Donald Trump spokeswoman and chief apologist Katrina Pierson appeared on MSNBC Wednesday to indicate that is simply ludicrous to think that Trump suggesting that “Second Amendment people” could “do something” about Hillary Clinton could be interpreted as a threat or an incitement to violence. MSNBC’s Kate Snow told Pierson she was “speechless, trying to follow your logic.”
“The campaign itself issued a statement last night talking about the political power of the NRA,” Pierson said, with the admirable serenity of someone who definitely doesn’t work for a maniac. “This is, after all, the oldest continuous operating civil rights organization. It’s been active for over 144 years. It’s one of the top three political groups in Washington D.C. With 93 million voters and people in the country who own guns legally, there has been massive, massive support for the Second Amendment, for the NRA specifically. Kate, they have produced documentaries on how powerful the NRA is in Washington—”
“I don’t think anybody denies that they have a lot of power,” Snow cut in firmly. “But that’s not what Donald Trump said yesterday.”
Pierson then argued that Trump was talking about Clinton’s ability to pick Supreme Court justices, which she would inevitably use to take guns away, and that the NRA would need to pressure Senators not to approve her SCOTUS picks. Or something. She allowed that “people may have heard” Trump’s remarks as threatening, but that definitely wasn’t on him.