Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE's spokeswoman said Tuesday that the GOP nominee was pushing gun rights supporters to vote against Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE, defending Trump's earlier comments about the possibility of gun owners taking action against the Democratic nominee.

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“He was talking about Hillary Clinton and gun control, essentially, which is something that has been talked about a lot on the campaign trail,” Katrina Pierson said Tuesday on CNN.

“Hillary Clinton is a gun-grabber and everyone knows that if she’s in a position to appoint Supreme Court justices, she will do everything she can to remove the Second Amendment, so Mr. Trump was clearly pointing that out — as he does every day on the campaign trail.”

Pierson added that "unification is key," echoing an earlier statement from top Trump aide Jason Miller.

“There are a lot of Americans in this country who support the Second Amendment. There are millions of members of the NRA and the NRA endorsed Mr. Trump earlier than anyone in history," she said.

"So this is very important in November, if you care about your Second Amendment rights, to get out there and vote.”

During a rally Tuesday in North Carolina, Trump was talking about the possibility that Clinton would be able to appoint liberal justices to the Supreme Court if she were to win the White House.

“Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment,” Trump said.

“By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks,” he added. “Though the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know.”

He faced immediate criticism from Democrats and some Republicans, who said political rhetoric should not include even veiled threats of violence.

On CNN, Jake Tapper pushed back against Pierson's defense of the Trump's comments.

He said the Republican nominee was talking about what Second Amendment activists could do if Clinton won the presidency to keep her from appointing Supreme Court justices in support of gun control.

“He was saying what could happen, as you just said, what could happen,” Pierson said.

“He doesn’t want that to happen,” Pierson continued. “And in order to stop that, people that support their Second Amendment rights need to come together and get out there and stop Hillary Clinton from winning in November.”