Pence: 'Of Course' Trump Wasn't Encouraging Violence Against Clinton

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

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."

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pence-trump-second-amendment-comment

[Mz Pip]

1. Clean-up on aisle 3

Pense is going to need a bigger broom and mop.

[MichiganVote]

2. Yeah sure. We've already been through this Pence. We know an asassination threat.

[catbyte]

3. What a load. Yeah, Don the Con was clear, alright, and that ain't what that vile asshole meant.

That wasn't even worth a " nice try, I guess."

[Grassy Knoll]

4. Brilliant...

Ask The Driver of the getaway car if they robbed the bank.

[kestrel91316]

5. Two words for Pence: stochastic terrorism

[truthisfreedom]

17. A Call to Action by a Random Volunteer

Cuff him, perp walk him.

[PJMcK]

6. Every time he speaks, they have to clarify

What is the problem with Donald Trump? Every time he says something, his surrogates have to explain what he meant.

It's as if all of us don't speak English. Words have specific meanings and that's why there are dictionaries: they create the commonality of communication. But when Mr. Trump speaks, someone else has to explain what he meant or that he was "joking" or "sarcastic."

I clearly understand the words he says. Of all people, Governor Pence doesn't have to explain them to me. Donald Trump's followers also understand those words and that's where the danger lies.

[jpak]

7. Lying sack 'o shit

yup

[SwankyXomb]

8. If Clinton had said the same thing about Trump

Pence would be calling for her to be drawn and quartered on the National Mall.

[area51]

22. +1, you beat me to it. n/t

[Feeling the Bern]

9. How long will it take before Pence is tired of polishing a turd?

[mercuryblues]

28. pence will

not only polish that turd, he will eat it if it means he can get into the WH and take away women's rights, once and for all.

[dhill926]

10. "I think Donald Trump is very clear,"

And I think Mike Pence is very stupid...

[truthisfreedom]

11. And by the way Melania's speech was totally original.

Totally.

[CentralMass]

12. Well it looks like Trump picked a running g mate with no standards.

[Third Doctor]

13. This is more red meat for

the nutjobs in his base.

[Rex]

14. Well gee Pence, I disagree and think you are lying too.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

15. WELLL READ THE FULL CONTEXT of the comment - it clearly was referring to after the election and what

could be done to stop her from appointing SC justices - ie "nothing" could be done except maybe the "second amendment people" could do something. It had nothing to do with the November vote - AT ALL - as Trump et al are now claiming.

[sarcasmo]

16. Sent a message to the Secret Service Twitter account.

[INdemo]

18. Best thing that happened when Pence joined the Trump campaign as VP.....

......We got him the helll out of Indiana

[Tobin S.]

19. Amen.

[Midnight Writer]

20. He wasn't encouraging violence. He was threatening it.

He is trying to scare her by coming up so very close to that line. Classic bully tactic.

I imagine she will now be more resolved than ever.

[Kablooie]

21. Doesn't matter what he meant, what everyone heard is the issue.

[olddad56]

23. of course, Trump is no loose cannon

[Gary 50]

24. Mike Pence said "I think Donald Trump is very clear."

Yeah Mike, what he said is very clear and anyone who understands English knows exactly what he said. Your lies about what he meant are obvious and disgusting. If you had any shred of human decency you would have to admit that Donald Trump is a psychopath and that your duty as a citizen of this country is to make sure that this lunatic never gets anywhere near the highest office in the land.

[Nancy Waterman]

25. GOP gaslighting America

This reminds me yet again fo the article from a few weeks back about the GOP and Trump in particular gaslighting America.

https://www.texasobserver.org/how-the-gop-is-gaslighting-america/

Gaslighting is a psychological tactic used by abusers, particularly but not only domestic abusers, to confuse, shame and manipulate others into believing that they cannot accurately interpret reality. Trump spokesperson Katrina Pierson echoed Manafort later on Tuesday, flat-out denying that the speech was plagiarized. She too used the word “absurd.”

Simply replace yesterday’s events about “Second amendment people” or last week’s about inviting Russia to hack Hillary, and you get the picture. They simply reinvent reality to serve their purpose, denying what is right in front of us and obvious.

[liberal N proud]

26. Why did the rest of the world see it as inciting someone to commit murder

[matt819]

27. This from a man who says he's a Christian first

then a republican, then an American. Maybe those last two are reversed, but the Christian thing was definitely first.

Yeah, I think I remember that part in the bible where Jesus tells his followers to, you know, turn the other cheek (wink wink).

[NurseJackie]

29. Lying is not very Christian of him.

[frogmarch]

30. BS! If Trump had meant that the

2nd amendment supporters (right to bear arms nuts) should vote Hillary out, he would have said just that. And why did he bring up the 2nd amendment if he wasn't suggesting someone shoot her?

[question everything]

31. A somone recently commented: VP candidates are supposed to be the attack dogs

Pence is the pooper scooper..

[yellowcanine]

32. Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?