Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), on Monday said there's a "big difference" between Republicans and Democrats: "No one has tried to kill Kamala Harris."Vance's comment came during a speech he gave at a Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta, according to CNN. At the d...
Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), on Monday said there’s a “big difference” between Republicans and Democrats: “No one has tried to kill Kamala Harris.”
Note that earlier in the day, Elon Musk wrote and deleted a similar post. From NY Times:
In response to a user who asked, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” Mr. Musk, who has endorsed the former president and comments frequently on the U.S. presidential campaign, wrote: “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.” His post, which was captured by X users, included a thinking-face emoji.
Mr. Musk took down the post after it immediately drew outrage.
“I know it’s popular on a lot of corners of the left to say that we have a both sides problem. And I’m not going to say we’re always perfect. I’m not going to say that conservatives always get things exactly right. But you know, the big difference between conservatives and liberals is that we have — no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months, and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months,” the Republican vice presidential candidate said at the Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta.
“I’d say that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric, and needs to cut this crap out,” he continued.
Vance vowed to “do my part” to tone down the rhetoric and said he was speaking particularly to those who say that Trump needs to be “eliminated.”
“Somebody’s gonna get hurt by it, and it’s gonna destroy this country. Somebody is gonna get hurt. And you think about what an incredible wound it would open up in the United States of America, all of us, and I promise I will do my part to tone down the rhetoric,” Vance said. “But in particular, the people telling you that Donald Trump needs to be eliminated. You guys need to cut it out, or you’re gonna get somebody hurt.”
Thankfully, both Democrats and Republicans came together to disavow the New Hampshire Libertarian Party for this from Deadline:
Republican and Democratic Party leaders have condemned New Hampshire’s Libertarian Party for sharing a post saying that anyone who assassinated Vice President Kamala Harris would be “an American hero.”
The party later deleted the post on X, formerly known as Twitter, but appeared unrepentant about the message, saying it was removed because of the platform’s rules and complaining about restrictions on free speech.
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The last thing libs want is Trump being assassinated. That would be an easy way to get a lot of sympathy votes for the republicans.
Agree. Teenagers or the otherwise immature wish for this because it feels like some sort of vengeance or something. An exertion of will…
But the real deal is not wanting political violence at all.