Trump: Clinton’s Bodyguards Should ‘Disarm Immediately’ And ‘See What Happens To Her’

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Donald Trump said Friday evening that the bodyguards assigned to his rival Hillary Clinton should “disarm immediately” and “see what happens.”

“She goes around with armed bodyguards like you have never seen before. I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons. They should disarm. Right? Right?” Trump said during a campaign rally here as the crowd cheered the idea. “I think they should disarm immediately. What do you think? Yes? Yes. Yeah. Take their guns away. She doesn’t want guns. … Let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away, okay? It would be very dangerous.”

Trump’s comment came as he described the violence in inner-city neighborhoods as “far more dangerous than Afghanistan.” Trump said that “Clinton lives behind gates and walls and guards” and that working-class families “just want a fraction of the security enjoyed by our politicians and certainly enjoyed by her.”

Trump made a similar comment in May when he addressed a National Rifle Association conference. Trump tweeted on May 21: “Crooked Hillary wants to get rid of all guns and yet she is surrounded by bodyguards who are fully armed. No more guns to protect Hillary!”

Trump argued, as he often does, that if the innocent people at the sites of recent mass shootings had been armed, the outcomes would have been different. The remarks were a version of a pro-gun argument that the country would be safer if more people were armed.

But the insinuation of gun-related violence against a rival is unprecedented in modern presidential politics. Trump also routinely claims that Clinton wants to ban all guns or repeal the Second Amendment, which is false.

In a statement, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said, “Donald Trump has a pattern of inciting people to violence. Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of commander in chief.”

After doubting Clinton’s stamina and ability to stand and campaign in a hot, crowded room earlier this week, Trump lobbed similar attacks on Friday, saying the president needs to balance different responsibilities.

“To do these things, you need a lot of energy – she doesn’t have the energy,” Trump said. “And, in my opinion, she is totally unfit to be the president of the United States.”

At another point, Trump bragged that he often does multiple campaign events a day. “Do you think Hillary Clinton can get through one?” he asked the crowd.

Clinton recently rejoined the campaign trail after taking some time off. She fell ill at a 9/11 ceremony on Sunday. Only afterward did her campaign say that she had recently received a diagnosis of pneumonia.

At the rally, Trump took on other criticisms he has faced for using anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant rhetoric. He said that when Democrats “are in trouble they always pull out the ‘racist’ word.” He said that “people who warn about radical Islamic terrorism are not Islamophobes.”

Trump faced protesters inside and outside his rally. He also unveiled a new element to his introduction, taking the stage to music from “Les Miserables” against a backdrop reading: “Les Deplorables.” The sign was a reference to Clinton’s labeling half of his supporters a “basket of deplorables,” a comment she later said she regretted.

Trump also pledged to undo President Obama’s executive actions opening up relations with Cuba, “unless the Castro regime meets our demands.”

After Trump concluded his speech, his campaign sent out a news release with his remarks, highlighting his comments about Cuba and Venezuela – but misspelling the latter “Venezuala.”

The prepared remarks from the campaign did not include the line “Let’s see what happens to her.”

(c) 2016, The Washington Post · Sean Sullivan, Jenna Johnson 

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3 COMMENTS

  1. Erased hate logic.

    Trump is determined to threaten Hillary with violence. This is terror politics and not partisan greater humane debate.

    The feeling is Trump wants to bully his way into office. The only problem is the American public already went to grade school. We vote now. He can look for some other square sass to hand over his lunch money. Determined sedition.

    Disgusting.

  2. What a stupid article. Trump didn’t incite violence against Hillary or anyone else, he just pointed out the hypocrisy of the anti gun politicians: We the simple middle class serfs shall not be permitted to use tools of self defense, must rely on police who are minutes away when seconds count, must rely on police who have no legal duty to come to our aid(according to court decisions in this country, in cases of crime victims suing the police who were notified through 911but refused to respond, resulting in horrendous crimes perpetrated against the victims); while all the liberal anti gun politicians are constantly surrounded by an army of bodyguards carrying… guns! Trump is pointing out that when the fascist socialists say they are anti gun, they mean they want to tighten the control of us the simple folks by disallowing our means of self defense, while the self proclaimed patrician class can have all the guns they want.

    • Of course those who have more means and those who have whichever position of importance or power will have access to more opportunities, in regards to self-defence and everything else. Are you going to argue that the self-proclaimed patrician class should give up their right to live in a mansion because there are formerly-middle-class serfs who can afford no more than a small apartment? Or their private jets because others have to drive cross-country? Not even stalin would agree with that.

      Bodyguards are very professional and well-trained, they are also screened, perhaps not well enough, but still somehow. When was the last time you heard about someone from Clinton or Obama security going bezerk and shooting at people?

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