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Trump rally speaker rebukes calls to ‘execute’ Clinton

Associated Press

WASHINGTON – An introductory speaker at a Donald Trump rally is pushing back against an audience member who shouted “Execute her” about Hillary Clinton.

Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu had been discussing the FBI’s discovery of emails that may be related to its dormant investigation of Clinton.

That’s when a man in the crowd Friday in Atkinson, New Hampshire yelled out “Execute her!” amid chants of “Lock her up!”

While such rhetoric is not unusual at Trump rallies, Sununu paused for a moment to chastise the man.

He said, “No, you don’t need that kind of stuff, really and truly. There’s a limit to what’s acceptable.”

Sununu did not support Trump in the primary, but now says that Clinton “makes it damn easy” for him to back his party’s nominee.

Georgians flock to polls

Georgia has broken an early voting record set eight years ago.

Secretary of State Brian Kemp, the state’s top elections official, announced Friday that Georgians have cast more than 2,180,000 early ballots. That’s over 50,000 more than were cast in 2008.

Kemp says the number will continue to climb Friday, the last day of advance in-person voting.

Republican Donald Trump is favored in Georgia, long a Republican stronghold. But some polls suggest the race could be tight.

Florida’s early voting numbers soaring

The number of early voters in Florida has already exceeded the total from 2012, with voting continuing through the weekend.

State election officials reported Friday that nearly 5.3 million Floridians have voted by mail or at polling precincts. In 2012, the total figure was nearly 4.8 million.

The voting between Republicans and Democrats is just about even with Republicans having an edge of less than 2,000 votes. Nearly 1 million voters registered with no party affiliation have also voted.

Polls indicate a tight race in the state between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump must win the state to have a chance at collecting the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Both candidates have made repeated swings through the state.