PSA: Trump's 2nd Amendment talk.

-birds · 55分前

No. Sorry. That's not what he meant. That's not how the English language works.

If she is elected...
she will appoint justices, and there's nothing you can do...
although maybe there is something "2nd amendment people" can do

This "something" is not "go back in time and un-elect her."

Now, I don't think he is seriously calling for someone to assassinate Clinton (or anyone else). This is his schtick - he says something apalling in a "joking" tone. But this one isn't funny, and he should absolutely be called out for it. Shit like this has no place in political discourse anywhere, least of all in a campaign for President of the United States.

OnlyFactsMatter · 1時間前

Maybe this didn't come out the way he intended,

Omar Mateen's father was at Hillary's rally. He should have DESTROYED her over this. Instead he once again says an outrageous statement that he knows will get controversy. I am getting to where I don't think it's a coincidence anymore.

wesser234 · 1時間前

Look, I don't believe that's what he meant either, and I'm a Clinton supporter, but why would he say it like that when he should have been going after her about Omar? You can defend the statement (and you should), but how can you defend the judgement?

NUTS_STUCK_TO_LEG · 1時間前

Horrible phrasing on Trump's part, word order and thought process matter:

If she appoints judges>they'll take our weapons>there's nothing we can do>except the second amendment people

I immediately took that to mean, "Only people who arm themselves will have a chance to stop her"

DT2016RULEZ · 50分前

I just don't understand why everyone here is making excuses for his behavior lately, or blaming everyone else (like the media). The man is running for President of the United States. There is no excuse for gaffs like these. If Clinton or Obama made statements like these you would not be breaking down his statements sentence by sentence to see what they really mean. You would be doing the exact same thing the media is doing with Trump right now.

I know he isn't really calling for violence and that this was a joke and major slip, but nobody running for such an office like the U.S. President should have this level of crassness. You can insult policies and backward logic (well, really you shouldn't be but that's where we are apparently), but public fuck ups like these are not acceptable. It wouldn't be acceptable if an IRS agent said it, so it shouldn't be acceptable here either.

Penguin236 · 1時間前

If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks...

The citizens have no more say in the matter, we cannot stop her from taking away the weapons.

Although the second amendment people maybe there is, I don't know.

He is saying, "Hey guys who like the 2A, vote for me and we can stop this!" He isn't saying we need to kill her.

This is where the logic breaks down. The second amendment line came directly after he said "if she wins", so the whole "vote for me and we can stop this" doesn't make any sense, since she already won in his hypothetical scenario.

KillerBeesRedux · 22分前

He is saying, "Hey guys who like the 2A, vote for me and we can stop this!"

So your interpretation of the statement is, if I understand it correctly: "If Hillary Clinton wins the election we can't stop her from dissolving the 2nd Amendment unless she loses the election."

A_Little_Older · 1時間前

Campaign statement here.

Believe it or not- Gun people do more than shoot guns in life.

EDIT: and because no one else will apparently the entire speech.

HE FUCKING TALKS ABOUT THE NRA SECONDS AFTER THE "controversial" STATEMENT.

kevie3drinks · 46分前

I think he meant the former, just because that's what second amendment supporters say all the time, and I tend to agree with them. This fact makes actually repealing the second amendment an impossibility. Which is great.

But he isn't going to get any benefit of the doubt here, because his pattern of behavior. The media is going to go crazy over this.

Syncre · 46分前

Trump playing 4D chess

I don't believe that's true, but just for reference, I'm going to post it. It's not like he hasn't done this before, though. The email stuff with Russia, his bloated messages during the primaries...

I want to believe, man

nos4autoo · 45分前

Sure, he was joking, but he shouldn't put himself in such a spot. He's not only responsible for what he says but also how people hear it, and he should try to minimize the room for ambiguity. He has many ways he should be staying on message, and this is just another way he's shooting himself in the foot.

82364 · 34分前

The government media

All NPR of them? I checked and they have one short story on it; are you referring to something else?

Edit: Their story on Hillary's rally is ~50% longer.

dtz12 · 56分前

here's a simple question: don't we deserve a president where you don't have to make a PSA explaining away why he doesn't mean treason after a freaking campaign speech? is that too much to ask? do you think the MSM could do anything like this with obama or hillary's speeches? why should we put up with this? why do you think it is okay that he speaks off the cuff and that you have to go through some efforts, possibly clearly justified, but some efforts on your part nevertheless to "soften" and "correct" his words.

doing that often is a sign isn't it? there has to be better powerful ways of saying things he really wants to say.

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