18 September,2016 09:28 AM IST | | Agencies
Donald Trump’s comment generates fresh row as some interpret the statement as ‘inciting people to violence’
Washington: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has reignited another controversy by seeking to disarm the secret service body guards of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
"I think her bodyguards should drop all weapons. Disarm immediately. Take their guns away, let's see what happens to her," Trump said at an election rally in Florida.
"Take their guns away? It'll be very dangerous," Trump said, stocking another controversy. While this is not for the first time that Trump has said this, but it is for the first time he said that it would be dangerous for Hillary.
Trump's remarks came when he was criticising the gun policy of the Democratic presidential nominee. Trump alleged that Hillary wants to destroy Second Amendment, referring to the US Constitution's clause that enshrines the rights of Americans to bear arms.
The Hillary Campaign slammed Trump for such a remark, saying the real estate tycoon has a pattern of inciting people to violence. "Donald Trump has a pattern of inciting people to violence," said Robby Mook, campaign manager Hillary for America.
"Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of Commander in Chief," he said. "This kind of talk should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate, just like it should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate to peddle a conspiracy theory about the President of the United States for five years," Mook said.
