At his rally in Panama City, Florida Wednesday night, President Donald Trump was riffing on immigration when an audience member interjected with a suggestion on how to stem the tide of migrants crossing the border.
“Shoot them,” he said.
Trump paused his remarks, chuckling along with the crowd.
“That’s only in the panhandle you can get away with that stuff,” he quipped to renewed laughter.
Watch here:
Trump chuckles at an audience member’s suggestion to “shoot” immigrants pic.twitter.com/3YfJdkmlj8
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) May 9, 2019
the Bible thumping Floridians who wouldn’t know Jesus Christ if they saw him but he knows them
If this doesn’t end soon we won’t have a country left.
Which is what conservatives were saying about Obama. But he was giving us health care and gay marriage.
For some context, an observer at the rally tweets the set-up from Trump that caused the crowd’s “Shoot them!” response:
At his rally tonight, Trump says the government is unable to violently attack immigrants, someone in the crowd shouted “Shoot them!”
The crowd & Trump erupt in laughter & cheers. Trump says, “Only in the panhandle can you get away with that statement.”pic.twitter.com/SgQd2OH9ti
— jordan (@JordanUhl) May 9, 2019