President Trump today blamed the dangerous rhetoric of both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the assassination attempts on his life.
He told Fox News “their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at” when they paint him as a “threat to democracy” and said the gunman “believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it”.
Here’s more via Fox News:
Former President Trump said President Biden and Vice President Harris’ “rhetoric” is what is causing him to be “shot at,” following the second assassination attempt against him since July, while telling Fox News Digital that the suspected gunman “acted” on “highly inflammatory language” of Democrats.
Trump spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital Monday morning, just a day after he was rushed off of the golf course at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Fla., after the Secret Service discovered a gunman in the bushes.
“He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,” Trump said of the gunman in an interview with Fox News Digital. “Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out.”
Trump pointed to Biden and Harris’ past comments casting Trump as a “threat to democracy,” while telling Americans they are “unity” leaders.
“They are the opposite,” Trump said. “These are people that want to destroy our country.”
He added: “It is called the enemy from within. They are the real threat.”
“They do it with a combination of rhetoric and lawsuits they wrap me up in,” Trump said. “These are the things that dangerous fools, like the shooter, listen to — that is the rhetoric they listen to, and the same with the first one.”
He’s exactly right and I’m glad he said it. The media isn’t going to hold Democrats accountable for this irresponsible rhetoric because the assassination attempts aren’t happening to Democrats. So Trump is going to have to make this case against Democrats using the media and hopefully the American people will hold them accountable on election day.
Officials will be holding a press conference at 4PM ET today on Trump’s assassination attempt and we’ll have that live for you here.
