When describing his loyalty among supporters, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump joked that he could publicly shoot someone and they would still remain true to him.
“They say I have the most loyal people. Did you ever see that?” Trump said at a campaign stop in Sioux Center, Iowa Saturday.
“Where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody. And I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK? It’s like incredible.”
Asked about the remark on CNN, Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson made it clear that Trump was joking and speaking “off the cuff” as usual.
“He’s very candid, he’s not scripted, he engages with the audience and he always tells jokes.”
She added that “it was in the discussion of loyalty and voters and repeating what someone had told him earlier.”
Watch his remarks, via ABC News Politics:
WATCH: Donald Trump jokes he could “shoot somebody” and not “lose any voters” https://t.co/PdFKQFcA6shttps://t.co/9s93iE12hg
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 23, 2016
Reaction on Twitter was fairly predictable – all over the map, depending on who you support.
Trump essentially calling his own voters mindless lemmings. https://t.co/u33CB10HE2
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) January 23, 2016
We’ve reached the “Trump mocks his own supporters” stage of Trumpmania https://t.co/CG3NsEqaWu
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 23, 2016
.@anvilinvest @allahpundit @PatrickSvitek They won’t. I’ve already seen several on here defending the remark. Proving Trump’s point I guess.
— L. North (@LadyLNorth) January 23, 2016
@BenHowe @baseballcrank Once again he jokes. Once again critics take literally. Once again his numbers rise. They’ve done this since June
— Don Surber (@donsurber) January 23, 2016
@BenHowe @BettinaVLA I think it’s called tongue in cheek. https://t.co/PDUhbRPTwI https://t.co/AHuhU5cLj1
— Cliff Rhodes (@cliffrhodes) January 24, 2016
@BenHowe @vine I think Trump is TRYING to lose voters & they won’t go away! ? pic.twitter.com/eNs5grZ8Pn
— PrettyGirlG¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@PRETTYGIRLGG11) January 24, 2016
@BenHowe @DocWashburn is it just me or is he mocking his own supporters? They are so blinded by no wrong I don’t think they realize he is.
— dac12345 (@poopdaddy80) January 24, 2016
@BenHowe @vine No he is testing the press. Just wait.
— Curio S’ T (@srshappydjt2016) January 23, 2016
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