- by theguardian
- 27 Sep 2024
A top surrogate for Vice President Kamala Harris is being accused of employing deadly rhetoric against former President Donald Trump less than two weeks after...
A top surrogate for Vice President Kamala Harris is being accused of employing deadly rhetoric against former President Donald Trump less than two weeks after the second assassination attempt against him.
Gina Raimondo, the Biden-Harris administration's commerce secretary, took to MSNBC on Tuesday to denounce "another lie" she claimed Trump has told about her boss. "Like, how did we get here?" she said, suggesting the level of falsities in political discourse has reached an all-time high thanks to Trump. "Let's extinguish him for good. We have an answer, we have a remarkably talented candidate" in Harris, she went on. Critics pounced on her phrasing as Raimondo's answer became the latest example of what Trump supporters say is an increasing number of violent repudiations.
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Federal authorities on Monday charged 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh with attempting to assassinate President Trump, the second attempt in as many months. Routh made his intention clear in a letter he wrote to an associate months earlier, and his refrain that "democracy is on the ballot" for why Trump must be executed is one that has been frequently espoused by Vice President Harris and running mate Tim Walz. Despite being nearly killed twice, the targeting of President Trump has failed to curb the nation's political discourse as it lurches toward the end of a turbulent election season.
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