Donald Trump said he was talking about "political power" when he made comments about the Second Amendment. | Getty Trump tries to clean up Second Amendment comment

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sought to clarify his comments on the Second Amendment, telling Fox News he was referring to the “tremendous political power” of strong backers of the amendment.

Trump’s comments on Wednesday came a day after he drew widespread criticism for saying Second Amendment supporters could stop Hillary Clinton from appointing liberal justices to the Supreme Court, a remark that many took as inciting violence.


“What we're talking about is political power, there's tremendous political power to save the Second Amendment, tremendous,” he said on Fox News in an interview clip posted Wednesday afternoon. “You look at the power they have in terms of votes and that's what I was referring to, obviously that's what I was referring to and everybody knows it.”

Many, however, did not see it that way.

"This is simple—what Trump is saying is dangerous. A person seeking to be the President of the United States should not suggest violence in any way," Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement on Tuesday.