Did Donald Trump just threaten Hillary Clinton's life?

[blogslut]

http://twitter.com/CandaceSmith_/status/763089093957787649

[Lifelong Protester]

1. What.An.Ass.

[Kingofalldems]

2. That was a threat.

Waiting for the media........

[Stuart G]

39. You are correct..it was a threat...Hard to believe...

Trump has been told to tone it down, so he blows up worse than ever...

YES...this is a blow up, as bad as any...threatening an opponent...

[MichiganVote]

3. Sure did. Hello Secret Service?

[davidn3600]

8. You do understand that the Secret Service is around him 24/7, right?

[MichiganVote]

10. I think I do. You do understand the SS is around all of the candidates 24/7 correct?

[COLGATE4]

4. Yep. That's exactly what he did.

Let's see if any of the MSM actually call him on it.

[Stuart G]

41. Huff Post...lead story now..not at NYT yet..

also Lead at New York Daily News...

[niyad]

82. ny times has it now.

[SunSeeker]

44. Lead at ABC!

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-2nd-amendment-folks-stop-clintons-supreme-court/story?id=41239648

[world wide wally]

5. He is most certainly inciting

[grubbs]

6. Incitement

Via tacit approval. What a piece of crap.

[Chasstev365]

7. Don't worry: The mainstream media will be all over this horrific statement

Oh, wait: He's a Republican, so he can say anything he wants!

[lillypaddle]

11. Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. nt

[SummerSnow]

63. The ny daily news and the ny times is on this.

[napkinz]

85. NY Daily News Front Cover ...

[nolabear]

31. They're on it. Even CNN.

[Chasstev365]

47. Wow!

[roamer65]

9. The statement is flat out SEDITION.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2385

[Vinca]

12. Just when you think Trump can't hit a new low . . .

[Stuart G]

21. You just said the truth..."new low"...but..think about this:

He has been told to quiet down..stop the anger, and so on....and what does he do?

Joking threat.... so, is that lowering it down, being careful of what you say?
......................being presidential and thinking of what you say?

OR........DOES IT PROVE HE IS UNFIT TO BE A PRESIDENT, SENATOR, DOG CATCHER. OR ANYTING BUT THE JERK AND IDIOT THAT HE IS...???????????

[kestrel91316]

54. No. He truly believes he is untouchable.

Some person of courage really needs to prove him wrong.

[Stuart G]

58. Donald Trum is not "untouchable"..and someone with courage will be there..

I don't know who or when..but it will happen

[lapfog_1]

13. holy shit...

We've gone from John McCain saying this about the Democratic candidate:

To Trump talking about 2nd amendment remedies.

un f'ing believable

[Gabi Hayes]

14. CNN too busy with nonstop coverage of Orlando shooter's dad standing behind Hilllary

at her gathering

emails are done, apparently, as are the hostages, and perhaps the scientist, so here's the next outrage

that's all they do.

I can't imagine this won't be covered though....it's really incendiary

[blogslut]

15. Well, it's definitely zipping around the Twitters

Reporters are retweeting it like crazy.

[eShirl]

16. CBSN Live host just mentioned it as they went to break

[Cryptoad]

55. CBSN twirbs and tweets think it is funny

[Frank Cannon]

17. He was just saying that 2nd Amendment supporters...

are so engaged in the political process that they will be more likely to petition their representatives to encourage nomination of conservative judges to the bench.

His remarks had nothing to do with the actual use of firearms to enact more direct political change. Nothing at all to do with that. Believe him. You can trust him!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. Believe me!

[In_The_Wind]

18. It sounds that way to me. Donald Trump likes to push it to the limit.

[procon]

19. An American presidential candidate just called for his supporters to assassinate

his opponent, Hillary Clinton. That's gotta be a first, but damn... where's the FBI?

Trump is unwittingly Machiavellian in casting himself in the role Henry II, who demanded of his loyal barons."Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?", and we know what happened to the poor Archbishop of Canterbury.

The gun nutters have their marching orders now, and they'll do whatever he says because they want to give this crackpot the keys to nuclear code.

[Gabi Hayes]

22. cnn says they're going to it next

hope they have kayleigh or corey on to rationalize it away

[ksoze]

23. CNN covering next segment

[eleny]

25. He's dancing on the edge too often with his comments

We heard something like this before from that whack job who ran for the Senate out of Nevada. She seemed to suggest a "Second Amendment solution". This sounds like more of the same.

[rufus dog]

24. Well that didn't take long

One week after Obama gave the Repigs an out (knowing full well they wouldn't take it) they now have another fire started by The Mango Mussolini.

Time for Obama or Biden to walk back out on the White House lawn and condemn the Donald, again, and add the Republican leaders and the Trump supporters. This goes against basic values in a Democracy and in America.

[2naSalit]

38. These people who love

the cheeto hate democracy so...

