After former President Trump escaped a second alleged assassination attempt, Democrats are refusing to tone down the rhetoric calling the former president a “threat to democracy.”
FOX Business reporter Hillary Vaughn asked Democrats on Capitol Hill if the rhetoric should be toned down:
“The fact is, this is a threat to democracy,” said Rep. Hank Johnson, Democrat of Georgia.
“I think we should make it clear that he is a threat to democracy,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. and argued that “his (Trump's) rhetoric should be moderated, absolutely.”
“It's a threat. Period. Clearly,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas.
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) waves during the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on August 19, 2024. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., criticized Democrats for their remarks Friday, telling “Fox & Friends” that “everyone needs to tone it down” as the election approaches.
“To call it a threat to democracy is ridiculous. Our democracy will endure as it has for 248 years. We're going to be fine no matter who wins the election,” Lawler said.
“At the same time, they deceive the nation for an entire year about Joe Biden's cognitive abilities and then undermine 14.6 million Democratic primary voters and oust him and install Kamala Harris. You can't really talk about threats to democracy when you do things like that,” Lawler said.
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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said on “Fox & Friends First” that “the left is completely tone deaf” to the consequences of its incendiary rhetoric.
“I live with these threats every day. And I can't imagine the fear that the Trump family feels every time they go out on the street. They are outspoken. They love our country. They shouldn't be shot because they love the United States of America like Donald Trump does,” Mace said.
Representative Nancy Mace speaks on the third day of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., on July 17, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
Earlier this year, President Biden told donors on a private call that the media is not doing enough to scrutinize Trump and that it was “time to put Trump in the crosshairs.” Biden, after the first assassination attempt on Trump, He admitted that it was a “mistake” to use that term.
The president, along with Vice President Kamala Harris, have accused Trump of being a “threat to democracy” sometimes.
Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, who He quickly apologized For his comment last year, he said that Trump is so “dangerous” to democracy that “he must be eliminated.”
“He's becoming more and more dangerous. We saw what happened on January 6th when he used his incendiary rhetoric, and his recent social media post about the truth is incredibly frightening for anyone trying to work in government. And it's unquestionable at this point that the man cannot hold public office again. He's not only unfit, he's destructive to our democracy and he must be removed.”
Goldman Strongly condemned political violence following the first assassination attempt against Trump, saying he was “horrified” by the news. Following the second assassination attempt, Goldman said He was “outraged.”
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters has long been criticized by Republicans for comments seen as inciting violence, including calling on protesters in Minnesota to “be more confrontational” and encouraging Democrats to confront Trump officials if they see them in public.
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Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
