Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) blamed the media and President Joe Biden immediately following former President Donald Trump’s apparent assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally.
“Today is not just some isolated incident. The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination,” Vance posted on X shortly after the incident Saturday.
Biden’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Vance’s tweet.
Vance also posted a screenshot of a headline from CNN that described Trump as having “fallen” on stage as the story was developing. “Absolute ghouls,” Vance wrote.
“Even in a horrifying moment such as this they just can’t help themselves,” Rubio wrote, also sharing a screenshot of the same CNN headline. (The headline was updated as news developed.)
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