Another day, another Republican lying about Hillary’s common sense gun violence plan. Today it was Reince Priebus, the Republican-in-Chief, telling GOP delegates in Cleveland that Hillary would take away Americans’ guns.
THE LIE: Reince Priebus said, “You can kiss your gun rights goodbye if she ever finds her way into the White House.”
THE TRUTH:
FactCheck.org said that Donald Trump “distorts the facts” with the claim that “Hillary Clinton wants to take your guns away” and “abolish the Second Amendment.”
Donald Trump distorts the facts when he says ‘Hillary Clinton wants to take your guns away’ and ‘abolish the Second Amendment.’ Clinton’s gun violence prevention proposal would impose restrictions, including a ban on semi-automatic ‘assault weapons,’ but it does not call for banning all guns. Trump made his remarks at a rally in Lynden, Washington, eliciting boos from his audience. As we have written before, Trump made a similar remark in a TV interview on Jan. 6, when he claimed Clinton ‘wants to take everyone’s gun away.’
CNN: “Clinton has never argued for abolishing the Second Amendment.”
Trump’s wild claim comes on the heels of an unrelenting barrage of attacks the newly minted presumptive Republican nominee has fired off against Clinton in recent days. Clinton has never argued for abolishing the Second Amendment but has called for universal background checks and stricter controls on firearms.