{"id":3946,"date":"2016-08-10T13:07:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T18:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2016-08-10T13:07:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T18:07:09","slug":"donald-trump-thug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/donald-trump-thug\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump: Thug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brody-Goodfellas-1200.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3948\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/donald-trump-thug\/brody-goodfellas-1200\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brody-Goodfellas-1200.jpg?fit=360%2C243&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"360,243\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brody-Goodfellas-1200\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brody-Goodfellas-1200.jpg?fit=360%2C243&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brody-Goodfellas-1200-300x203.jpg?resize=300%2C203\" alt=\"Brody-Goodfellas-1200\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brody-Goodfellas-1200.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Brody-Goodfellas-1200.jpg?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Yesterday the man that the GOP establishment is largely still supporting mused out loud about what &#8220;the Second Amendment People&#8221; might have to do if Hillary were to get elected. \u00a0As\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/notes\/2016\/08\/trump-time-capsule-73-the-second-amendment-people\/495209\/?utm_source=feed\">James Fallows observed<\/a>, &#8220;If an ordinary citizen made a similar joke at a town meeting, or if someone in the media like me were to say something similar on a TV or radio show, the Secret Service would probably want to know more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course the candidate now claims it&#8217;s all being misconstrued. \u00a0Right.\u00a0 Puts me in mind of other innocent observations like,\u00a0&#8220;Hey, nice car you&#8217;ve got there. \u00a0It&#8217;d be a shame if somebody keyed it in the parking lot while you&#8217;re at work&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;from the WaPo:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/from-trumps-controversial-words-a-pattern-outrage-headlines-and-then-denial\/2016\/08\/09\/4feadec0-5e71-11e6-8e45-477372e89d78_story.html\">From Trump\u2019s controversial words, a pattern: Outrage, headlines and then denial<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/c\/embed\/4774f2da-5e67-11e6-84c1-6d27287896b5\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/isaac-stanley-becker\">Isaac Stanley-Becker<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/sean-sullivan\">Sean Sullivan<\/a> August 10 at 12:11 AM<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WILMINGTON, N.C. \u2014 Donald Trump was ticking through a list of reasons to support him over Hillary Clinton on Tuesday when he decided to linger on one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,\u201d Trump said with a shrug at a rally here after accusing Clinton of wanting to strip Americans of their gun rights. He paused, then softly offered a postscript: \u201cAlthough the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The denouncements came swiftly from Clinton\u2019s campaign and her allies \u2014 and from outside politics. The insinuation, critics said, was that Trump was inciting his followers to bear arms against a president in the future. And Trump\u2019s response was just as swift: He\u2019d said nothing of the sort but was merely encouraging gun rights advocates to be politically involved.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern has repeated itself again and again. First come Trump\u2019s attention-getting expressions. Then come the outraged reactions. The headlines follow. Finally, Trump, his aides and his supporters lash out at the media, accusing journalists of twisting his words or missing the joke. It happened last week, when Trump appeared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2016\/08\/06\/trumps-right-he-didnt-kick-a-baby-out-of-a-campaign-rally\/\">kick a baby out of a rally<\/a>, then later insisted that he was kidding. It happened the week before, when he encouraged Russia to hack Clinton\u2019s emails, then claimed he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-to-russia-uncover-release-deleted-clinton-emails\/2016\/07\/27\/fdf234ea-5472-11e6-b652-315ae5d4d4dd_story.html\">just being sarcastic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And with each new example, Trump\u2019s rhetorical asides grow more alarming to many who hear them \u2014 and prompt condemnations from an ever-wider universe of critics. On Tuesday, for instance, even Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), one of Trump\u2019s most ardent defenders, struggled to fully embrace his comments. Sessions insisted in an interview on CNN that Trump did not mean to encourage violence, but he acknowledged that Trump\u2019s words were \u201cawkwardly phrased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People from other corners weighed in, too. \u201cAs the daughter of a leader who was assassinated, I find #Trump\u2019s comments distasteful, disturbing, dangerous,\u201d tweeted Bernice King, daughter of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. \u201cHis words don\u2019t #LiveUp. #MLK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service acknowledged Tuesday in a tweet that agents were \u201caware\u201d of the episode.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s most dedicated fans said they understood what he was saying, and they scoffed at the reaction of Democrats and the headlines from newspapers and news shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn no way was he threatening Hillary,\u201d said Sarah Smith, a 72-year-old retiree who attended the rally in Wilmington where Trump made the remark. \u201cAnybody who thinks that is delusional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Renaud, 66, said he took the comment \u201cat face value,\u201d meaning gun owners have to mobilize lest Clinton is able to stack the Supreme Court. \u201cIt was just off-the-cuff talking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Keri Malkin, 49, said she didn\u2019t \u201chear it that way at all,\u201d suggesting that the insinuation that the comment was a threat against Clinton was engineered by her supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHillary lies a lot, so it\u2019s no surprise that her supporters would lie,\u201d Malkin said.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump\u2019s rhetorical asides appear to be taking a toll among the electorate overall. Many voters find his remarks distasteful, even given his explanations. 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