In the same breath, Trump condemned Democrats' rhetoric and used that same rhetoric against Democrats, describing them as an existential threat to the U.S.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-blames-democrats_n_66e84bafe4b0b7fef8320434Former President Donald Trump blamed Democrats on Monday for the latest attempt on his life, saying their rhetoric about him being a “threat to democracy” motivated a gunman at his property in Florida.
In the same breath, he used the same rhetoric against Democrats, describing them as an existential threat to the U.S.
“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 told Fox News Digital on Monday.
Trump expanded on the sentiment in a post on his website.
“The Rhetoric, Lies, as exemplified by the false statements made by Comrade Kamala Harris during the rigged and highly partisan ABC Debate, and all of the ridiculous lawsuits specifically designed to inflict damage on Joe’s, then Kamala’s, Political Opponent, ME, has taken politics in our Country to a whole new level of Hatred, Abuse, and Distrust,” Trump wrote.
“Because of this Communist Left Rhetoric, the bullets are flying, and it will only get worse! Allowing millions of people, from places unknown, to INVADE and take over our Country, is an unpardonable sin.”
Secret Service agents fired on a man seen wielding an assault rifle on Trump’s golf course in what authorities have described as an apparent assassination attempt against Trump. Trump was on the course at the time.
It was the second near-assassination of Trump this year. In July, a man shot the former president in the ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
After the first shooting, Republicans immediately claimed the shooter had been motivated by Democrats calling Trump a threat to democracy.
