--- title: Ronald Reagan's Daughter Patti Davis Denounces Donald Trump description: Patti Davis, the daughter of President (and conservative icon) Ronald Reagan, denounced Donald Trump's "fondness for verbal violence" in response to his comments about "Second Amendment people" and Hillary Clinton. canonical: https://time.com/4448101/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-trump-second-amendment/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-11T13:16:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:55:10.491Z article:section: Politics og:title: Reagan's Daughter Patti Davis Denounces Trump Insinuations og:description: She wrote that his comment about "Second Amendment people" was "horrifying." og:url: https://time.com/4448101/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-trump-second-amendment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d643948a8269a5e/6988a1f9cd1bba1c2a701eb4/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3597 og:image:height: 2023 og:image:alt: patti davis ronald reagan donald trump hillary clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Reagan's Daughter Patti Davis Denounces Trump Insinuations twitter:description: She wrote that his comment about "Second Amendment people" was "horrifying." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d643948a8269a5e/6988a1f9cd1bba1c2a701eb4/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan's Daughter, Denounces Trump's Second Amendment Insinuation > Sponsored content. 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Hong—AP  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Aug 11, 2016 1:16 PM UTC Patti Davis, the daughter of President (and [conservative icon](http://time.com/4253747/the-party-of-reagan-is-no-more/)) Ronald Reagan, [denounced](https://www.facebook.com/patti.davis.39/posts/1048032258613592) Donald Trump’s “fondness for verbal violence” in response to [his comments about “Second Amendment people”](http://time.com/4445813/donald-trump-second-amendment-speech/) and [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4445467/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-second-amendment-judges/). In her [Facebook rebuke](https://www.facebook.com/patti.davis.39/posts/1048032258613592), Davis recounted how her father had survived John Hinckley, Jr.’s assassination attempt, which Hinckley had said was inspired by a movie. She then told Trump his “glib and horrifying comment” was heard by many — including those who could be incited to [violence](http://time.com/4447144/donald-trump-second-amendment-people-secret-service/) if given the idea. “Yes, Mr. Trump, words matter,” Davis said. “But then you know that, which makes this all even more horrifying.” Read the rest of Davis’ post below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4448101/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-trump-second-amendment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4448101/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-trump-second-amendment/"},"headline":"Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan's Daughter, Denounces Trump's Second Amendment Insinuation","datePublished":"2016-08-11T13:16:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:55:10.491Z","description":"\"Yes, Mr. Trump, words matter\"","url":"https://time.com/4448101/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-trump-second-amendment/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","politics","2016 presidential election","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d643948a8269a5e/6988a1f9cd1bba1c2a701eb4/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d643948a8269a5e/6988a1f9cd1bba1c2a701eb4/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"patti davis ronald reagan donald trump hillary clinton","caption":"Patti Davis","creditText":"Jae C. 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