Campaigning in Iowa, Donald Trump used this analogy to describe how strong he believes his support remains:
Trump: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters."
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) January 23, 2016
(This was in the context of Trump bragging about his supporters' devotion. He said Cruz's support is more "soft" than his is.)
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) January 23, 2016
He really did say it:
This guy. https://t.co/WYBiFqnwnp
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) January 23, 2016
Trump’s latest controversial comments generated plenty of response:
We’ve reached the “Trump mocks his own supporters” stage of Trumpmania https://t.co/CG3NsEqaWu
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/690973032802836480
https://twitter.com/RandyEBarnett/status/690983979588153344
Fact check: Incredibly sadly true. https://t.co/4810KLbCkS
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) January 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/alilmascara/status/690975457018122241
Trump essentially calling his own voters mindless lemmings. https://t.co/u33CB10HE2
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) January 23, 2016
Full video of the event:
Quote at 1:33:18 mark. https://t.co/8khdXVf4Ie "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue…" https://t.co/6LIHcOGPl7 @JohnEkdahl
— CLA (@ConservativeLA) January 23, 2016
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