Hillary Clinton savages Donald Trump's 'reckless' response to Orlando shooting

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Source: The Guardian


Hillary Clinton savages Donald Trump's 'reckless' response to Orlando shooting

‘Not one of Donald Trump’s reckless ideas would have saved a single life in Orlando,’ says Democratic candidate while calling for stricter gun control

Clinton slams Trump’s response to Orlando attack: ‘He wouldn’t have saved anyone’

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Lauren Gambino in New York

Thursday 16 June 2016 02.12 EDT
Last modified on Thursday 16 June 2016 02.37 EDT


The “reckless” proposals floated by Donald Trump would have done nothing to prevent the carnage of the Orlando massacre, Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.

Speaking at a national security forum, Clinton continued to challenge her opponent’s preparedness to lead the nation in a time of crisis while declaring Trump “temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified” to assume the role of commander-in-chief.

“Not one of Donald Trump’s reckless ideas would have saved a single life in Orlando,” Clinton said. “A ban on Muslims would not have stopped this attack. Neither would a wall. I don’t know how one builds a wall to keep the internet out,” she told an event in Hampton, Virginia.

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Trump has nonetheless reacted to the tragedy, labeled by Barack Obama as both an act of terror and a hate crime, with his signature bluster. The presumptive Republican nominee has reiterated his call for a ban on Muslim immigration to the US, accused Muslims in America of protecting radicals and even suggested the president was complicit with terrorists........................

Her event on Wednesday, at the Virginia Air and Space Center, was emblematic of the ways in which Clinton has sought to distinguish herself from Trump. Seated at a roundtable with military families and service members, Clinton offered only brief remarks before engaging in a conversation with attendees that resembled the listening tour she embarked upon when launching her campaign........................................

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/15/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-orlando-massacre-gun-control

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. "Not one of Donald Trump’s reckless ideas would have saved a single life"

And the amendments proposed by Dem senators would also not have saved a single life.

Not in FL, CT, CO, CA, GA, etc.

All were done with guns legally purchased, and if the Senators' amendments had been in place, the gun purchases would still be legal.

Good theatrics, though.

[TomCADem]

2. Savage? Word choice is odd

Just like the word choice describing President Obama as a "tirade", which looked pretty cerebral to me.