In private, Burr quips about gun owners shooting Clinton

[RogerM]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Sen. Richard Burr privately mused over the weekend that gun owners may want to put a "bullseye" on Hillary Clinton, according to audio obtained by CNN.

The North Carolina Republican, locked in a tight race for reelection, quipped that as he walked into a gun shop "nothing made me feel better" than seeing a magazine about rifles "with a picture of Hillary Clinton on the front of it."
"I was a little bit shocked at that -- it didn't have a bullseye on it," he said Saturday to GOP volunteers, prompting laughter from the crowd in Mooresville, North Carolina. "But on the bottom right (of the magazine), it had everybody for federal office in this particular state that they should vote for. So let me assure you, there's an army of support out there right now for our candidates."
The comments resemble similar ones made by Donald Trump in August when the GOP nominee said "Second Amendment people" could take matters into their own hands if Clinton became president.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/richard-burr-hillary-clinton-gun-owners/index.html

[vadermike]

1. Aand

With this idiot and Johnson spouting off I am not as worried about the senate as I was 48 hours ago ... Go getem dems GOTV !

[rockfordfile]

2. What a dirtbag.

[exboyfil]

3. Gabby Giffords should take a trip to North Carolina

and confront this "man" in person. Maybe bring a picture of Judge Roll along since he can no longer speak for himself.

[Divine Discontent]

18. Yes. And, it cannot be downplayed, this was a SITTING SENATOR who said this shit...

I'd send flyers to every house tomorrow putting it in those terms. She could win if they get this out to people how dark his comments were.

[forest444]

4. Can you IMAGINE the shitstorm if a Democratic Senator had said that about Cheeto!??

The Secret Service must already have an office devoted to GOP officials making oblique (and not-so oblique) death threats against Democrats.

[blm]

25. It would be on heavy rotation in every newsroom.

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[vadermike]

5. Hope

HRC and dems savage him for this

[blm]

26. Donate to Deborah Ross and kick Burr to the curb.

GOTV North Carolina.

[brooklynite]

6. Apparently Burr learned a lesson from Mark Kirk...

Bradd Jaffy ?@BraddJaffy 4 minutes ago
Sen. Burr statement to NBC News: "The comment I made was inappropriate, and I apologize for it."

[keithbvadu2]

12. He 'apologizes' for it...... after he gets his message out

[Docreed2003]

27. Cause Twitter apologies make it all better...

This guy is despicable

[RogerM]

7. D. Ross needs to use this in ads

Dirtbag needs to be voted out!

[blm]

15. Roger - add Deborah Ross' link to your OP. DUers in safe states can donate to Ross and

give Madame President a Democratic Senate.

[blm]

8. TAKE THIS FvCKER DOWN, DU!!!! Donate to Deborah Ross ASAP.

https://www.deborahross.com

This @sshat MUST taste defeat.

[paleotn]

14. Thanks for the Ross link...

She's got Burr scared to death. In a just world, she'd be wiping the floor with his arse. Every donation counts at this point.

[blm]

16. Amen - and will mean a Democratic Senate for Madame President.

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[MBS]

20. + 1000 n/t

[Hawaii Hiker]

9. Now will this make news tonight

or is there more to talk about RE: those fucking emails....

[BlueMTexpat]

10. This is horrifying

and totally unacceptable.

GOPer garbage!

[vkkv]

11. John Wilkes Booth and his pals were hung... just a reminder.. nt

[titaniumsalute]

13. Actually John Wilkes Boothe died in a barn fire

Well he was also shot while in a barn fire.

[sba]

17. Support Toss, the dem for senate against this guy

I just donated to her campaign. Please do as well.

Give Hillary a Democratic Congress she can work with to do the will of the People.

https://www.deborahross.com/

[Fahrenthold451]

19. You don't even want to know what I quip about in private re Burr.

Embarrassing language.

[jumptheshadow]

21. That's not the half of what Burr said

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article111691277.html

Burr says he’ll oppose any Clinton Supreme Court nominee

He’s proud of blocking President Barack Obama’s court appointment

He takes credit for Clinton email probe

He thinks Clinton might pardon herself as president

Quoting “Duck Dynasty” star on why he backs Donald Trump:

Addressing Trump’s controversies, Burr said he liked what “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson said about the presidential candidate in a recent interview.

“When you look at every issue, he aligns perfectly with where the Republican Party is,” Burr said, paraphrasing Robertson. “Do I throw him overboard because he’s done things that we would consider to be immoral?”

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Let's not forget, either, that Burr is Trump's international security adviser. I hope some news about Russia helps to end his Senate career.

[rpannier]

23. “Do I throw him overboard because he’s done things that we would consider to be immoral?”

From the party of family values
The answer should be yes

[blm]

24. Damn Straight!!!!

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[rpannier]

22. Oh Burr you're such a card

another republikkan failure at humor

[GWC58]

28. Not that I didn't before but now

I really want that asshole (whole ass) voted out!!😡

[ffr]

29. SICK! Trump supporters here openly talk about bringing their rifles to do just that.

ABSOLUTELY OVER THE TOP...SICK!!!

[stone space]

30. You know, this is the same sort of shit they start pulling when guns are forced on universities.

It's like that "snuff film" they made about Ana Lopez, a Latina "cocks not glocks" student protest leader at the University of Texas.

Trump is the National Rapist Association candidate and he's injecting gun culture into this Presidential campaign the same way that the Texas Legislature injected gun culture into the University of Texas.

Gunlicking Trumphumpers poison everything they touch, whether it's a university or a Presidential campaign.

This is your country on guns. Any questions?


(**TIGGER WARNING** frictional account of the assassination of Ana Lopez.**)

[Stuart G]

31. Here is another link from the Huffington Post, he's proud of obstruction and brags about doing so.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/richard-burr-hillary-clinton_us_5817cc0be4b064e1b4b47653

Burr also boasted at the Saturday event about his own efforts to keep judicial seats unfilled. He bragged about being behind the “longest judicial vacancy in history,” referring to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina that’s been empty for 3,957 days, or more than 10 years. Burr has refused to move forward with nominees to the seat as long as President Barack Obama is in the White House. In the meantime, the court is so overwhelmed with caseloads it’s become a judicial emergency.

Burr said he would maintain that obstruction, including for the Supreme Court, should he be re-elected.

[Stuart G]

32. k and r..nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

33. k & R