Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Sunday called for Republicans to temper their rhetoric after the attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life during the party’s national convention, which began on Monday.
During an appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Psaki argued that it was the GOP’s responsibility to “restore civility” to political discourse. “The convention is starting and unless the programming changes, the rhetoric and how the programming is set up is not actually calming the tone or restoring civility,” she said before asserting that if the programming “stays the same, that is escalating it.”
Host Kristin Welker discussed President Joe Biden pulling his political ads after the attempt on Trump’s life and asked Psaki how she thinks the president “sees his role right now.”
Psaki replied, saying Biden responded, “as a human…
