It’s obvious why Donald Trump is at the top of the polls: he says what most Americans are thinking.
The Republican front runner appeared on “Face the Nation” Sunday and when asked about his response to the terrorist attack in San Bernardino last week, he said a big problem was that the victims were unarmed.
“You look at Paris. No guns, nothing,” Trump said. “You look at California, no guns. I can tell you one thing: if I’m in there with a gun we’re going down shooting,” Trump declared.
When John Dickerson asked Trump if he was concerned his stance would “create more terrorists,” Trump pushed back.
“His sister said she didn’t know what was going on. She was crestfallen for the victims…” Dickerson said as Trump interjected, “I probably don’t believe the sister.”
“So you’d go after her,” Dickerson asked. “I’d go after a lot of people,” Trump responded, “and find out whether they knew. I’d be able to find out — because I don’t believe the sister.”
“Do you worry about creating more terrorists,” Trump was asked and he said, “We have to stop terrorists and the only way you’re going to stop them in my opinion is that way.
“You know they say they don’t mind dying, I think they do mind dying. But I can tell you this: they want their families left alone. We have to stop terrorism,” Trump said.
Dickerson asked again, “You don’t think there’s a worry that — a tension that if you go too far you’ll end up creating more terrorists.”
“What’s too far?” Trump asked back. “They’re killing people,” Trump said as Dickerson could be seen shaking his head affirmatively. “They’re killing innocent people — people without guns.”
“Only the bad guys had the guns so they were like sitting ducks,” Trump said.
“The bottom line is, the bad guys are always going to have the guns. We better do something about it. Paris is one of the toughest cities in the world for guns, right? You can’t get them. And you had carnage,” he said.
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