respondent, said of Trump’s remaining defenders. Shoot her nominee? Who knows.
Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway fought back in a tweet of her own, calling Warren a “disgrace”.
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Retired four-star general Barry McCaffrey also spoke out against Trump, declaring him unfit for the Oval Office and saying it was “remarkable how little he knows” about national security.
