Donald Trump says he could 'shoot somebody' and not lose voters
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump bragged about his voter loyalty at a campaign rally Saturday in Sioux Center, Iowa.
"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," he said, CNN reports.
The billionaire business mogul has been critical of President Obama's executive action to expand background checks for gun buyers.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.