CNN Decries Trump Calling out Democratic Rhetoric for Attempts on His Life

Nicholas Fondacaro
September 16th, 2024 5:25 PM

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For years now, the liberal media and the Democratic Party have been engaging in stochastic terrorism against former President Trump through claims that he’s literally Hitler, a “threat to Democracy,” etc. They’ve even blamed his rhetoric for certain things happening in America, but when Trump blamed the rhetoric coming from the White House and the Democratic ticket, on Monday, for the two assassination attempts, the cast of CNN News Central clutched their pearls and decried the notion.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump blamed the dangerous rhetoric coming from the left for the attempts on his life.

Leading into their conversation about it, after CNN had spent much of the day blaming Trump for bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio, CNN co-hosts Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar whined about Trump and teed up former Trump communications staffer Erin Perrine to suggest the dangerous rhetoric was actually coming from Trump calling out the left:

SANCHEZ: Today, former President Donald Trump is pointing the finger at President Biden and Vice President Harris, blaming them for the apparent assassination attempt against him.

KEILAR: In his first interview since the incident, Trump told Fox News that, quote, “Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at,” before adding, “they are the real threat.”

We're joined now by Erin Perrine. She is a former press communications director for Donald Trump's 2020 campaign and a Republican strategist for Axiom Strategies. We're also joined by Tim Hogan. He is a Democratic strategist and former spokesperson for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.

I wonder Erin, you're hearing what Trump is saying here. What questions, concerns is this raising for you?

 

 

Ignoring the fact that crazy people would indeed hold and be motivated by insane political views that would drive them to violence, Perrine proclaimed: “I think ultimately everybody needs to remember that crazy doesn't know a political party or ideology.”

Perrine insisted that “everybody needs to accept a little bit of culpability and responsibility for what becomes inflamed rhetoric in this country.” “But to be clear, this isn't a Republican or Democrat issue, this is an American issue and we should be treating it like that,” she added.

To be clear, only the Republican presidential candidate has had attempts on his life.

According to Perrine, it wasn’t the left who should tone down the rhetoric, it was Trump:

For President Trump right now, I think his best course of action would be to be a bit more like he was –this is really hard to believe I'm saying – after his first assassination attempt, were he was much more unifying. If people want to try and make this political, let other people do that, be the leader of the country needs at a time where this rhetoric has led to two attempts to kill Donald Trump.

In the following hour, CNN’s Eva McKend joined the show to wave-off Trump’s accusations. She admitted that Dems "have long waged a very forceful case against" Trump, but insisted "There's, of course, no evidence" that their rhetoric was to blame for the two assassination attempts against him.

 

 

Yet, McKend predicted the left will "continue" to call him "a threat to democracy."

As for CNN’s repeated suggestions that Trump’s rhetoric at the debate lead to the bomb threats, that turned out to be false too. Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine held a press conference on Monday and explained that the threats came from outside the United States and they were all hoaxes. “33 threats, 33 hoax,” he said. “We have people, unfortunately, overseas who are taking these actions.”

Meanwhile, Trump’s second wannabe assassin posted on social media using the liberal media and Democrat’s “democracy is on the ballot” narrative against Trump.

The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:

CNN News Central
September 16, 2024
2:41:24 p.m. Eastern

BORIS SANCHEZ: Today, former President Donald Trump is pointing the finger at President Biden and Vice President Harris, blaming them for the apparent assassination attempt against him.

BRIANNA KEILaR: In his first interview since the incident, Trump told Fox News that, quote, “Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at,” before adding, “they are the real threat.”

We're joined now by Erin Perrine. She is a former press communications director for Donald Trump's 2020 campaign and a Republican strategist for Axiom Strategies. We're also joined by Tim Hogan. He is a Democratic strategist and former spokesperson for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.

I wonder Erin, you're hearing what Trump is saying here. What questions, concerns is this raising for you?

ERIN PERRINE: I think ultimately everybody needs to remember that crazy doesn't know a political party or ideology. There is extreme rhetoric on both sides of the political spectrum and everybody needs to accept a little bit of culpability and responsibility for what becomes inflamed rhetoric in this country. But to be clear, this isn't a Republican or Democrat issue, this is an American issue and we should be treating it like that.

For President Trump right now, I think his best course of action would be to be a bit more like he was –this is really hard to believe I'm saying – after his first assassination attempt, were he was much more unifying.

If people want to try and make this political, let other people do that, be the leader of the country needs at a time where this rhetoric has led to two attempts to kill Donald Trump. Everybody needs to take cooler heads. The world will not end, this country will not end and cease to exist as a democracy if Kamala Harris wins, or if Donald Trump wins.

SANCHEZ: Tim to you, President Biden addressed this at an event in Philadelphia earlier today, he talked about there being no place for political violence in America, saying, “we resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box, not at the end of a gun.”

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