Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) mentioned Sunday “rhetoric” from Democrats has “incited dangerous people to do dangerous things.”
“For years now, the leading Democrats in this country, the … highest elected officials and the current nominee for president, have gone out and said that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy,” Johnson instructed ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week.” “That, you know, the republic will end if he’s reelected.”
“It’s absolute nonsense,” the Home Speaker added. “And they have incited dangerous people to do dangerous things. The rhetoric has.”
The previous president held a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, the place he confronted an assassination try earlier this 12 months. Requires a cooling of tensions in politics arose following the taking pictures, with President Biden stating on the time that “political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated.”
“It’s time to cool it down,” Biden added in Oval Workplace remarks.
Stephanopoulos famous feedback from Eric Trump on the Pennsylvania rally wherein he mentioned “they tried to kill” the previous president “because the Democratic Party, they can’t do anything right.”
“Do you support those comments or not?” Stephanopoulos requested.
“I — I don’t know what Eric was saying because I only heard just a — a snippet there,” Johnson responded. “I don’t know the context.”
“You just saw it, sir,” the ABC Information anchor minimize in.
“I saw your clip of it, George,” the Home Speaker mentioned. “I didn’t see the full speech. We need to all look at these things in full context. What they’re referring to, though, is the absolute open attacks that have been engaged by Democrats against President Trump since the day he came down that golden escalator in 2016, OK?”
The Hill has reached out to the Democratic Nationwide Committee and the Harris marketing campaign for remark.
