Just when it looks as though Donald Trump couldn’t go any further with causing outrage, he opens his mouth. This time, the Republican candidate appeared to suggest that gun owners could do something about Hillary Clinton if she picked Supreme Court judges in favour of gun control. Here’s what he said:
‘If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the second amendment people, maybe there is. But I tell you what, that will be a horrible day.’
The backlash was immediate: Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, said that what Trump was saying is ‘dangerous’; even the Secret Service popped up (on Twitter of all places) to say they were ‘aware’ of the incident. And yet although the dog whistle in Trump’s comment couldn’t have been louder, the denials from the Republican nominee’s camp were swift.
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