He said “I would never kill reporters” [maybe] but I hate them.”
by digby
Trump, TODAY:
Journalists, like all Americans, should be free from fear of being violently attacked while doing their job.
12-21-15 Grand Rapids, Michigan
No, No think of it, you know, it’s Russia after all. Somebody said “are you at all offended that he said nice things about you?” I said, “No, No.” And they said “Oh Trump should have been much nastier. That’s terrible.” And then they said, “You know he’s killed reporters,” and I don’t like that. I’m totally against that.
By the way I hate some of these people, but I would never kill them. I hate them. No I think these people, honestly. I’ll be honest. I would never kill them. I would never do that.
uuuh let’s see… [contemplates whether he actually believes that]
Nah. I would never kill them. But I do hate them. Some of them are such lying, disgusting people. It’s true, it’s true.
[CHEERS]
I would never kill them and anybody that does I think would be despicable.
But you know, they say he killed reporters. I said, “really?” He says he didn’t. Other people say he didn’t. Who did he kill. Well, we don’t know but we hear that. I said, “Tell me, who did he kill?”
Here it is: