“Donald Trump represents practically everything I was taught not to be, and taught our daughter not to be”, Shays said of the Republican presidential nominee, in remarks released by Clinton’s campaign.
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The former NY mayor introduced Trump at his rally last night in North Carolina, where he joined the chorus of Trump defenders saying that the mogul’s comments were either a joke or misunderstood.
Clinton publicly condemned Trump’s remarks as promoting violence.
His campaign said: “Second Amendment people have unbelievable spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power”.
On Fox News, Trump said, “Hillary Clinton wants to take your guns away, she wants to leave you unprotected in your home”. You should never joke about something like that’.
Trump added, “There can be no other interpretation”.
A number of prominent Republicans have declined to endorse him in the November 8 election against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. “Though the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know”.
Trump’s team fired back to say the Manhattan billionaire simply meant that gun rights advocates were a powerful voting force.
If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks.
In addition, 50 prominent national security experts signed an open letter saying they would not vote for Trump in the fall, saying he “lacks the character, values, and experience” to be president.
Responding to Trump’s latest minefield on Tuesday, Ryan dismissed the notion that the comment was hinting at an assassination threat, describing the remarks instead as a “joke gone bad”.
Donald Trump has come under fire after suggesting that “Second Amendment people” could “stop” Hillary Clinton.
Cue this man in the audience, whose reaction to the Republican candidate basically suggesting his opponent will get assassinated was pretty priceless.
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“They don’t know Donald Trump the way I do”. Trump’s campaign also insisted that his words had been misunderstood. “It wasn’t even close in my mind and it’s obviously exceedingly inappropriate and the fact that the Secret Service had to comment on it I think is indication enough that that was way outside the boundaries of what’s considered acceptable in this country”. “I just don’t want you to be shot by someone who shouldn’t have a gun in the first place”.
