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Trump: Clinton’s Secret Service agents should ‘drop all weapons’
08/25/2016   By Lisa Hagen | The Hill
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Donald Trump called on Hillary Clinton to tell Secret Service agents to "drop all weapons" if she's elected president, continuing to accuse the Democratic presidential nominee of wanting to "take away your guns."

At a Thursday rally in Manchester, N.H., the GOP nominee veered from his prepared remarks and vowed to the audience that he would protect the Second Amendment.

"I think the first thing she should do is call up Washington and immediately request that her great Secret Service agents drop all weapons," Trump said.

"Let them walk around with no weapons," he continued. "Let’s see how she feels about that when she wants to take away your guns."

Trump has repeatedly claimed that Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment, an accusation the Democratic nominee has called unequivocally denied.

Clinton has said she wants to protect the right to bear arms, but supports background checks for more sales and rules preventing suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms.

The real estate mogul created a firestorm earlier this month with a remark about "Second Amendment people" taking action to prevent Clinton from making Supreme Court appointments. Many interpreted the comment as a call to violence.

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