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Trump: Murder wouldn't drive my supporters away

Donald Trump on Tuesday praised his supporters for being so loyal that they would kill.

“Even the really dishonest press says Trump’s people are the most incredible,” the billionaire said during a rally in Sparks, just hours ahead of the Nevada caucuses. “Sixty-eight percent would not leave under any circumstance. I think that means murder. I think it means anything.”

Trump was referencing a December national poll in which nearly 70 percent of his supporters said they would still vote for him if he ran as an independent. He also recalled an unspecified poll in which he said more than nine-in-10 of his supporters would “probably never leave.”

“Other guys are at 10 percent,” he said. “I mean, they’ll leave if you — if you sneeze they’ll leave. They don’t like the way you sneeze.”

Tuesday isn’t the first time the businessman has gone to unusual lengths to describe his supporters’ devotion. Last month, Trump said his supporters were so loyal he “could stand in the Middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.”

“It’s, like, incredible,” he added.