The Daily Beast reports:
In a series of posts on social media, loyalists including Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia and Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert sought to link the sniper’s attack to language used by Biden.
Ohio Republican senator J.D. Vance posted on X,“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.
”And South Carolina Senator Tim Scott accused “the radical Left and corporate media” of aiding and abetting the assassination attempt. “Let’s be clear: This was an assassination attempt aided and abetted by the radical Left and corporate media incessantly calling Trump a threat to democracy, fascists, or worse,” he posted.
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Today is not just some isolated incident.
The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.
That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) July 14, 2024
Remember this? I do.
Kick his ass out of Congress. Absolute scumbag. https://t.co/vq7JBMVU2v
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) July 13, 2024
Democrats and the media, YOU are responsible for the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, death threats and attempts against me and other Republicans, and brain washing half the country with your sick violent rhetoric.
END THIS NOW!
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 14, 2024
Yeah, sure JD Vance and Tim Scott, blame Democratic rhetoric. Jeez. https://t.co/9qETN9fUru
— John Yarmuth 🥃 (@JohnYarmuth) July 14, 2024
Congressman Scalise, Justice Kavanaugh, and now President Trump.
For years, Democrats and their allies in the media have recklessly stoked fears, calling President Trump and other conservatives threats to democracy. Their inflammatory rhetoric puts lives at risk.
— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) July 14, 2024
The voice of reason weighs in. pic.twitter.com/fkw6LEtjlV
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 13, 2024