> It doesn't mean it's some hidden code or message to their followers to go outside the bounds of the democratic process.

Perhaps not. But if you [the politician, not the parent commenter] are socially aware at all, you ought to be aware that your words are going to be taken that way by some people. "But that's not what I said, and not what I meant!" Fine, but then you're clueless rather than criminal. That's still not president material.