“I like someone who’s so opinionated, who’s the opposite of politically correct. We need less political correctness in this country.”
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COLORADO SPRINGS — At a rally for Donald Trump in Colorado Springs Saturday, the Republican presidential nominee told the crowd that he was "learning" to tone down his language.
"I won't even use that word that starts with a D, you know" Trump said, referring to the word "damn." The crowd laughed. "I don't even like using the 'H word,' you know, the place that's down there," Trump continued, pointing down and presumably referring to Hell. "Because they'll say" — referring to the media — "I'm using 'foul language.' See? I've learned."
At a rally in Miami Friday, however, Trump suggested that Hillary Clinton's Secret Service detail should "disarm" to show he what a US without guns might look like.
“Take their guns away, she doesn’t want guns," Trump said. "Take their — and let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away. OK, it would be very dangerous.”
“What do you think?” he said to cheers.
Nichole Bretag said she agreed with Trump's statement. "If she's calling for gun control, but she's surrounded by security guards and has been for thirty years, it's a bit..." Bretag tailed off. "She wants to take all guns away."
Nearly every other Trump supporter claimed they had no idea the candidate made the comment the night before.
Anie Davis (left), 41, Russ Neilsen, 34, Sean, and Ruth, 45.
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Most supporters, though, said they did notice what Trump said is a new discipline — they believe he is speaking with a noticeably calmer tone, sticking almost entirely to his remarks, and generally avoiding controversial statements. Not everyone necessarily agrees with it, though.
"People are 'gonna criticize him regardless so he might as well say what he wants," Russ Nielsen, 34, told BuzzFeed News.
Nielson's friend, Anie Davis, said she will turn 42 years old a week before the polls open and she has "never voted in [her] life," but Trump was different.
"I don't give a damn about what he says," Davis yelled, readjusting her pirate's hat reading "Deplorables" — a reference to Clinton referring to half of Trump's supporters as "deplorable" — "talk is cheap!"
Sean and Ruth, who did not know Davis or Neilsen before the rally but stopped them to discuss their outfits, disagreed with the couple.
"We knew he had to pivot, it's a smooth move," Sean, who declined to give his last name, told BuzzFeed News. Ruth agreed, adding that if Trump continued to shy away from "outlandish" statements, more people were likely to "give him a chance."
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