In the immediate aftermath of an attempted assassination of the former President of the United States and certain 2024 Republican nominee, some in the press are abandoning calls to “lower the temperature” of the post-shooting rhetoric, and have begun to blame Trump for getting himself shot.
Watch ABC’s Martha Raddatz as she does precisely that on ABC This Week:
ABC THIS WEEK
7/14/24
9:15 AM
MARTHA RADDATZ: Also, George, we have to point out: no matter who the shooter — what the shooter’s motives were, no matter who the shooter is, you are going to hear conspiracy theories going forward.
GEORGE STEHANOPOULOS: No question about that. But as you point out, the statements from JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy. Of course, President Trump and his supporters have contributed to this violent rhetoric as well.
RADDATZ: We were just looking back at some of…
