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After former President Trump escaped a second alleged assassination try, Democrats are refusing to tone down the rhetoric of calling the previous president a “menace to democracy.”
FOX Business reporter Hillary Vaughn requested Democrats on Capitol Hill if the rhetoric must be toned down:
“The reality of the matter is that he’s a menace to democracy,” mentioned Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga.
“I believe we must be clear that he’s a menace to democracy,” mentioned Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wa., and argued that “his (Trump) rhetoric must be toned down, completely.”
“He is a menace. Period. Point-blank,” mentioned Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas.
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) waves throughout Day one of many Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024. (REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid)
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., slammed Democrats for his or her statements Friday, telling “Fox & Friends” that “everyone must tone it down” because the election nears.
“Calling him a menace to democracy is ridiculous. Our democracy will endure because it has for 248 years. We’re going to be tremendous irrespective of who wins the election,” mentioned Lawler.
“At the identical time, they gaslight the nation for a whole yr about Joe Biden’s cognitive talents after which undermine 14.6 million Democratic main voters and throw him out and set up Kamala Harris. You cannot actually discuss threats to democracy while you do issues like that,” mentioned Lawler.
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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. mentioned on “Fox & Friends First” that “the left is totally tone-deaf” in regards to the penalties of their incendiary rhetoric.
“I stay with these threats day-after-day. And I can not think about the concern that the Trump household has each time they’re on the market. They’re outspoken. They love our nation. You should not be shot at since you love the United States of America like Donald Trump,” mentioned Mace.
Rep. Nancy Mace speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), on the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
Earlier this yr, President Biden instructed donors in a non-public name that the media isn’t doing sufficient to scrutinize Trump and that it was “time to place Trump within the bulls-eye.” Biden, after the primary assassination try in opposition to Trump, acknowledged it was a “mistake” to make use of that time period.
The president, together with Vice President Kamala Harris, have accused Trump of being a “menace to Democracy” on a number of events.
Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, who rapidly apologized for the remark, mentioned final yr that Trump is so “harmful” to democracy that he “needs to be eradicated.”
“More and extra harmful. We noticed what occurred on January sixth, when he used his inflammatory rhetoric now, and his latest fact social publish is extremely, extremely scary for anybody that is perhaps attempting to work in authorities. And it’s simply unquestionable at this level that man can’t see public workplace once more. He shouldn’t be solely unfit, he’s harmful to our democracy, and he needs to be eradicated.”
Goldman strongly condemned political violence after the primary assassination in opposition to Trump, saying that he was “horrified” by the information. Following the second assassination try, Goldman mentioned he was “outraged.”
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters has lengthy been criticized by Republicans for feedback considered to be inciting violence, together with telling protesters in Minnesota to “get extra confrontational” and inspiring Democrats to confront Trump officers in the event that they see them in public.
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Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
