Pence: Trump was not advocating violence against Clinton

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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Donald Trump was not advocating violence against Hillary Clinton when the GOP nominee wondered aloud whether the Second Amendment provided an avenue for Americans to thwart potential Clinton-picked judges.

Trump made the controversial comments on the campaign trail in North Carolina, and his running mate sought to clarify them in an interview with a Philadelphia-based NBC reporter soon thereafter. Pence said “of course” Trump was not promoting violence against Clinton.

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