âThat was a prime site for river crossings,â he explained the Times. âSo, if people are crossing the river, and you happen to be in a civil war, I would say that people were shotâa lot of them. ...Write your story the way you want to write it. You donât have to talk to anybody. It doesnât make any difference. But many people were shot. It makes sense.â
He is running for president for heaven’s sake and needs to be able to present at least a token offer an evidence to corroborate a historical claim of such supposed major import.