One thing I love from that article is how Trump goes on about how Clinton is “wacky” for saying she “short circuited.” How he could never get away with saying “wacky” things like that, and how “they’d bring back the electric chair” if he did. Completely ignoring the fact that he says wacky things every day and only gets called on the most egregious items, and the fact that the electric chair is still in use in a handful of states. All of this in a speech where he ostensibly advocated the extrajudicial killing of a sitting president.
You know, if she gets shot now it’ll destroy the party and be a catastrophe for gun rights. The Republicans should hire their own security detail to protect her. They are more invested in her health than she is, now.
Now, now, I’m sure in a day or two one of his flacks will get around to explaining that he clearly meant ‘people versed in Constitutional Law’. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Can’t he trot out the ‘just joking’ explanation, from when he called on Russia?
Obama is going to take your guns, and then Hillary is going to take your guns again!
Maybe there’s something 2nd Amendment people could do? What the actual Fuck is wrong with him?
Hey I never said someone should shoot her! It was only a suggestion, but I never actually said that!
Back peddling has begun:
“I’ll tell you what, that will be a horrible day,” Trump clarified after that line about the ‘Second Amendment people’. Why would it be a horrible day, if what Miller says is so?
I wonder what the Secret Service procedure is when one candidate threatens another.
Post #8 in this thread (from down the page; it got to twelve replies) :
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=800140
I think there are some pretty clear signs now that Trump’s campaign is beginning to collapse.
After his horrible week, he came into this week with some history on his side, having already climbed out of the commode more than once. However, what was different about this week, and what Trump maybe hadn’t considered, is that all eyes are now focused on him. This was probably the first time that he faced deep skepticism among voters who might be inclined to vote for him: in particular wealthy Wall Street republicans and college educated republicans (MBAs and foreign policy guru types) who might have been holding out hope that he could somehow become more presidential. However, if the reaction to his economic speech is any indication, he seems to have repulsed them rather than bringing them closer. He’s anti-trade on the one hand but doesn’t really offer any specifics for how he’s going to handle China. I honestly don’t even know why he needed to come out with an economic plan at all, considering how well he’s been doing without being specific about anything. I think Trump may have finally sunk himself.
Moreover, I think there are also signs that Trump himself is beginning to realize that he’s about to collapse. Apparently he’s now reconsidering the conditions of the debates. It makes one wonder if he’ll even do a single one of them.
So…the supporters of the 2nd Amendment will do what if she is elected? Unify?
I imagine paging through the Secret Service manual:
“Ooh, there you are, Trump! Right there! ‘Do not threaten the life of another candidate.’ You’re famous!”
The genius of him speaking in such a rambling way is that the ‘horrible day’ can either be understood by his supporters to mean the day that Hillary is elected, or can be used to plausibly deny that he is suggesting and calling for violence.
No, no, no…don’t be ridiculous. Trump never suggested that somebody shoot Hillary; that would be terrible. That would be absurd.
He suggested somebody shoot the judge.
(well, his incoherent ramblings can just as plausibly be parsed that way.)
And in Trump campaign headquarters, the sign on the wall that says:
“__________ GAFFE-FREE HOURS”
just got re-set to zero.
Any other candidate, this would be it. Done. Close the door, make sure you turn the lights off.
But it won’t be.
Can anyone reasonably deny what he is inferring? “Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?” History has a way of repeating itself.
Motherfucker should just drop out now. What he’s doing is blowing a dog whistle for all the deranged to get the message that they should assassinate Hillary. This is beyond despicable. So disgusting to see one of his spokeswomen on CNN smiling like a fucking crocodile trying to pass this off like a call to political action. Bullshit, this is an appeal for violence. He can’t beat her, so someone should kill her. Hope the Secret Service throws his sorry ass in cuffs.
The lady next to him thought it was fucking hilarious, didn’t she?
I do believe that Trump’s favorite amendment is Two Amendment. He knows what he’s talking about.