Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declined to definitively reply questions on Republican rhetoric surrounding the election and the outcomes of the 2020 race as former President Donald Trump ramps up assaults on Democrats a month earlier than Election Day.
Johnson, in an interview with “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos, refused to name out rhetoric from Trump and his household alleging that two assassination makes an attempt in opposition to him have been sparked by Democrats, claims made with out proof.
Eric Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the positioning of the primary assassination try on Trump the place the previous president was grazed by a bullet, stated that “they impeached him twice, after which they tried to kill him. They tried to kill him, and it is as a result of the Democratic Occasion, they can not do something proper.”
“We have to all have a look at this stuff in full context. What they’re referring to, although, is absolutely the open assaults which were engaged by Democrats in opposition to President Trump because the day he got here down that golden escalator in 2016,” Johnson stated.
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