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Headline Roundup January 24th, 2016

Trump Shooting Comment

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This Is A Thing Donald Trump Just Said. For Real. This Is Real Life.
This Is A Thing Donald Trump Just Said. For Real. This Is Real Life.

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"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn't lose any voters, ok? It's, like, incredible." —Donald Trump, who is currently the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president, insulting the intelligence of his own supporters.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio calls Donald Trump ‘insensitive’ for shooting comment
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called out Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump for saying that support for his campaign would not wane even if he shot someone in the middle of a crowded street.

At a campaign rally in Sioux Center, Iowa, Mr. Trump said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.”

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Trump: I could 'shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters'
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Donald Trump boasted Saturday that support for his presidential campaign would not decline even if he shot someone in the middle of a crowded street.

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Trump said at a campaign rally here.

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