Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump revived another campaign controversy Friday night, sarcastically calling for Hillary Clinton’s Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms before adding, “let’s see what happens to her.”
(FOX)- “I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons. They should disarm, right?” Trump asked the crowd at a Miami rally. “Take their guns away, she doesn’t want guns. Take their — and let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away. OK, it would be very dangerous.”
There was no immediate comment or clarification from the Trump campaign about the remarks. However, the Clinton campaign had a quick reaction. Spokesman Robby Mook released a statement Friday night saying Trump “has a pattern of inciting people to violence. Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of Commander in Chief.
“This kind of talk should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate,” Mook wrote.
A spokeswoman for the Secret Service declined to comment.
The riff recalled a remark Trump made last month that many Democrats condemned as a call for Clinton’s assassination. Speaking at a rally in North Carolina, the Republican nominee said his opponent wants to “abolish, essentially, the Second Amendment.”