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Trump assassination shooter identified; bystander killed in attack

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Some Republican politicians and media personalities have begun pointing fingers at Biden and the Democrats and assigning blame for today’s shooting.

Republican Senator JD Vance of Ohio, who is on Trump’s list for the vice presidential nomination, tweeted that he believed the Biden campaign’s rhetoric directly contributed to a shooting attempt.

“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. This rhetoric led directly to the assassination of President Trump,” he wrote on X.

Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia blamed Biden directly, writing on X: “Joe Biden gave the orders,” citing a quote Biden reportedly made during a call with donors on Monday. According to Politico, which reportedly obtained a recording of the call, Biden said: “I have one job, and that is to defeat Donald Trump. I am absolutely certain I am the best person to do it. So, we are done with the debate, it is time to target Trump.”

Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who was shot at a congressional baseball practice in 2017, criticized Democratic leaders, writing on X that they had “fomented the ridiculous hysteria that the re-election of Donald Trump would mean the end of democracy in America.”

Scalise continued: “We have seen very clearly in the past that left-wing crazies have responded with violent rhetoric. This inflammatory rhetoric must stop.”

Trump adviser Stephen Miller echoed Scalise’s statement, writing on X: “The entire Democratic Party campaign message was the vile and monstrous lie that Trump and the Republicans were trying to end democracy. This mammoth lie, this sinister poison, this horrific hatred and slander must stop. It must stop.”

In the larger right-wing media, the mood tended towards conspiracy theories.

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk claimed in a livestream immediately afterwards: “The Democrats wanted this and are upset that it didn’t work.” Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones blamed the “deep state.”

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