Just three days ago, as Hillary Clinton “short-circuited”, we noted “the only question is whether Trump can keep his mouth shut long enough to give Hillary more chances to stick her foot in hers.” Unfortunately, despite the potential for the Orlando shooter’s father to play on tonight’s media spin, Trump has managed to once again refocus media attention all on himself – by noting that “maybe ‘2nd Amendment people’ can stop Hillary Clinton.”
As The Daily Beast reports, Donald Trump on Tuesday seemed to suggest to his supporters that one way to avoid a potential President Hillary Clinton getting to select multiple Supreme Court nominees would be for armed rebellion.
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” he lamented to a booing crowd at his rally in Wilmington, North Carolina.
“Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is,” he added.
After his quote made the rounds among the disgruntled political media which slammed Trump for calling for “inviting violence” against Hillary…
CBC Chair @GKButterfield on Trump 2nd Amendment quote: “it can be perceived as an invitation for violence” https://t.co/7EcsCAaFBx
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) August 9, 2016
… Trump spokesman Jason Miller released a statement:
“It’s called the power of unification—2nd Amendment people have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power.
And this year, they will be voting in record numbers, and it won’t be for Hillary Clinton, it will be for Donald Trump.”
In response, the Clinton campaign said:
“This is simple—what Trump is saying is dangerous.
A person seeking to be President of the United States should not suggest violence in any way.”
Even the secret service is now getting involved:
Just called @SecretService re: “2nd Amendment people”:
“We’re familiar with the comment,” not yet prepared to make statement.
— Kevin Collier (@kevincollier) August 9, 2016
And just like that, the back and forth begins, and the mainstream media now has a new “Trump topic” for the news cycle over the next 48 hours, although the irony of Hillary Clinton proclaiming someone ‘dangerous’ or “suggesting violence” is too much for some to take.
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