Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton responded today to the latest controversial comments made by her Republican opponent Donald Trump. At a campaign rally in Iowa, Clinton addressed Trump's call for "Second Amendment people" to stop Clinton from becoming president. She said, "Words matter. And if you are running to be president or you are president of the United States, words can have tremendous consequences."
The Trump campaign dismissed the suggestion that he was calling for gun owners to hurt Clinton. Trump insists he was only urging them to go out and vote. The comments are being investigated by the Secret Service and officials there have reportedly spoken with the Trump campaign about the situation. On the campaign trail today, the GOP nominee accused Clinton of "pay for play" during her tenure at the State Department. What do you say?
Should Donald Trump apologize for his call to action to gun owners? Do you agree with Hillary Clinton who also said this is the latest in a string of "casual comments" from Trump that "cross the line" of decency? How would you characterize the tone of this election season? With three months until Election Day, have you decided who you are voting for?
Natasha's Thoughts
If we didn't know it already, we definitely do after today's Trump Tower stunt: this election is completely wacky. Let's get back to substance and issues - enough with the tweets and "jokes".
Viewer E-mails
Donald trump should be stopped and a new GOP candidate chosen. ASAP
Jessica. Arden Heights
I'm voting for Mr. Trump 100%, he along with V.P. Pence will make America great again... The media should blow Trump's comments out of proportion, he or anyone else would never harm Hillary, he was just saying she shouldn't be President.... I agree with him, she shouldn't be President, she lied about her emails, innocent men died in Benghazi, she lied to their families and she lied at the Benghazi hearings. Hillary is mean and evil, she called innocent disabled kids retards, how dare she do that!!!! Tell us more about the guy that climbed the Trump Tower!!!
Herman
Upper West Side
Hillary Rodham Clinton ...At Benghazi hearings ..
"What difference – at this point, what difference does it make?"
Mark
Upper East Side
Why is this circus being allowed to continue day after day. This Hillary
has to many things going on and should have been arrested a long time
ago. She continues to tell lies one after another and reprimands everyone
as though she doesn't have a care in the world. She reads the riot act.
All of her immediate staff are implicated up to their necks in this favor
deal that Hillary has going on. To much money changing hands for favors.
She should never have been allowed to run for any type office with all of
this hanging over her head and ours.
Every office she has ever had she felt it was an entitlement starting off with
the Senate and right up her ladder of success.
I believe she will take away our weapons.
I also a local article that the administration is considering about dismantling
local law enforcement. Makes sense to me since just about all the authority
local law enforcement has had taken away from them. It's getting so that
they might have to say may I.
Sad situation.
maxxiee
mp
She is a horror and so is her camp with their third grade mentality.
Roscoe
Park hill
I believe we are all responsible for our own actions. When you are wrong in your behavior, or in what you say, the greatest sign of Character is to stand up and admit when you're wrong, and apologize. People will always respect an individual who shows humility.
Theresa
Upper West Side
There's a term that should be used more often this campaign season: gaslighting. It's an abusive verbal technique where someone says something outrageous, usually violent, horrible, or threatening, and then acts like people are crazy for being upset by it. In the confusion, the speaker gets away with the statement and those who heard it are left wondering about their own mental state. Trump is a master of it, and has relied on it throughout the campaign. The 'second amendment' line yesterday is just one example of many. As I said, it's abusive, and needs to be exposed for it to lose its power.
Jordan
Flushing
Sociopaths who put police lives at risk should be fined heavily. The money can subsequently serve as a reward to the apprehending responders.
Of course: Getting Trump to come off the ledge is going to be a little more difficult.
Michael in Greenpoint
Donald Trump is psychotic. There have been very few commentators on CNN who are able to state this. How many times does Trump get out of jail free?
Rob, east village
D. Trump should apologize. That's not how a Presidential Candidate should speak, He is attracting crazy, ignorant people with such rhetoric. He is irresponsible & I can't believe Americans r falling for this.
Cindy, from St Albans
If you want to say trump was insinuating to literally "take out" Hillary Clinton, it's the exact argument when we had the Black lives matter protesters saying extreme things about cops that got misinterpreted into taking out revenge on cops.
What I don't understand why it was so taboo to ask BLM to own up to how ppl might interpret their message. We live in a world with ppl not as educated or rational to understand what ppl really mean.
It goes both ways! I hate how democrats are so one sided.
-Pat in midtown
Didn't Hillary make a more obvious and clear statement that she should be voted in in 2008 because she insinuated that some racist might try to take out Obama? How short the memories of the liberal. We really need someone clean like Jill Stein or an uncorrupted 3rd party
-Merritt in Flatiron
That's right Hillary, words do matter. That's why cops are being slaughtered by race baiters who hate cops. The Democratic Party is using race to divide our country and try to win elections with lies. Isn't Clinton a one percenter?
Remember Black Lives Matter marching in Manhattan chanting what do we want? dead cop! When do we want it? Now! Most cop shootings are justified but you wouldn't know this with the Democrats or the media. Hands up don't shoot is a lie. Who controls the cops? Mostly Democratic Mayors.
When is Hillary and the Democrats going to stop lying and using cops as scapegoats and sacrificial lambs? When will the Democrats apologize to cops and their families? Trump said nothing wrong.
Philip
Rockaway Park
This whole 2ND Amendment controversy ISN'T really a controversy...! What he SAID wasn't a threat, people just feel it was a threat! Which is very egregious and problematic. (-_-)
Morhy
Upper West Side
ENOUGH! The both stink.
Vote Johnson-Weld. The Sensible Choice.
Jim from the Bronx
Donald Trump’s allusion to the Second Amendment is clear right-wing code talk for “Shoot her.” And everyone in his base got that.
Michael
Greenwich Village
Instead of saying Hillary is a liar, say what she is lying about -seriously what about her dam e-mails. What exactly did they say? Seems like a lot of people are burning with anger because they haven't gotten over President Obama.
Ann-Marie Brooklyn
I know the Trump campaign and the Republican Party have stated that this statement was merely misunderstood, but, lets understand the responsibility this person has to the Americans to be more careful with the words that he chooses to use in public forums.
Just another example of this mans reckless display of how unfit, uneducated, and irresponsible he is with words. This is absolutely unacceptable for a presidential candidate and completely denounce us as a country. The man is preying on the poor, the weak, the misinformed, and the uneducated Americans who listen, believe and follow him and his every word like mindless sheep, marching steadily to a cliff of no return. I feel so sorry for their ignorance.
But, let me leave you with this. I recall a Fox News anchorman Bill O'reilly making reckless statements regarding abortion doctors back in 2009, soon after there was random shootings of abortion doctors and this is a prime example of what happens when reckless people have unedited air time to address the general public. They simply do not belong in their positions and with that kind of responsibility, they are not worthy!!
T
Brooklyn