Trump Suggests Gun Supporters Kill Hillary -- Then Lies Again

Good morning, Friends,

The man sitting a couple of rows behind Donald Trump's left shoulder yesterday afternoon at UNCW's Trask Coliseum in Wilmington, N,C., reacted instantly, and that reaction was a moment that spoke truth.

No spin, no lie, no explanation can change that moment of purity.

Trump was doubling down on his false claim, saying that Hillary Clinton "...essentially wants to abolish the Second Amendment."

He then went on, "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 tell you what. That'll be a horrible day."

The implication was immediately clear to me as I watched his speech. And it was equally clear to his typical white middle-aged supporter sitting behind him.

The grey-bearded man's eyes went wide, and you could see him clearly say very much out loud, "Whoa!"

Hello Mr. Trump. Take a good look. I'm your worst nightmare.

Trump actually suggested that a gun supporter kill Hillary Clinton. And he had painted a scenario in which she'd already be a sitting president picking judges.

So, The Donald was suggesting that someone assassinate the President of the United States!

He was immediately called on his outrageous remark by Robby Mook, Hillary's campaign manager.

The Trump campaign's response was some ridiculous spin that he was referring to Second Amendment political unity. No one's buying.

Today, The Donald's wasting more precious hours rationalizing, while digging an ever deeper hole for himself.

That one moment of honesty, caught on camera, belies everything he or any one of his surrogates can concoct about what Nubbs "meant."

Instead of spending the day capitalizing on some serious Hillary missteps of the last 24 hours, Trump will spend an unknown number of days defending his arguably worst gaffe yet.

His dangerous words are a dog whistle to any of his more off-balance followers (and there are more than a handful of them) that they have Trump's approval to take out Hillary Clinton violently.

If he had not incited his sycophants to violence in the past, we might have just let this serious incident slide. But it's been a nasty pattern for him.

And what makes matters worse is his denial of what was obvious to even his most ardent followers, who are vetted by Trump's advance team before they are seated on camera behind the candidate.

That one instant reaction spoke the whole truth.

If you or I had said publicly what Trump had, guess who'd come knocking on our door.

Enough is enough. They need to be knocking on his.