Biden Comments on New Trump Assassination Attempt in Florida

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Published 2024-09-16
Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for “highly inflammatory language” he said inspired an alleged weekend assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, as the Republican nominee moved quickly to capitalize politically on the incident. #trump #harris #biden #shooting #politics

The would-be gunman “believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,” Trump said 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 did not provide evidence for his claims, but the remarks emphasized how the Republican nominee planned to seize on the latest dramatic turn in one of the most chaotic presidential campaigns in modern political history. The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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All Comments (21)
  • @mutestingray
    I mean this sincerely: please send this man home. This is just sad.
  • @REALDEALRIPTV
    How in the world were the Democratic party entertaining the possibility of having this guy for 4 more years? He can no longer even string a coherent sentence together...
  • @Fs-45AP
    Great quote from the PrEsIdEnT “ThErE iS No (inaudible) PoLiTiCaL vIoLeNcE iN pOliTiCaL vIoLeNcE”
  • How ironic it would be 40 +years from now to find out he and his party was in on it.who would be surprised 😂
  • @Jagar_Tharn
    No place in political violence for political violins.
  • @1969Mechanic
    Thank you President Biden for speaking truth to these awful attempts on Ptesident Trump's life. Now please get Kamala to speak up the same! Trump 2024 🇺🇸
  • @locky7347
    "I mean this from the bottom of my heart for those of you that know me, many of you do. No place in a policical violencefor political violence in America!"
  • Biden, the guy who said we need to paint a target on Trump. What a waste of airtime.
  • @Tcharlez
    Believe it or not, this is one of his best speech this year.
  • @jerrygreenest
    Former president, former president… Did they even tell him the former president is Trump?
  • @Benped259
    “I mean this from the bottom of my heart. “ The fact that you feel you had to say that confirms that you don’t actually believe it and are trying to convince other that you’re not lying.