Pence: 'Of Course' Trump Not Urging Violence Against Hillary

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Mike Pence says Donald Trump was "of course not" encouraging violence against Hillary Clinton during a speech earlier Tuesday.

Trump's vice presidential nominee was asked about Trump's remark that there may be something Second Amendment supporters "can do" to stop Clinton if she nominates judges opposed it.

Pence says Trump was instead saying that gun rights supporters "should be involved in the political process and let their voice be heard." Pence made his comments to a reporter for NBC affiliate WCAU in Philadelphia following a Pence town hall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Pence is responding to Trump's comments at a rally earlier today that, "If (Clinton) gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know."

Asked if Trump was inferring violent acts against Clinton, Pence says, "Of course not, no."

Pence says, "he speaks from his heart, he speaks from his mind."


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