Donald Trump says as much as he hates some reporters, 'I'd never kill them'

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last updated 22 December 2015

Reporters can sleep a little easier tonight, knowing that Donald Trump has no plans to kill them any time soon.

During a rally in Michigan on Monday, the Republican presidential candidate crowed about Vladimir Putin's recent words of support and said he was left perplexed by people who asked him if he was "offended" by the praise. "They said, 'He's killed people, reporters,' and I don't like that," he said. "I'm totally against it." Trump then pointed at the reporters in the crowd and said, "By the way, I hate some of these people, but I'd never kill them." Cheers rang out, but it was unclear if people were voicing their approval of the contempt he has for journalists or the restraint he shows by not murdering them. Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.