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10th August 2016
07:40am BST

"It’s called the power of unification – 2nd Amendment people have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power. And this year, they will be voting in record numbers, and it won’t be for Hillary Clinton, it will be for Donald Trump."The candidate himself tried to explain it away via his preferred mode of communication: Twitter. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/763198483927011329 The National Rifle Association (NRA) had this to say: https://twitter.com/NRA/status/763110521889402880 https://twitter.com/NRA/status/763110645621329920 Clinton's response to the controversy has been simply to RT her campaign manager's response, as well a tweet from former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was the victim of a foiled assassination. https://twitter.com/GabbyGiffords/status/763151326238736385 Clinton's account also re-posted this effective ad playing to fears of what a Trump presidency would mean for the mindset of America's children. https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/763167527933386752 Others, however, pointed to a clumsy remark Hillary Clinton herself made in May 2008 during her bitter contest with Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. When she was asked by a reporter why she hadn't yet dropped out of the race, Clinton replied: "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California.” That comment was condemned as playing on very real safety concerns about Obama because of his historic candidacy, and Clinton apologised. "I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and in particular the Kennedy family was in any way offensive," she said. Still, Trump's latest outrage is likely to escalate the movement to force Trump to drop out of the race. https://twitter.com/RiotWomennn/status/763221536069124096 Polls over the last week have consistently shown Clinton opening a huge lead over Trump in November's election, with various polls giving her anything from an eight to 15 point advantage over Trump.
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