YAY!!
I can sneak in a nap, too!
SEN. SUSAN COLLINS, (R) MAINE: Donald Trump has made so many disparaging and reckless comments that it is not surprising that this one has been misinterpreted. It is very rare for me to come to his defense, and as you know, I do not support him to be our next president, but in this case I truly interpreted his comments as saying that there are Second Amendment advocates in every state, that they have a lot of political clout, and that they could work together to prevent Hillary Clinton from becoming president. I really did not see it in any way as inciting violence or as a call for violence.CUOMO: Right.
COLLINS: But I think in many ways, the fact that it is interpreted that way reflects a constant stream of inappropriate and reckless comments that Donald Trump has made.
CUOMO: You know, I'll tell you, you know, in full openness and candor, I was not shocked by the words when he said it. Maybe I've become conditioned or maybe I just saw it as you did. Then, because of the job, I had to go back and look at the context and see where all this concern was coming from. You know, in context, he winds up saying if she wins, if she gets to pick her judges, there is nothing you can do, well, maybe you Second Amendment people, maybe there is something you can do. So in the context, it was talking about if she is president already, and I think that is what made people concerned, even now that famous man in the red shirt behind him, who looked at his wife and made the "Ooh" face to her. Why do you think people pick up on it if it is not what he intends to say?
Oh, and Collins misconstruction of many things [Khan, Curiel for example], plus the gratuitous remark that the fact that some people deliberately misconstrue what Trump says, makes Trump's remarks inappropriate.