Nope, Trump Adviser Who Said Clinton Should Be Shot For Treason Isn’t Sorry

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An adviser to Donald Trump on veterans’ issues said Thursday that he isn’t sorry for saying Hillary Clinton should shot by a firing squad for treason.

In an interview with MSNBC on the floor of the Republican National Convention, Al Baldasaro, co-chair of Trump’s veterans group and a New Hampshire delegate and legislator, repeated that he thought Clinton should be tried for treason, but said there would have to be a trial to determine what her punishment would be.

“I said she should be tried for treason. Only at the end of a trial they tell you what the verdict is,” Baldasaro said.

The Secret Service said it was investigating Baldasaro for saying that Clinton should face “the firing squad. For treason,” a sentiment he’s expressed twice this week.

Baldasaro told MSNBC that the agency’s investigation was “a bunch of BS” from the “liberal media.”

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  1. And yes, these are the same people who say “the blood is on your hands” to BLM protesters, or Obama, when a cop gets shot.

    Funny how personal responsibility never seems to apply to them for the things they say.

  2. Baldasaro told MSNBC that the agency’s investigation was “a bunch of BS” from the “liberal media.”

    The Secret Service is controlled by the ‘liberal media?’ This one is a special kind of dumbass.

  3. Before the Secret Service leaves his underground bunker after they interview him, he will have apologized. On bended knee. With tears in his eyes.

    trumpet: Make American Degenerate Again.

  4. Avatar for meri meri says:

    Quick! Tell me what price he will pay for doing so!

    Oh, none? That would be why. Unless there’s a consequence, they won’t stop.

  5. New Hampshire legislators are the Florida men of the political world.

    Are there 400 NH legislators because they’re trying to hide the crazy ones or are there so many crazy ones because there’s 400?

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