Trump’s loaded words fuel campaign freefall
Detouring off script again lands the GOP nominee in perilous territory.
By Eli Stokols
08/09/16 05:21 PM EDT
Updated 08/09/16 05:53 PM EDT
Barely 24 hours after Donald Trump delivered a speech intended to reset his staggering presidential campaign, his off-the-cuff suggestion that people resort to violence against his opponent has him right back in the ditch.
At a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday, Trump applied his signature sarcasm to a political third rail, stating that "the Second Amendment" may be the only way to stop Clinton from getting to appoint federal judges if she defeats him in November.
“Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish, the Second Amendment,” he said. “By the way, and if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know. But I’ll tell you what, that will be a horrible day.”
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