JD Vance blames Biden's campaign rhetoric

Ohio Senator JD Vance, a possible Republican candidate for vice president, was quick to blame President Joe Biden’s campaign after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

“Today is not an isolated incident,” Vance posted on X about two hours after the incident. “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 attempt on President Trump.”

One person was killed and two others were seriously injured after someone fired shots outside Trump’s rally in Butler, about 40 miles from the Ohio border, the Secret Service said. The former president raised his fist as agents led him off the stage. Blood was visible on the side of his face.

Trump later said he had been shot. In a statement, the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee said he was “doing well and was grateful to law enforcement and emergency responders for their quick response.”

The suspected shooter is dead. Authorities are investigating the shooting as an attempted murder, the Associated Press reported.

“There is no place for this kind of violence in America,” Biden said on Saturday. “It’s sick. It’s one of the reasons we must unite this country. We cannot allow this to happen. We cannot be like this. We cannot tolerate this.”

The shooting occurred a day before Republicans are expected to arrive in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. Vance is one of the leading candidates to be Trump’s vice presidential nominee, and the former president is expected to announce his choice in the coming days.

More about Vance:Vice presidential candidate JD Vance has numerous ties to Columbus and calls it his home

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