Gov. McCrory: Hillary to Blame for Trump's 'Second Amendment' Quip

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says there was nothing wrong with Donald Trump's comments about "Second Amendment people" doing something about Hillary Clinton and believes the Democratic presidential nominee created the controversy herself.

"I don't think anyone in the auditorium even recognized there was controversy until Hillary Clinton tweets came out and made it into a controversy," McCrory said Thursday on WFNC Radio, The Charlotte Observer reports.

"I don't think anyone in the crowd even realized anything controversial was said or took it the way CNN or Hillary Clinton's spin machine made it to be. So I was kind of shocked driving home and hearing the spin and reading the tweets that came right out of the Hillary Clinton camp."

During a recent rally, Trump sparked a furor as he lamented that Clinton will appoint liberal judges to the U.S. Supreme Court if she is elected president.

"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know," Trump said. His remark was seen by many as an incitement to violence against his opponent.

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