Trump On Second Amendment Backlash: ‘I Think It’s A Good Thing For Me’

[pnwmom]

Source: Huffington Post

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday night he’s benefitting from the controversy he created earlier in the day by suggesting “the Second Amendment people” might forcefully stop Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton from appointing Supreme Court justices.

After an outcry from Democrats and gun-control advocates over remarks that appeared to obliquely encourage violence, Trump said he didn’t mean to suggest any harm. The real villains, he said on Fox News, were the media.

“I have to say, in terms of politics, there is few things, and I happen to think that if [the media] did even bring this up, I think it’s a good thing for me,” Trump told Sean Hannity.

“Because it’s going to tell people more about me with respect to the Second Amendment ... because Hillary Clinton wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment.”

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-second-amendment-backlash_us_57aaa702e4b0ba7ed23e2bf8

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So he's going with the "any publicity is good publicity" theory.

[trusty elf]

1. open mouth, insert foot

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[Arkansas Granny]

10. +1

[Granny M]

2. He would never admit a mistake.

Admitting mistakes are for losers, and he's going to win so big, we're gonna be sick of winning.

The man is bat-shit crazy. I read the text of that speech. Incoherent rambling.

[jambo101]

31. The crazy train picks up speed

Not only is he crazy but his minions are also nuts.Eg from another forum=

Given the fact that the Clintons have killed over 90 people (just one DNC staffer the other day over the email leaks), I would be more fearful of implied threats from Hillary than Trump. Trump, unlike the Clintons, hasn't killed anyone.

[BlueStater]

3. Fucking lying bastard.

Where has Clinton EVER said or implied she wanted to get rid of the Second Amendment?

I'm an agnostic, so I'm not sure whether Hell exists, but this piece of shit kind of makes me hope it does.

[skepticscott]

14. Even if she had

She can't DO it. Only Trump's moronic supporters would swallow the false notion that a president or a judge can "abolish" a constitutional amendment.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Exactly.

[ansible]

47. She certainly supports heavy restrictions

[BlueStater]

50. Why are you posting a link from a right-wing website? n/t

[The Wielding Truth]

51. Heavy restrictions? Not in this clip. I've not heard her say anything like heavy restrictions.

[riversedge]

4. Well, the RW said the same about Obama and 8 years later, they still have their guns.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. 30 years or more. You'd think the suckers would have clued in by now. Apparently not. . . nt

[liberal N proud]

19. NRA Propaganda keeps them uneducated on this

And many other things as well.

[PatSeg]

33. Hey now

He still has a few months to go and I'm sure all those Fema camps are ready and waiting too.

[malthaussen]

37. No, you don't understand...

... Mr Obama has not succeeded with his foul agenda because of the valor of the NRA and people who bravely walk the streets with their weapons exposed.... errr, that didn't come out right... oh, dear, did it again...

-- Mal

[awoke_in_2003]

43. He coming for them on 08Nov

RWers should stay close to home to protect them

[Stuart G]

5. Well, ???????????????? doubling down fucking asshole..!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

44. It's early

He at least quadrupled down on the Khans.

[appleannie1]

6. He is so full of bull dung, it projectile vomits out of his mouth every time he opens it.

[uhnope]

7. I think he's right. this only solidifies his camp. n/t

[pnwmom]

8. It won't expand his "camp" and that's what he needs now. n/t

[uhnope]

9. yes but it will keep people in his camp instead of defecting, which is what we need now. n/t

[yardwork]

21. We don't need them. They represent at most 30% of the voting public.

Without moderate Republicans and independents, Trump loses.

[uhnope]

23. I take nothing for granted and I don't think the Clinton campaign does either n/t

[yardwork]

25. Of course not, but that's not what we were talking about.

[alcibiades_mystery]

27. Of course you do

[uhnope]

28. ?

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Was that just a drive-by?

[PatSeg]

34. I didn't get that either

I believe this DOES solidify his base as well. Maybe someone misunderstood what you said.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Because it's all about you right Donald?

Not about what's good for the country.

