Donald Trump's rhetoric has consequences. In a week where the Republican candidate is ramping up his line about the upcoming election being "rigged," a supporter at one of his rallies was caught on video insinuating that Hillary Clinton should be assassinated in order to prevent her taking office—or to remove her from it. The Wall Street Journal spoke to a man named Dan Bowman at a recent Trump event, and, after he agreed to take off his Trump mask, Bowman happily described how Clinton "needs to be taken out" and that, if necessary, he's willing to be the "patriot" who does just that.

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While his thoughts on his own potential participation are disturbing, so too is his firm belief that Hillary Clinton's election will be met by revolution. When asked if either of these scenarios represents a threat to assassinate the president, Bowman seems to think it's self-evident that the extra-judicial murder of a public official would be warranted:

"If she's corrupt, why should she be able to stay in office? Answer that question."

The WSJ reporter is quick to say that Bowman's views are not representative of most Trump supporters, but The Boston Globe found he wasn't alone. They also spoke to Bowman, who added to his earlier comments:

"I hope we can start a coup. She should be in prison or shot...We're going to have a revolution and take them out of office if that's what it takes. There's going to be a lot of bloodshed."

Globe reporter Matt Viser said on CNN that he found this kind of rhetoric fairly widespread at the rally:

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He points out Trump's talk about "Second Amendment people" a while back, when he appeared to condone violence against his political opponent in the event Clinton rigs the election in her favor. (There is no evidence, nor has there ever been, that this is going to happen. In fact, experts say it would be almost inconceivably difficult to do.) Considering that's what's coming from the top, it's little wonder that his supporters think that, should he lose next month, they can justifiably turn to violence.

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Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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