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[SporeCrawler]

Is mainstream media picking this up? Holy shit

 

[radios shipping overview]

Even interpreted as a joke, it's one of the nastiest, most cynical, most disrespectful things you can say about the process of law in this country. Why would you elect as president somebody who talks like that?

 

[PBY]

CNN dragging Trump so hard rn

 

[Pai Pai Master]

You can't say something like this after the Planned Parenthood shooting. That guy directly took the bullshit being spewed by people like Carly Fiorina and used them to justify armed murder. an innocent woman was murdered as a direct result of political talk by a presidential candidate.

A guy who says shit like this, even in jest, and is not aware of the consequences words have on passionate and unstable people, should be nowhere near any place of public office or influence.

 

[AtlantiC_CodeX]

I saw republican page headline saying that it doesn't matter because his tax plan is to cut tax on all of the billionaires and big corps out there so it's all good, god this is hilarious XD

anyways does anyone know if NASA are taking new applicants for their Mars trip? Asking for a friend...

 

[DrFunk]

he's lost it

 

[kess]

It was entertaining at first, then it got frightening, then it became a trainwreck that you sort of can't look away from.

Fascination of the abomination.

 

[Piggus]

Getting tired of people saying "he's trump nothing will hurt him"

Have people not seen numbers take a nosedive after the khan mess?

All this shit is already affecting him.

People saying that are clueless and clearly aren't paying much attention.

 

[Deaf Spacker]

Already hitting UK news.

 

[CecilRousso]

So, the new republicans solution to make America great again is to either jail or shoot their political opponents?

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Please put him in jail for this. Someone please put a stop to this insanity!

 

[studyguy]

To say this is moving quickly is an understatement.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

That's a nice Supreme Court. Would be a shame if something happens to it

Man, I can't stop laughing at this.

 

[LiK]

Is mainstream media picking this up? Holy shit

Of course

 

[banefirelord]

People saying that are clueless and clearly aren't paying much attention.

His numbers just keep going up! They're so high they've wrapped back around on the score board!

 

[Futureman]

I love how the GOP thinks this is like some secret platform agenda.

The video cut away pretty much right after he said it... I wonder what the crowd reaction was.

 

[User 463088]

But Trump's not REALLY fascist! /s

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

To say this is moving quickly is an understatement.

I mean, publicly calling for the assassination of your opponent is not too common in American presidential races.

 

[Mercury Fred]

Jesus fucking christ. Time to take this monster down. And I'm starting to feel like supporting him here should be bannable. How can people be OK with this??

 

[NealMcCauley]

Even if you try to make him stick to a script he says one off the cuff remark that completely implodes everything.

 

[Deleted member 10571]

Is "second amendment people" an actual expression? I think it's pretty clear in meaning if you read it with a comma, as in "although, the second amendment, people - etc"

 

[Omadahl]

I want to say this is the worst statement he's made, but there are too many to parse through. Definitely worst this week.

 

[Ishan]

Even interpreted as a joke, it's one of the nastiest, most cynical, most disrespectful things you can say about the process of law in this country. Why would you elect as president somebody who talks like that?

Yes . This is genuinely disturbing ... It's one thing to be racist to insinuate killing Jesus .. This guy is ... I'm at a loss for words

 

[nubbe]

Encouraging foreign espionage and the assassination of politicians

the only place he should be is in jail

 

[D i Z]

Dude should have been picked up by Secret Service. Anyone else on the continent would be going for a ride downtown. Or upstate. Wherever Secret Service does their secret pipe laying and confession extracting.

 

[Fallout-NL]

Fucking arrest this man right now.

 

[DOWN]

A minor nitpick with the way some are reading this quote – he wasn't referring to "Second Amendment Folks [sic – he said "people"]" as some theoretical group of people. There should be a comma in the quote. "People" is used as an interjection.

"Although the 2nd Amendment, people, maybe there is."

He's speaking broadly to the entire audience (both physically present and those watching elsewhere), not to a specific group that identify as 'second amendment people.

