CNN is reporting that the Secret Service has spoken to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump following comments he made on Tuesday surrounding the Second Amendment and political rival Hillary Clinton.
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“If (Democrat Hillary Clinton) gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks”, Trump said at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday. Republican congressman from New Hampshire Al Baldasaro, who has been on the campaign trail with Trump, in a radio interview said that “Hillary Clinton should be put in the firing line and shot for treason”. “And if you are running to be president or you are president of the United States, words can have tremendous consequences”.
The Clinton campaign has rejected any accusations, saying in a statement said that none of the emails involved her, but rather dealt with aides who work for her and president Clinton. Yesterday, he helped launch a group called R4C16, which stands for Republicans for Clinton in 2016. His casual cruelty to a Gold Star family, his casual suggestion that more countries should have nuclear weapons.
“Every single one of these incidences shows us that Donald Trump simply does not have the temperament to be president and commander in chief of the United States”.
With Team Trump seeking to dig the candidate out of a deepening hole, former NY mayor and Trump backer Rudy Giuliani insisted the uproar was triggered by “the Clinton spin machine”.
“I think Second Amendment right is very important to everyone”, Mark Michael said, with dozens, if not, hundreds of guns lined up behind him as a background.
Trump also has not aired campaign spots, which would have sunk most candidates by now, but his strategy of dominating news cycles is keeping him at least competitive.
An animal-rights activist jumped a metal barrier and started toward the stage where Mrs. Clinton was speaking.
“So, my friends, if you are a Democrat, an independent, or a thoughtful Republican, you know their approach is not going to build an America where we increase opportunity or decrease inequality”, Clinton said to cheers.
Mike Smith, a 74-year-old retiree from Clearwater, Florida, said he supported Trump for much longer than he should have, but now feels the candidate should drop out of the race. When he considered a bid for president in 2000, he repeatedly expressed support for a crackdown on gun ownership, and criticised Republicans who, he said, “walk the NRA line and refuse even limited restrictions”.
Meanwhile, Clinton emphasized Trump as increasingly volatile and unsafe man who continually crosses the line in Iowa, pointing to his disparaging remarks about the parents of a US Muslim soldier who died in combat in Iraq and his radical stance on nuclear proliferation. If if Hillary gets to put her judges right now, were tied [with four justices appointed by each party]. “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know”, he continued. Tomorrow, Trump heads south to Florida; Clinton goes north to MI.
He has clearly roiled the party with his unorthodox remarks, with some Republicans frustrated at his apparent inability to stay on message.
Donald Trump has a history of lying, but he wants voters to believe that the real liars are CNN and the Secret Service.
Commission Co-Chair Frank Fahrenkopf recently told CNBC the panel would “consider giving an inch” to an outsider – if, for example, a candidate hit an average of 14.5 in polls with a margin of error in the 3 percentage point range. Even some of his supporters worry Trump’s lack of a filter is hurting his White House chances, a concern they say has only grown in recent weeks.
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Trump’s comment and the resulting backlash occurred as Reuters/Ipsos polling showed some 44 percent of 1,162 registered voters believe Trump should exit the race, and that as of Tuesday, Clinton led Trump by more than 7 percentage points, up from a 3-point lead late last week.
