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Clinton: Trump is in the pocket of the gun lobby
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"Unlike Donald Trump, I will not pander to the gun lobby, and we will not be silenced and we will not be intimidated," Clinton said. "As long as children anywhere are being killed by gun violence, we will keep fighting for our kids, because they deserve a president who stands up for them and stands with the mothers here. Their lives are valuable."
Trump said Clinton was "heartless" for backing restrictions on gun ownership, and said he would overturn President Barack Obama's executive actions on guns and do away with gun-free zones, including in schools.
Clinton, responding to that speech, said Trump's vision "isn't just way out there, it's dangerous," and noted that while Trump wants to allow guns in schools, she believes "parents, teachers and schools should have the right to keep guns out of classrooms, just like Donald Trump does at many of his hotels, by the way."
"If you want to imagine what Trump's America will look like, picture more kids at risk of violence and bigotry," Clinton said. "Picture more anger and fear. Ask any of the mothers here tonight if they want to live in that kind of America. Enough is enough."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/21/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-nra/index.html
"Unlike Donald Trump, I will not pander to the gun lobby, and we will not be silenced and we will not be intimidated," Clinton said. "As long as children anywhere are being killed by gun violence, we will keep fighting for our kids, because they deserve a president who stands up for them and stands with the mothers here. Their lives are valuable."
Trump said Clinton was "heartless" for backing restrictions on gun ownership, and said he would overturn President Barack Obama's executive actions on guns and do away with gun-free zones, including in schools.
Clinton, responding to that speech, said Trump's vision "isn't just way out there, it's dangerous," and noted that while Trump wants to allow guns in schools, she believes "parents, teachers and schools should have the right to keep guns out of classrooms, just like Donald Trump does at many of his hotels, by the way."
"If you want to imagine what Trump's America will look like, picture more kids at risk of violence and bigotry," Clinton said. "Picture more anger and fear. Ask any of the mothers here tonight if they want to live in that kind of America. Enough is enough."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/21/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-nra/index.html
These comments were made at the Trayvon Martin Foundation's third annual "Circle of Mothers" meeting. Sabrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, invited Clinton to speak. Trayvon Martin was the 17-year-old Floridian killed in 2012 by former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Zimmerman's acquittal sparked protests across the country.
Unlike the right-wing gun lobby, the NRA, and their gun humper enablers, Hillary Clinton actually cares about our children, and about making our society safer from gun violence. Trump speaks for the gun nuts who are threatening to overthrow our government if they don't get their way. Fuck Trump AND them.