‘Eliminate Him’: A look at the violent rhetoric against Donald Trump
14 Jul, 2024 16:57 / Updated 2 months ago
Secret Service tend to Donald Trump after his attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024
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Before he was shot at a campaign rally, the former US President faced a barrage of threats from the Left
While the attempted assassination of Donald Trump has been roundly condemned by his political opponents, liberal politicians and pundits have – implicitly and explicitly – called for his death before.
Trump narrowly avoided death at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, when an assassin’s bullet apparently clipped his ear as it whizzed past his head. The shooter – named by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks – killed one spectator at the rally and wounded two others before he was shot dead by Secret Service agents.
US President Joe Biden decried the attempt on Trump’s life, declaring that “there’s no place for this kind of violence in America.” Ever since Trump won the 2016 election, however, he has faced a steady stream of threats from members of Biden’s party and their allies in the media.