[ailsagirl]

13. What a hopeless dolt

[gordianot]

15. This is either some sort of sick performance art or Trump himself is raving mad.

Lots of possibilities in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual DSM on a clinical basis, but as art Trump comes close to some iterations and literary interpretations of the Joker in Batman. Absent that he has not conducted mass murder, Donald is in a category to himself. Is it merely performance art, I vote "NO"!

[yellowcanine]

16. By the end of the week Trump will drop another 5 points nationally.

He and his campaign apologists are doubling down but even some of the Trump diehards are having trouble explaining this one.

[DLevine]

17. Trump lies, makes death threats, brags about it.

Rinse, repeat.

[ms liberty]

20. Trump needs to stay in the race

And we need to hang him like a millstone around the necks of every republican on every ballot in the nation.

[C_U_L8R]

22. A big lie delivered inside an assasination threat

Dumb right wingers will fall for anything it seems, or so Donnie thinks.

[librarylu]

26. It took the focus off the Khans

and the Purple Heart. Next week it will be something else outrageous.

Stay tuned.

[drray23]

29. it appears to be his strategy if you can call it that.

Extinguish one controversy by creating a new one to take its place in the news cycle...

[librarylu]

36. I wonder if it's intentional

of if it just works out that way.

I'm reminded of Queen Elizabeth l signing Mary Stuart's death warrant then claiming that was not her intent after the execution.

[VWolf]

30. Me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me

Cripes, that's all he cares about!
Not that I didn't know that already, but .... WTF!

[Chemisse]

32. And his poll numbers WILL take a jump from this.

At least when measured with the campaign's 'internal polling'.

[Marcuse]

35. Trump has a militia? Who knew?

Of course Trump did not openly solicit a post election hit on Madame President. He simply used random common words commonly used around the world to commission death squads.

[inwiththenew]

38. It will be interesting when this is all said and done for someone to look at how much coverage

He's received since he announced he was running for President. It feels like it has been wall to wall coverage, all day every day, for over a year now and we still have 3 months to go.

I bet in the end the amount of coverage he received through all the outlets will probably be more than Bernie, Hilary, and all the other Republican candidates combined.

This whole thing has been surreal. I've never seen this much coverage of one person in my life. It's not helping him but still.

[lark]

39. He's happy because HRC is more likely to be killed.

He's really happy that the dog whistle worked and he's hoping Clinton is scared enough not to do the right thing and appoint jurist who aren't anti-gun when she gets elected president. If not, he'll be totally happy if someone kills her and will be totally responsible, though will deny it to his death.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

40. He's such a wicked, little-handed man. n/t

[sakabatou]

41. Yep, "any publicity" plan

[0rganism]

42. i agree, mr. tRump. you should bring this up at every opportunity.

keep that 2A train rolling, always.

make sure the entire country knows that you are super-firm in your support for the 2nd Amendment

tell us regularly about the risk Democrats pose to the current interpretation of the 2nd Amendment

your extensive understanding of 2nd Amendment issues will destroy HRC's campaign in no time, really it will

bigly

[Joisey Boy]

45. Really, Donald?

Because an actual backlash to what you said yesterday---and you can check the dictionary on this---would NOT be beneficial to you in any way!

[Wolf Frankula]

46. In Other News The Rump Named tRump Announces a New Book

He is looking for a ghost writer to write his history of the campaign. It will be called 'A Rump Named Trump Ends Up in the Dump'.

If former tRump University students have their way, tRump will have plenty of time to write it himself, in prison.

Wolf

[NastyRiffraff]

48. That certainly explains him

He apparently thinks that the more outrageous he is, the more publicity he gets (and he's right about that). He doesn't seem to realize that there IS such a thing as bad publicity. He needs to look at the long list of politicians who have been brought down by scandals.

I'm seriously starting to think he may have a Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

[pnwmom]

49. Your diagnosis of him is shared by more and more observers. I've thought that for a long time,

based on a couple individuals that I have known. But he makes them look like Mickey Mouse.

[area51]

52. "because Hillary Clinton wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment.”

Republinazis have been saying a couple of lies for years, including "we're gonna overturn Roe v. Wade", and "all democrats will attempt to overturn the 2nd amendment."

It never happens yet their brain-dead followers fall for it every time.