A growing group of Republican lawmakers are blaming Joe Biden, claiming his campaign rhetoric led to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13, 2024.
As of Sunday, nearly a dozen lawmakers have pointed fingers at the US President and Democrats at-large for the shooting at the former president's rally in Butler in Pennsylvania, USA.
Many are pointing to a comment from Biden while on a private phone call with donors last week.
The specific reference to "Trump in a bullseye" less than a week before, has led some Republicans to place the burden of the shooting in part on Biden.
"Joe Biden sent the orders", Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins posted on X, formerly Twitter, in a response to a post about Biden's comments to donors.
In another post, Collins wrote "they attempted to neutralize the threat", responding to a separate graphic featuring the president's comments.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, also referenced Biden's bullseye comment in posts on social media.
"Just days ago, Biden said 'it's time to put Trump in a bullseye'. Today, there was an assassination attempt against President Trump", she wrote on X Saturday evening.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, told 9News on Saturday night that she believes "much of the rhetoric from the left has escalated to this moment".
"President Trump was literally put in a bullseye after the President of the United States, the sitting President of the United States, called for him to be put in a bullseye", she said.
When asked if she thinks Biden bears responsibility for the attempted assassination, she replied: "I do believe that Joe Biden is responsible for the shooting today".
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee too took to social media in response to Biden's bullseye statement, too, asking reporters in a post if they plan to delve into the president's comment to donors.
Other Republicans pointed to Democrats' recent efforts to end Trump's Secret Service protection after he became the first president convicted of felony counts for falsifying business records related to hush money payments to an adult film actress.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat and ranking member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced the legislation in April that several House Democrats co-sponsored.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican who blamed the media and several Democrats for the shooting in posts on X, posted a list on the social media platform of Democrats who co-sponsored the legislation.
"Pray for America. The left wants a civil war. They have been trying to start one for years. These people are sick and evil", she wrote.
Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, echoed similar sentiments blaming the left's rhetoric.
"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", he wrote on X.
Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina said Democrats and the media have "recklessly stoked fears", and called Trump and conservatives "threats to democracy".
"Their inflammatory rhetoric puts lives at risk", he also wrote on X.
Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise, the House majority leader who was shot at a practice for a congressional baseball game in 2017, said Democrats have fueled "ludicrous hysteria" about Trump being re-elected.
"Clearly, we’ve seen far left lunatics act on violent rhetoric in the past. This incendiary rhetoric must stop", he said.
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