Trump Campaign Swings At Clinton For Accusing Trump Of ‘Treason’

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calls out to supporters as he exits after speaking in Charlotte, N.C. Trump is on the clock. With less than 80 days to reboot an... FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calls out to supporters as he exits after speaking in Charlotte, N.C. Trump is on the clock. With less than 80 days to reboot and rally a presidential campaign that’s done little but stagger between stumbles since the close of the Republican convention, the GOP nominee’s allies said the celebrity businessman and his new leadership team are “laser-focused” and ready to focus the billionaire’s considerable venom on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) MORE LESS
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In a second statement released Monday morning, Donald Trump’s campaign said Hillary Clinton was trying “to distract from her horrible record on ISIS” by accusing her opponent of treason.

“Hillary Clinton’s comments today accusing Mr. Trump of treason are not only beyond the pale, it’s also an attempt to distract from her horrible record on ISIS,” Trump spokesman Jason Miller said in the statement. “If Clinton really wants to find the real cause of ISIS, she needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror.”

While Clinton did not use the word “treason” in a press conference earlier Monday morning, her comments mirrored the language in the U.S. legal definition of treason.

Clinton warned Americans not to get “distracted” by Trump’s “irresponsible, reckless rhetoric” after weekend attacks involving explosives in three cities in New York and New Jersey, as well as the stabbing of nine people in a Minnesota mall.

“We also know from the former head of our counterterrorism center, Matt Olsen, that the kinds of rhetoric and language that Mr. Trump has used is giving aid and comfort to our adversaries,” Clinton added.

Read the full Trump campaign statement below:

“Hillary Clinton’s comments today accusing Mr. Trump of treason are not only beyond the pale, it’s also an attempt to distract from her horrible record on ISIS. If Clinton really wants to find the real cause of ISIS, she needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror. The decision to remove all American troops from Iraq in 2011, which was vigorously supported by Clinton, created the vacuum that led to the founding of ISIS. Nothing she says or does can ever un-ring that bell. The only thing we can expect from a Hillary Clinton presidency is more attacks on our homeland and more innocent Americans being hurt and killed.” – Jason Miller, Senior Communications Advisor

And watch Clinton’s remarks:

This post has been updated.

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  1. She accused him of treason? Great! (His real regret is that he didn’t think of it first.)

  2. So did HO support the withdrawl before or after he opposed it?

  3. Mr. I Want To Commit War Crimes says what now?

  4. Maybe Dick Cheney will come to the Drumpster’s aid.

    (Awaiting tweet storm in 5…4…3…)

  5. This should be HO’s campaign song:

    If I were King of the Forest, Not queen, not duke, not prince.

    My regal robes of the forest, would be satin, not cotton, not chintz.

    I’d command each thing, be it fish or fowl.

    With a woof and a woof and a royal growl - woof.

    As I’d click my heel, all the trees would kneel.

    And the mountains bow and the bulls kowtow.

    And the sparrow would take wing - If I - If I - were King!

    Each rabbit would show respect to me. The chipmunks genuflect to me.

    Though my tail would lash, I would show compash

    For every underling!

    If I - If I - were King!

    Just King!

    Monarch of all I survey – Mo–na-a-a–a-arch Of all I survey!

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