Like I said, there goes the Orlando story. https://t.co/bjpgPNvKsk
— Jason (@jasonelevation) August 9, 2016
"lets be sure to focus on that guys father who showed up at hillary's public event that is huge news right n…"https://t.co/7yDhHEEPAi
— darth™ (@darth) August 9, 2016
Welp, looks like Hillary can send Donald Trump a big ol’ heart-shaped box of chocolates, because that whole story about the Orlando terrorist’s father just took a very distant back seat to this:
https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/763094255124439040
Here's Trump saying that maybe "the 2nd Amendment folks" can maybe prevent Hillary from choosing judges. pic.twitter.com/2lS2nHxpPI
— Candace Smith (@CandaceSmith_) August 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/763091715947388929
Is that supposed to be part of the “pivot” we’ve been hearing about?
OMG!! https://t.co/riTF869DoV
— Sister Delecto Toldjah ? (@sistertoldjah) August 9, 2016
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) August 9, 2016
"wat just happened wait did he ju…"https://t.co/FXTMEjuGlQ
— darth™ (@darth) August 9, 2016
Trump becomes the first person with Secret Service protection to be investigated by the Secret Service. https://t.co/4hUti5Nq9D
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) August 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/bob_owens/status/763097661473972224
Sigh. Maybe it’s not as bad as it sounds. Maybe he didn’t mean what it sounded like.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/763095768383324161
https://twitter.com/laurakfillault/status/763096032292986882
But come. On. Enough is enough. At some point, you’ve got to learn how to think before you speak. Because bad optics are bad optics. And this is not what’s going to win it for the GOP.
But maybe that’s just how Trump likes it.
He's gonna try to pull the "I was just kidding shit" to get out of this. But it shouldn't matter if he was kidding or not.
— ana marie c?x (@anamariecox) August 9, 2016
Is there a single conservative cause that Trump hasn’t harmed in the last year?
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) August 9, 2016
That sound you hear is the poll numbers crashing through the floor. https://t.co/WsIPKCap57
— Emily Zanotti’s Great & Unmatched Wisdom (@emzanotti) August 9, 2016
Trump clearly playing a game of Polling Limbo. How low can you go. How low can you go.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/lyndseyfifield/status/763098396278358016
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/763097284334776321
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/763097046094057472
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/763097449166700544
https://twitter.com/DanFosterType/status/763097053757054976
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/763096411634147328
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
Full context of the 2nd Amendment line pic.twitter.com/UowsjJKuVt
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) August 9, 2016
That was about as coherent a statement as we’ve come to expect.
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/763108580446855168
Looks like a lengthy ramble someone might do after saying something really stupid. @GideonResnick @RealDonaldTrump
— Fresh Brew (@TheFreshBrew) August 9, 2016
The damage is already done. Hillary couldn’t’ve asked for more.
Trump's outlandish statements always seem to come right as Hillary's campaign would be going into crisis mode. Odd.
— Paul Brian (@paulrbrian) August 9, 2016
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Updates:
D’oh! WATCH this man react to Trump’s Second Amendment SNAFU
Spin mode, ACTIVATE: Campaigns duel over Trump’s ‘Second Amendment people’ crack
Garry Kasparov finds Trump’s ‘Second Amendment people’ remarks all too familiar
Sen. Chris Murphy hears ‘Second Amendment people,’ thinks unstable people with unhinged hatred
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