Democrats turn up heat on rhetoric after past vows to cool political temperature
By
Jack Birle
October 24, 2024 6:19 pm
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Democrats called for the political temperature to be lowered earlier this year, but in the closing days of the election campaign, they have increasingly upped their rhetoric against former President Donald Trump.
Prior to President Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race in July, his campaign made Trump’s conduct and the alleged “threat to democracy” he posed as their main argument, but that strategy was paused after the attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Democrats and Republicans had called for the political temperature to be cooled, with Biden, then still the presumptive Democratic nominee, leading the charge.
“I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics and to remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies. We’re neighbors. We’re friends, coworkers, citizens. And, most importantly, we are fellow Americans. And we must stand together,” Biden said during a speech to the country on July 14. “Yesterday’s shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania calls on all of us to take a step back, take stock of where we are, how we go forward from here.”
Democrats had ramped up their criticism of Trump as Biden began to crater in the polls following a disastrous debate performance in June. Biden has said that he told donors that Trump should be put in the “bullseye,” and the left-wing the New Republic blended a picture of Trump as Adolf Hitler on its cover days before the assassination attempt. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), a Trump ally, and some other Republicans blamed the attempt on Trump’s life on the fiery rhetoric spurred on by Democrats.
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