Donald Trump again raised the prospect of violence on the campaign trail Tuesday, saying that even a murder wouldn’t erode support from his loyalists.
“I mean I had a rating — 68% would not leave under any circumstance. I think that means murder, I think it means anything, OK?” Trump said of his supporters during a rally in Sparks, Nevada.
But it was unclear whether he was referring to himself or his supporters, and his campaign didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Trump previously referenced his loyal supporters — who frequently tell reporters there are few things the billionaire businessman could do to lose their support — and deadly violence last month when he said that he “could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.”
Trump’s rhetoric on the trail has increasingly included references to violence.
Trump on Monday night said that he wanted to punch a protester “in the face” after he disrupted his rally in Las Vegas the night before the Nevada caucuses.
And after a Black Lives Matter protester last fall was tackled, punched and kicked by attendees at Trump’s rally, the brash billionaire said “maybe he should have been roughed up.”
The Trump campaign did not return multiple requests for comment asking to clarify Trump’s remarks on Tuesday relating to “murder” and the loyalty of his supporters.
