Trump claims assassination attempt linked to Biden and Harris' rhetoric
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US presidential candidate Donald Trump claims that the assassination attempt against him was made because of the rhetoric of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, according to CNN.
Trump said that the attacker “believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it.”
“Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out,” the former President noted.
Trump pointed to comments by Biden and Harris labeling him as a threat to democracy and said: “These are people that want to destroy our country.”
He also said that Biden and Harris "are the real threat.”
“They use highly inflammatory language. I can use it too — far better than they can — but I don’t,” Trump added.
Assassination attempt on Trump
On September 15, Secret Service agents fired at an armed man near the golf club where US presidential candidate Donald Trump was present. The suspect was identified as US citizen Ryan Wesley Routh.
The suspect is currently in federal court facing potential charges related to the attempted murder of Trump. The prosecution has yet to file formal charges.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation described the incident as "what appears to be an attempted assassination."
