Gabby Giffords: Trump's '2nd Amendment' Line Insinuates Violence

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Gabby Giffords: Trump's '2nd Amendment' Line Insinuates Violence

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ByCatherine ThompsonPublishedAugust 9, 2016, 6:38 PM EDT

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, urged Americans in a statement Tuesday to condemn Donald Trump's remark about "Second Amendment people" taking action to stop Hillary Clinton from appointing Supreme Court judges, saying it could incite violence.

In a statement, Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, urged Americans to draw a "bright red line" between political speech and advocating violence.

"Responsible, stable individuals won’t take Trump’s rhetoric to its literal end, but his words may provide a magnet for those seeking infamy," their statement read. "They may provide inspiration or permission for those bent on bloodshed."

They went on in the statement to urge Trump's supporters and the GOP nominee himself to "to unambiguously condemn these remarks and the violence they insinuate."

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I am glad to see Gabby speak out forcefully in this incident.


Alex Seitz-Wald ?@aseitzwald 2h2 hours ago

More Gabby Giffords: Trump's words "may provide inspiration or permission for those bent on bloodshed."




Alex Seitz-Wald ?@aseitzwald 2h2 hours ago

Full statement:

[PJMcK]

1. If anyone has the credibility to speak out, it's Representative Giffords (n/t)

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2. @GavinNewsom: @SpeakerRyan @Reince @SenateMajLdr talk to @GabbyGiffords about the impact of inciting

so so TRUE


Gavin Newsom Verified account
?@GavinNewsom

. @SpeakerRyan @Reince @SenateMajLdr talk to @GabbyGiffords about the impact of inciting violence -- she almost lost her life because of it

[Granny M]

3. This is so frightening.

I'm glad Giffords is speaking out.

The amount of security that is going to be necessary to protect HRC, and anyone she nominates for the court, will have to be at an entirely new level from anything we've seen before. Trump has unleashed hell.

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4. I am scared for Hillary also. I had not really thought of any future proposed SC

nominees by Hillary.