Donald Trump’s
latest controversy is that he suggested there might be something that Second Amendment
people might be able to do about Hillary Clinton’s appointments to the bench if
she wins. The Trump campaign’s push back
has been to claim the candidate was merely encouraging 2nd Amendment
supporters to go and vote.
For our purposes today it does not much matter which
version we are inclined to believe. The key point is that Donald Trump has a
tendency at times to speak as if he takes in the language people speak on the
internet and then repeats it. 2nd amendment supporters have a
tendency to speak boldly about how they intend to use the 2nd
amendment (their guns) to protect themselves from political outcomes they don’t
like.
A simple Facebook search shows
that beneath a “Gun Control Kills” cover page is the comment that “I am willing
to die to protect my 2nd Amendment Rights. Are You Willing to Die
Trying to take them from me?” This is
the sort of language one finds when searching for 2nd Amendment
Supporters on the Internet, and it fits very well with Donald Trump’s
comments.
Sometimes Donald Trump is
himself, but sometimes he is just passing along what he reads. This is one of those times. Had Trump not had
other statement problems this might not have blown up, but since he has had
these issues this one got wide attention. It is one of the downsides of being a
first time candidate.
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