--- title: Donald Trump's Vet Advisor: Hillary Clinton Should Be 'Shot' description: Al Baldasaro, a New Hampshire state representative and an advisor to Trump on veteran's issues, made the comments on Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/4415120/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-shot/ author: Brendan Dorsey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-20T17:34:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:54.541Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Advisor Says Hillary Clinton Should Be 'Shot For Treason' og:description: Al Baldasaro thinks Clinton should be punished for her handling of Benghazi og:url: https://time.com/4415120/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-shot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b788a379206e616/69889cbe656a3f675ebcc5c3/donald-trump-al-baldasoro-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Press Conference At Trump Tower og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Advisor Says Hillary Clinton Should Be 'Shot For Treason' twitter:description: Al Baldasaro thinks Clinton should be punished for her handling of Benghazi twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b788a379206e616/69889cbe656a3f675ebcc5c3/donald-trump-al-baldasoro-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Veterans Advisor Says Hillary Clinton Should Be 'Shot For Treason' > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Brendan Dorsey](https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/) ## Brendan Dorsey Jul 20, 2016 5:34 PM UTC  Former Marine Al Baldasaro defends the donations of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a news conference at Trump Tower where Trump addressed issues about the money he pledged to donate to veterans groups on May 31, 2016 in New York City. Former Marine Al Baldasaro defends the donations of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a news conference at Trump Tower where Trump addressed issues about the money he pledged to donate to veterans groups on May 31, 2016 in New York City. Spencer Platt—Getty Images by [Brendan Dorsey](https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/) ## Brendan Dorsey Jul 20, 2016 5:34 PM UTC A Donald Trump advisor said Hillary Clinton should be put in a firing line and shot for treason. Al Baldasaro, a New Hampshire state representative and an advisor to [Trump on veteran’s issues](http://time.com/4352362/donald-trump-veterans-donations-press-conference/), made the comments on the [_Jeff Kuhner Show_](https://soundcloud.com/buzzfeedandrew/trump-vet-co-chair-rep-al-baldasaro) on Tuesday. “I’m a veteran that went to Desert Shield, Desert Storm. I’m also a father who sent a son to war, to Iraq, as a Marine Corps helicopter avionics technician. Hillary Clinton to me is the Jane Fonda of the Vietnam,” Baldasaro said. “She is a disgrace for the lies that she told those mothers about their children that got killed over there in Benghazi. She dropped the ball on over 400 emails requesting back up security. Something’s wrong there.” “This whole thing disgusts me, Hillary Clinton should be put in the firing line and shot for treason,” he added. Baldasaro is a Trump delegate to the [Republican National Convention](http://time.com/4410499/republican-convention-day-one-rules-platform/) and appeared with Trump at press conference where he defended [Trump’s donations to veterans groups](http://time.com/4286473/donald-trump-veterans-charity/) in May. Buzzfeed News reports that Baldasro [stands by his comments](https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-vets-adviser-clinton-should-be-put-in-the-firing-line?utm%5Fterm=.bp6LyJd9Q#.woK5rBX4x). \[[Buzzfeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-vets-adviser-clinton-should-be-put-in-the-firing-line?utm%5Fterm=.bp6LyJd9Q#.woK5rBX4x)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4415120/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-shot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4415120/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-shot/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Veterans Advisor Says Hillary Clinton Should Be 'Shot For Treason'","datePublished":"2016-07-20T17:34:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:54.541Z","description":"Al Baldasaro thinks Hillary Clinton should be punished for her handling of Benghazi","url":"https://time.com/4415120/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-shot/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b788a379206e616/69889cbe656a3f675ebcc5c3/donald-trump-al-baldasoro-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Brendan Dorsey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b788a379206e616/69889cbe656a3f675ebcc5c3/donald-trump-al-baldasoro-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Holds Press Conference At Trump Tower","caption":"Donald Trump Holds Press Conference At Trump Tower","creditText":"Spencer Platt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4415120/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-shot/","name":"Donald Trump's Veterans Advisor Says Hillary Clinton Should Be 'Shot For Treason'"}}]}] ```