JD Vance blasts Trump critics inflammatory rhetoric at Butler, Pa., rally: Only a matter of time before somebody tried to kill him
Standing on the very stage where his running mate narrowly avoided death, Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance admonished former President Donald Trump’s critics for stoking animosity against him.Vance, 40, called out Vice President Kamala Harris by name as well as the media for trafficking in “inflammatory rhetoric” against Trump that he contended has culminated in political violence.“With all the hatred they have spewed and President Trump, it was only a matter of time before somebody tried to kill him,” Vance bellowed out to a packed venue at the Butler Farm Show grounds Saturday.
With bulletproof glass shielding him, Vance lamented how the onslaught against Trump, 78, has raged on — even in the aftermath of two high-profile attempts on the former president’s life.“Even after that terrible assassination attempt that took one man’s life and nearly took many others, they continue to use dangerous, inflammatory rhetoric.
The media has continued to call Donald Trump — the guy who actually won his primary — a threat to democracy,” Vance bemoaned.The precise motivations behind the July 13 Butler, Pa., shooter, Matthew Thomas Crooks, 20, are still somewhat murky because he was killed by a Secret Service sniper.But authorities managed to detain Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, who attempted to carry out the second major would-be assassination attempt against Trump on Sept.
15.Because of that, they’ve been able to piece together a clearer picture of his motivations.
“In fact, before the gunman in Florida tried to kill Donald Trump, he wrote, ‘Democracy is on the ballot,’ the exact same words that Kamala Harris wrote after accusing Trump of being a dictator only days before the first attempt on his life,” Vance chided.Earlier in his speech, which was intended to warm up the crowd before Trump took to the podium, Vance admonished Harris over that rhetoric.
“I think you all will join me in saying to Kamala Harris, how dare you talk abo...