Democratic rhetoric about me fueled my assassination attempt, Trump says

Former US President, Donald Trump yesterday said that democratic rhetoric about him may have inspired a failed assassination attempt on him during a campaign rally in July in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Recall that one Matthew Crooks shot Trump in the ear, injured two audience members and fatally shot local dad and fireman Corey Comperatore.

Trump stated this during a presidential campaign debate with Vice President Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia last night.

“I probably took a bullet to the head because of the things that they say about me. They talk about democracy. I’m a threat to democracy. They’re the threat to democracy,” he said.

“This is the one that weaponized, not me,” Trump said, referring to Harris. “She weaponized.”

Responding Harris said, “Well, let’s talk about extreme, and understand the context in which this election in 2024 is taking place. The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that the former president would essentially be immune from any misconduct if he were to enter the White House again.

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“Understand, this is someone who has openly said he would terminate, I’m quoting, terminate the Constitution of the United States, that he would weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies. Someone who has openly expressed disdain for members of our military. Understand, that it means if Donald Trump were back in the White House with no guard rails, because certainly we know now the court won’t stop him,” Harris fired back at Trump.

Meanwhile, Trump repeated a claim that migrants arriving in the US after fleeing prisons and mental institutions will be deported if elected again on November 5

“We have millions of people pouring into our country from prisons and jails, from mental institutions and insane asylums,” Trump claimed.

Trump makes this claim often, and he’s often alleged that jails and mental institutions are being emptied intentionally to dump people upon the US.

The debate marks the first time the pair squared off against one another, following President Joe Biden dropping out of the race amid mounting concerns over his mental acuity.

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