How Many Republicans Pulled their Endorsements of Trump after he Suggested Gun Owners Assassinate Hillary Clinton?

Just when you think 2016 can’t get any worse:

“On Tuesday, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Donald Trump was riffing on the “horrible” prospect of a Hillary Clinton victory when he paused and suggested, with a lift of his eyebrows, that there is a way that his opponent could be stopped. “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Trump said. “Although, the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don’t know.”

In the arena, where the crowd appeared to be half-engaged in Trump’s familiar patter, the comment produced little more than a desultory cheer. But, for a second, Trump looked down, as if the full implications of his comment had caught him by surprise. Of those seated behind Trump, only a bearded attendee in a red shirt reacted immediately, looking to his right, mouth agape. His expression asked, as many Americans soon would: Did the Republican nominee just raise the prospect that, if he loses, gun owners could attack a President — or federal judges?

He literally told his supporters they might want to consider killing Hillary Clinton before she can appoint federal judges.

Just think about that.

Yeah.

Even if it was a joke.

Still.

This goes way beyond exploiting people’s fears. Trump told his supporters their only recourse, if defeated at the polls, is to resort to murder.

His defenders cry, “He’s telling it like it is! He’s saying what’s on everyone’s mind!” “Quit making such a big deal, you’re just being Politically Correct!”

Republican politicians, doormats that they are, drone on incessantly, “I’m still supporting Donald Trump for President.” There’s literally nothing Trump could say that would cross the line with them.

If they’re too cowardly to say “Enough is enough.” at this point, they’re just as unworthy of support as Trump. If Republican politicians have to abide this type of talk to maintain support and stay in their seats, forget them.

They lack the moral character to lead, same as Trump.

Anyone who has endorsed Trump got yet another free pass to bail on him.

But did you see any Republicans pull their endorsements of Trump after he made that remark?

No?

Hm.

They had a free pass. They still do. They could simply say:

“Donald Trump went entirely over the line with his suggestion that people who support the Second Amendment might want to consider assassinating Hillary Clinton. I cannot, in good conscience, support a man so reckless, inflammatory and irresponsible. This type of rhetoric is beyond un-presidential, it’s criminal.”

But none of them have said this.

None took the exit ramp.

And that, more than Trump himself, is why I left the Republican Party.

If it was just an awful nominee, there would be a reason to stick around. If morally courageous leaders stood up and repudiated him, that’s a party worth saving. But no one stood up to him for saying this. No Republican said, “Enough is enough.”

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Trump said this. It’s who he is; he’s the shock-jock candidate, not to mention mentally unstable.

What’s truly unforgivable is the lack of Republicans willing to unequivocally condemn and renounce him in the wake of these remarks.