Mainstream media blame Trump for latest assassination attempt
Media operatives are blaming President Donald Trump for the second assassination attempt on his life.
Secret Service apprehended 58-year-old Democrat Ryan Routh on Sunday after he fled Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, where he had placed a rifle, a GoPro, and two backpacks. Trump was present on the golf course at the time.
The assassination attempt is the second on Trump’s life in two months. On July 13th, Thomas Crooks shot Trump in the face during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing the president’s ear.
NBC blames Trump’s ‘fierce rhetoric’
On Sunday, mainstream media outlets blamed Trump for his near death. NBC anchor Lester Holt suggested it was punishment for Trump and his running mate JD Vance speaking out against a migrant surge in Ohio.
“Today’s apparent assassination attempt comes amid increasingly fierce rhetoric on the campaign trail itself. Mr. Trump, his running mate JD Vance continue to make baseless claims about Haitian immigrants in Ohio,” Holt said, adding: “This weekend there were new bomb threats in that town.”
MSNBC blames Trump’s ‘rhetoric’ and ‘violence’
Meanwhile, MSNBC blamed Trump for causing the assassination attempt through “rhetoric” and “violence.”
“Do you expect to hear anything from the Trump campaign about toning down the rhetoric, toning down the violence, or would that be atypical of the former president?” MSNBC anchor Alex Witt asked the outlet’s political contributor Elise Jordan.
“Well, Alex, remember back to the assassination attempt from President Trump’s life how there was talk of a new tone and the Republican convention was, by Trumpian standards, muted and it did seem like he was trying to take it down a few notches, then by the end of his convention speech, we were back to where we started, so I don’t know how long this moment of unity for the country where we come together and we say I don’t want any political opposition to be under threat of violence,” Jordan responded.
ABC blamed Trump’s ‘rhetoric’ for first assassination attempt
The day after Trump was shot in July, media outlets had also rushed to blame him.
“President Trump and his supporters have contributed to this violent rhetoric as well,” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos said.
“Absolutely, George, we were just looking back this morning to some of the things that former President Trump has said. He warned last March of potential death and destruction if he were charged by the Manhattan District Attorney: ‘Our country is being destroyed as they tell us to be peaceful,’” Stephanopoulos’ co-host Martha Raddatz responded. “Trump in January warned of bedlam in the country if the criminal charges against him succeeded. And of course, in March, he said, ‘If I don’t get elected, it’s a bloodbath for the whole, and that is the least of it, and it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it.’ He said he was partly joking and that that was taken out of context, but those are, indeed, his words.”
Trump’s “bloodbath” remark was concerning auto industry jobs, but media outlets omit that context to portray him as violent.
