尽管特朗普经常在集会上特别提到炸弹制造者的许多目标 — — 例如，他仍在攻击作为自己2016年大选对手的希拉里·克林顿，而后面带微笑地对听众高喊“锁住她 ” — —特朗普的捍卫者仍试图让舆论聚焦到别的地方。
Though Trump had frequently singled out many of the bomber’s targets at his rallies – still attacking Hillary Clinton, his election opponent in 2016, for example, and then smiling as his audience chanted “Lock her up” – Trump’s defenders tried to throw the spotlight elsewhere.