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Hillary Calls for Obama’s Assassination

August 10, 2016

Hillary Calls for Obama’s Assassination, Power LineSteven Hayward, August 9, 2016

(Please see also, Hillary Clinton Campaign Spins Trump 2nd Amendment Comments as ‘Threat’ — DM)

People seem to have forgotten this story from May 28, 2008:

Clinton Remark on Kennedy’s Killing Stirs Uproar

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BRANDON, S.D. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton defended staying in the Democratic nominating contest on Friday by pointing out that her husband had not wrapped up the nomination until June 1992, adding, “We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California.” . . .

Friday was not the first time Mrs. Clinton referred to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in such a context. In March, she told Time magazine: “Primary contests used to last a lot longer. We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June in L.A.

Let’s see whether the typical media double standard kicks in with Trump’s comments today.

Hat tip: Instapundit.