[boomer55]

26. im in actual shock over this. its fricken big

[randr]

27. He may have just put a knife in the back of the NRA

[edbermac]

28. She should run that clip as an attack ad asap.

[democrattotheend]

50. Um, no

For her own safety, no. I don't think it's too far fetched to imagine that some nutcase might actually try to follow Trump's suggestion. Why would she want to keep airing footage suggesting that "second amendment folks" assassinate her? Bad idea.

[Maru Kitteh]

29. His people heard it loud and clear, to be sure.

[tonyt53]

30. Yes, he most certainly did - like those heathen backers of his needed any egging on

[Botany]

32. White guy w/ white beard & red shirt on left side of screen

last second of video

[0rganism]

33. memory hole: "i'm gonna be so presidential that you people will be so bored"

[closeupready]

34. They giggled at Sarah Palin's "reload" shit.

They'll dismiss this with a shrug and excuse it away. Because as we know, no matter what Republicans do, it's okay.

[Gabi Hayes]

37. cnn has run this twice since the top of the hour....now

they have Michael hayden in the studio discussing it

wonder where he was that he's on the scene already.

he's saying now that if Trump ''governs the way he talks, he'll be a real danger''

then, trump needs to realize that someone in his position needs to be responsible not just for what he says, but for what people ''HEAR''

[chillfactor]

35. what is wrong with this nutcase.....

he has enough deranged followers who might just take him up on that.....and WHY is he not held accountable for what he says.

[DinahMoeHum]

36. If this is true, G*d help him . . .and his cronies. . .

. . .if anything. . .ANYTHING. . .happens to her. . .or any Democrat.

[kestrel91316]

57. If anything happens to her I will personally join in with the 100 million Americans

willing to beat him into a bloody smear.

[Gabi Hayes]

40. Hayden: "If an average Joe said what trump just said,

he'd be in the back of a police wagon.">>>very close proximation of what he said

he also said that he represents a "clear and present danger if he governs the way he campaigns"

Tapper will have a pub surrogate on next, once again to defend the indefensible

can't wait to see who it is.

Corey? Jeffrey? Katrina? (I hear she's been put out to pasture)

[napkinz]

84. yep, here's the video ...

[Stuart G]

42. Now one of lead stories at Washington Post...hit link to see..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

[RockaFowler]

43. This guy is so scary

What is the LOW for this guy??

Seriously. How much more can we take from him??

Misogyny? Check
Violence? Check
Racism? Check
Cheating? Check

[Liberal_in_LA]

87. Anti military - check,anti disabled - check

[Rocknrule]

45. Watch for Trump to make a "blood libel" gaffe next

Like Palin did with her little crosshair map

[SunSeeker]

46. Yep. nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

48. Yes, that piece of sh*t did! n/t

[Johnny2X2X]

49. I am so angry at this!!!!

Really raging about this because you know he has a bunch of nuts following him who would be willing to try to take her life. Imagine the damage to the country. This is absolutely sickening!!!

[Blue_Tires]

51. NRA response:

https://twitter.com/NRA/status/763110521889402880

[blogslut]

52. OMG

there is no smiley for that

[napkinz]

80. I'll pass ... I'm afraid to even look

[kestrel91316]

53. Yes, he did. Her and any of her USSC appointees.

[Bill USA]

56. he just broke the law inciting a crime (assassination)

[handmade34]

59. NOT...Fit...to..BE...President!!!!

[Doodley]

60. This is a Yuuuuge story! Trump falls into the death spiral!

[Dreamer Tatum]

61. Yes, he did, period.

No discussion.

I won't say what I am thinking, but I do think he should be removed from contention by the cowards who allowed him to get there.

[axiom3]

62. Trump should be expecting a visit from the Secret Service soon

I am pretty sure that threatening a presidential candidate, directly or indirectly, is a federal offense. It is truly sickening how low Drumpf will go to seek attention. And we have to endure this moron's antics for the next 90 days or so. Hillary's landslide victory can't come soon enough.

[Rocknrule]

64. That awkward moment

when you're being investigated by your own Secret Service detail for incitement of violence and terrorist threats

[Rex]

65. Of course he did and the cons are falling all over themselves making excuses.

They are such pathetic and lost people.

[dubyadiprecession]

66. That's donald dumbf%*# , the republican presidential candidate...

Trying to turn those red states blue with that mouth of his.

[ailsagirl]

67. UPDATE from Mother Jones

Update, August 9, 4:10 p.m.:

The Trump campaign released a statement claiming that Trump talking about mobilizing gun rights supporters. "2nd Amendment people have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power," said Trump spokesman Jason Miller.

