When asked about how he felt about Donald Trump’s comments that “Second Amendment people” might be able to stop Hillary Clinton from appointing Supreme Court judges, Mike Pence jumped to his running mate’s defense and denied that Trump meant the comments as a threat.
Shortly after Trump made those comments Tuesday at a rally in North Carolina, Pence joined other Trump surrogates trying to walk them back following his own campaign event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
“I think Donald Trump is very clear,” Pence told NBC Philadelphia reporter Lauren Mayk.
“Hillary Clinton’s made it very clear that she wants to see changes in the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms,” he continued. “And I think what Donald Trump is clearly saying was that people who cherish that right, people who believe that firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens make communities more safe, not less safe should be involved in the political process.”
When Mayk asked Pence to clarify whether he thought Trump was advocating violence against Clinton, he said “of course not.”
“Donald Trump is urging people around the country to act consistently with their convictions in the course of this election,” he said. “And people who cherish the Second Amendment have a very clear choice in this election.”
Mark my words: Pence’s play here is to hope that somehow Trump is elected, then he’s counting on the fucker to get impeached and convicted in his first year. I bet he’s been watching “House of Cards” all over again for ideas…
Nope, doesn’t fly.
To understand what is meant, you need to look at both text and context:
Why would Trump say “maybe there is”?
Why would he add “I dunno”?
That’s the sort of crap Trump adds to claims that he knows aren’t acceptable. Weasely qualifiers intended for wiggle room.
Except in Pence’s interpretation, there’s no reason to add those phrases.
Occam’s Razor, people.
The man has the look of “dear lord, here we go again”…
Of course Trump wasn’t advocating violence… just like when he talked about roughing up protesters or hitting speakers at the DNC or…
I guess those things just naturally bleed from his whereever…
I call BULLSHIT! Plain & Simple
Although, I’d like to hear the prior statement, his statement was clear to me to mean, hey, if she gets elected, there’s nothing you can do…well, maybe some gun nut can kill her.
Again, I say Bullshit!
How can Pence talk with Trump’s penis in his mouth? I know it’s small, but still…