Eliza Collins

USA TODAY

Ronald Reagan’s daughter slammed Donald Trump late Wednesday night over his suggestion that “Second Amendment people” could stop a President Hillary Clinton from appointing anti-gun judges to the Supreme Court.

In a Facebook post, Patti Davis called Trump's remark "horrifying."

Davis brought up the assassination attempt on her father in 1981 and said that Trump’s words were heard by a sick individual who was looking for a way to “make his mark on the world.”

“To Donald Trump: I am the daughter of a man who was shot by someone who got his inspiration from a movie, someone who believed if he killed the President the actress from that movie would notice him. Your glib and horrifying comment about "Second Amendment people" was heard around the world. It was heard by sane and decent people who shudder at your fondness for verbal violence. It was heard by your supporters, many of whom gleefully and angrily yell, "Lock her up!" at your rallies. It was heard by the person sitting alone in a room, locked in his own dark fantasies, who sees unbridled violence as a way to make his mark in the world, and is just looking for ideas. Yes, Mr. Trump, words matter. But then you know that, which makes this all even more horrifying.”

On Tuesday, while speaking at a rally in North Carolina, Trump said of Clinton: "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Though the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.”

Critics — including the Clinton campaign — immediately hopped on the comments, accusing Trump of encouraging violence.

In an interview with Fox News Wednesday, Trump said he was referring to the "political power" of gun rights advocates.

"You look at the power they have in terms of votes, and that's what I was referring to," Trump said. "Obviously that's what I was referring to."