The Clinton campaign responded with its own statement. "This is simple—what Trump is saying is dangerous," said Robby Mook, Clinton's campaign manager. "A person seeking to be the President of the United States should not suggest violence in any way."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/did-trump-just-suggest-someone-shoot-hillary-clinton

[bucolic_frolic]

68. What is this, he's trying to 'rig' the election?

Absolutely unhinged

LOCK. HIM. UP.

Medicate now.

[Gabi Hayes]

69. his following wordstew is great......just like palin

https://twitter.com/NRA/status/763110521889402880

you have to scroll down to this tweet:

Jon McAfee ‏@whydoesmomhitme · 42m ago @RykkerN7 No he didnt. I watched it live, heres the quote

it's embedded below this tweet. I can't copy/paste, but you HAVE to read it.....hilarious example of how he can't speak in coherent, logical combinations. that's why it's even more fun to read this stuff than to watch it, which I always do.....as great as his live act is, reading the words is more rewarding, because it demonstrates just how brain-addled he is.

[allan01]

70. all i can say is hem

[sanatanadharma]

71. No matter how the matter is parsed...

No matter how the matter is parsed, Trump's comments are clearly calling the single-issue 2nd amendment gun owners to bring their armed power threats into the fray.

He is saying that within the Trump tribe trying to stop Madame President, the only political power with enough clout is in the not yet cold dead hands of the armed segment of their big-pup-tent tribe.

[FighttheFuture]

72. Republicans need to reign in their rabid dog already. This is beyond belief!

[NurseJackie]

74. Don't let him get away with it. It was intentional. He knows what it means. He'll play innocent...

... and try to make you believe he meant something different, but don't believe it.

We don't have to meet court-of-law prosecutorial standards before we can condemn and call-out behavior like that. We know EXACTLY what he meant! It was an inflammatory lie, followed by a call-to-action for his supporters.

IT WAS A THREAT!!

His denying what he meant by that is along the lines of someone denying that "see you next Tuesday" doesn't mean anything vulgar and misogynistic either.

[Rocknrule]

75. At this point

I wouldn't be surprised if Donnie just goes all in and starts pounding his fists, extending his arm, and screaming in German at one of his rallies

[Kittycow]

78. Reminding me of Vintage Twilight Zone

episodes when a war-time military character gets changed into being on the other side.

What he's doing should be fiction! SMDH

[napkinz]

76. when is enough enough with this idiot!!!!

[redstatebluegirl]

77. Screaming fire in a crowded theater.

This is not free speech, this is suggesting violence against a Presidential Candidate. Call the Secret Service please.

[napkinz]

79. This is the 2nd Time in 3 Weeks That Trump Has Threatened Hillary Clinton’s Life

After Trump adviser Al Baldasaro told a radio host that Clinton “should be put in the firing line and shot for treason, CNN reported on July 20th, “The US Secret Service is investigating an informal adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign after he called for Hillary Clinton’s execution.”

It is just now August 9th. Donald Trump didn’t distance himself from Baldarsaro. Rather, he praised him. Two days ago, Think Progress reported, “Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has confirmed that his adviser who once called for Hillary Clinton’s execution is still part of the campaign… ‘Al has been so great,’ Trump said. ‘Where’s Al? Where’s my vet?’”

Given the insane hate at Donald Trump’s rallies, as captured by the The New York Times in a chilling video of Trump supporters complied from their time on the trail covering Trump, there is no reason to believe this will be taken as a “joke”. It didn’t get any laughter.

Trump supporters shout things like, “Kill her!” and “Trump that bitch!” on such a regular basis that reporters felt it necessary to document it in compiled footage.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/08/09/time-weeks-trump-campaign-threatened-kill-hillary-clinton.html

[Frank Cannon]

81. Watch the white-bearded guy on the right in the video.

Look what he does as soon as Trump says that.

[Gabi Hayes]

86. don lemon interviewed him tonight. he loves trump, and said

the audience all took it as a joke, but they GOT it, meaning they knew what the implication was....implying clearly that it had to do with TAKING UP ARMS

too bad Lemon didn't make him answer it explicitly

his show is rerun later this morning, if you want to record it....but I'll guess this longer interview will get lots of clippage

[napkinz]

83. Secret Service 'aware' of Trump's 2nd Amendment remark about Clinton

By Doug G. Ware
Aug. 9, 2016 at 8:57 PM

WILMINGTON, N.C., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Secret Service could potentially take a step unprecedented in American political history -- investigate one of the candidates it is assigned to protect.

The agency said it is "aware" of a remark made by GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump at a North Carolina campaign stop on Tuesday, which appeared to some a thinly-veiled quip about threatening Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton with gun violence.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/08/09/Secret-Service-aware-of-Trumps-2nd-Amendment-remark-about-Clinton/4071470788911/

U.S. Secret ServiceVerified account
‏@SecretService
The Secret Service is aware of the comments made earlier this afternoon.

https://twitter.com/SecretService