Is "second amendment people" an actual expression? I think it's pretty clear in meaning if you read it with a comma, as in "although, the second amendment, people - etc"

Then why did his team spin it as one phrase "2nd amendment people"

 

[studyguy]

I mean, publicly calling for the assassination of your opponent is not too common in American presidential races.

Oh no doubt, it's simply nice to see virtually everyone and their mother stop and gawk at once in unison for once without any dissention. I'm sure it'll come in due time though beyond just Trump trying to spin.

 

[MJPIA]

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[BrokenFiction]

"You're aren't just responsible for what you say. You're responsible for what people hear."
- Michael Hayden on CNN just now.

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Ironically Trump is FAR more likely to be targeted for assassination. You don't say the things he's said about failing to honor our NATO commitments to Eastern Europe and just walk away without making real enemies.

This is what scares me the most because if someone does try to assassinate him - even if they fail - can you imagine the havoc and violence it will cause among his supporters?

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Dat pivot doh

 

[TheOohChild]

I would applaud unscripted Trump on never changing, but this shit is dangerous.

 

[Bear Force One]

Trump people are trying hard to pick up all the shit he spews out.

Not just pick it up, but rub it all over their faces and call it a facial.

 

[Square2015]

Is this on CNN yet? Wonder if it will make the Evening News tonight.

 

[Vyse24]

Welp, that's that.

Right Click > Save

 

[PsychoSoldier]

If you think that this is a joke, please don't forget how many shootings we've had by right-wing terrorists in the past couple decades, to say nothing of the Oklahoma City bombings.

There are dangerous people who are armed who being fed poison in word form already encouraging them to behave in that way. Even the implication of violence could be enough to put one of these people over the edge, and even to hint at it is dangerous and irresponsible.

 

[Euron]

I have Trump supporters telling me I'm being too sensitive about this and he's only kidding.


He stopped being funny a long time ago. This better get picked up by the main media outlets.

This is a new low for any Republican.

 

[SaganIsGOAT]

Apparently one person there knew exactly what he meant.

https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/763098566906769408

"Wow, maybe we shouldn't be here"

Actually, they are laughing about it, maybe they're just asshokes.

 

[Revolver]

Ex-CIA director on CNN saying an average person would be in the back of a police car for saying what Trump just said.

 

[RustyNails]

Michael Hayden (ex-CIA director) just said on CNN that Trump could be arrested for those comments

Guys. GUYS.

 

[smurfx]

so was he reading off the teleprompter for the entire speech or was he being real trump? that 2nd amendment comment sounds off the cuff from his prepared speech about the judges.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Is this on CNN yet? Wonder if it will make the Evening News tonight.

Uhh, yea, he just openly implied that his opponent could be assassinated by his own supporters

 

[B-Dubs]

"You're aren't just responsible for what you say. You're responsible for what people hear."
- Michael Hayden on CNN just now.

But you're also responsible for what you say.

 

[Cesare Borgia]

That press release is laughable. If it's just the "power of unification" why did he specify that regular voters can't do anything about the judge selections, but the second amendment folks can do something about it?

 

[FO-totality]

Is "second amendment people" an actual expression? I think it's pretty clear in meaning if you read it with a comma, as in "although, the second amendment, people - etc"

There's two ways, imo, to interpret it.

1. "The Second Amendment people...", implying gun owners/nuts should shoot her/the judges
2. "The Second Amendment, people,...", implying the 2nd gives people the right shoot her/the judges

Either way, the dude just digs deeper and deeper.

 

[BrokenFiction]

But you're also responsible for what you say.

"Just"

 

[giga]

so was he reading off the teleprompter for the entire speech or was he being real trump? that 2nd amendment comment sounds off the cuff from his prepared speech about the judges.

That was off script.

 

[PantherLotus]

Oh yes, this is the line. This right here. Not that he doesn't know what the nuclear triad is and why we don't use nuclear weapons. Not that we should build a wall like Cold War Germany. Not that we should export an entire religion from our country. Not that judges are independent arbiters of the law regardless of their race.

Every single republican who hasn't already denounced him is immediately complicit in whatever comes next. It's not too late.

 

[RuGalz]

What's more disturbing to me is even if he loses in Nov, the seeds he's planting now will continue to have effect after the election. We don't need more nuts.