Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Trump Tells Followers To Kill Hillary Clinton
Story out of Wilmington, North Carolina:
Donald Trump repeated his claim at a campaign rally Tuesday that Hillary Clinton is in favour of abolishing the Second Amendment, but then added a provocative statement regarding gun rights advocates.
"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks," Trump said at the rally in Wilmington, N.C. "Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know."
The implication was clear to the Clinton campaign, which responded with a statement within the hour: "This is simple — what Trump is saying is dangerous. A person seeking to [be the] president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way."
Within the Trask Coliseum, a man seated behind Trump on stage reacted in surprise, his mouth popping open. The man turned to the woman beside him, who was chuckling.
When an interviewer from WNCN, a North Carolina CBS affiliate, asked if the comments were condoning violence, Trump said, "Oh no, no. This was political power."
At a rally hours later in Fayetteville, Trump said the Second Amendment was "under siege," but refrained from any further suggestion.
Catherine Milhoan, a spokeswoman for the Secret Service, said, "We are aware of his comments." She declined to answer any additional questions about Trump's remarks. Cont. (Video)
Story from - CBC News/AP
Update - Ex-Secret Service agent: Fallout over Trump’s ‘potentially dangerous’ rant is just beginning.
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