{"id":2295245,"date":"2024-07-15T11:13:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shooting-upends-democrats-threat-to-democracy-rhetoric-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T11:16:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:16:03","slug":"trump-shooting-upends-democrats-threat-to-democracy-rhetoric-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shooting-upends-democrats-threat-to-democracy-rhetoric-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump shooting upends Democrats\u2019 \u2018threat to democracy\u2019 rhetoric &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-shooting-upends-democrats-threat-to-democracy-rhetoric-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2295245&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses\u2062 how Democrats have shifted their focus from attacking former President Donald \u200dTrump to calls for\u2064 unity following an\u200d attempt on his life\u200d at a rally \u2064in\u2063 Pennsylvania. Both\u2062 parties are\u2064 working to tone down political rhetoric and denounce acts of violence. President Joe Biden continues to emphasize the threat \u2064Trump poses to democracy, but the assassination attempt has forced a reassessment \u200bof campaign strategies.\u200c The incident highlights the \u200bneed for a more civil political \u2063climate on both sides. Democrats\u2064 face the challenge of maintaining their campaign \u200dmessage while avoiding partisan reactions, as Trump calls for \u2062national unity. Both \u2062campaigns are adjusting events\u2064 in response to the\u200b shooting, but the challenge remains \u200cin how to navigate the \u200dupcoming days \u200dleading to the \u2064election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump shooting upends Democrats\u2019 \u2018threat to democracy\u2019 rhetoric<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/david-sivak\/\">David Sivak<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-15T09:49:23-04:00\">July 15, 2024 9:49 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701734\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>MILWAUKEE \u2014 <\/strong>Democrats are swapping their attacks on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> with calls for unity after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082224\/trump-im-not-supposed-to-be-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>an attempt on his life<\/a> at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/trump-confirms-he-was-shot-in-right-ear-at-pennsylvania-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania rally<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>But how long the detente lasts (and whether it comes with a change in campaign strategy) is uncertain as members of both parties work to tone down the political rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Painting Trump as a threat to democracy is at the center of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> reelection campaign. He frequently invokes Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn the 2020 election while suggesting the former president wants to install himself as a dictator.<\/p>\n<p>The convention in Milwaukee this week offered another chance to portray Republicans as \u201cMAGA extremists\u201d for nominating Trump. But instead, the events of Saturday prompted Democrats to pull\u00a0their campaign advertising from the airwaves as they joined Republicans in\u00a0denouncing acts of political violence. <\/p>\n<p>Biden hinted on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082172\/biden-lowering-temperature-politics-oval-office-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"he would not abandon the themes\">he would not abandon the themes<\/a> that defined his candidacy even as he forcefully condemned the attempted assassination of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll continue to speak out strongly for our democracy, stand up for our Constitution and the rule of law, to call for action at the ballot box, no violence on our streets,\u201d he said in a prime-time speech from the Oval Office. \u201cThat\u2019s how democracy should work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the gravity of the attack \u2014\u00a0one rallygoer died, while a bullet came within millimeters of killing Trump \u2014 will force the Biden campaign to reassess everything from how harshly to deliver its rhetoric to how often it should focus directly on Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to have to lead to a toned-down political calculus,\u201d Tom Schreibel, a national committeeman for the Republican National Committee, said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on July 14, 2024, about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-president-senior-aide-survives-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"Ukrainian president senior aide survives assassination attempt\">apparent assassination attempt<\/a> of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The wake-up call applies to both sides, Schreibel said. The heated political climate has led to other episodes of violence, including the 2017 shooting of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) at a Congressional Baseball Game practice and, more recently, the hammer attack on ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) husband in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a Democrat issue. This is a whole of America issue,\u201d Schreibel added.<\/p>\n<p>But from a political standpoint, the assassination attempt presents a unique challenge for the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>They are already being blamed for the shooting, with Republicans highlighting Biden\u2019s recent remark that \u201cit\u2019s time to put Trump in a bullseye\u201d following the debate. (The motive of the would-be assassin is not yet clear.)<\/p>\n<p>Democrats also run the risk of coming across as partisan at the same moment Trump is calling for national unity at his nominating convention.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the Biden campaign is dialing back its events. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-video-texas-to-complete-border-wall-section-this-week\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Texas to Complete Border Wall Section this Week\">president canceled<\/a> a Monday trip to Texas for a keynote speech commemorating the Civil Rights Act, while Vice President Kamala Harris will no longer attend a panel conversation in Florida on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/argentina-church-asks-lawmakers-to-search-their-hearts-ahead-of-abortion-vote\/\" title=\"Argentina church asks lawmakers to search their hearts ahead of abortion vote\">abortion rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the challenge in the coming days will be how Biden can raise the stakes of the election without inviting further scrutiny to his remarks. Trump, too, will face criticism if he returns to divisive rhetoric. He has previously compared his political opponents to \u201cvermin.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Evan Power, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, predicted the shooting would energize the bloc of voters already primed to view Trump as a martyr to the conservative cause.<\/p>\n<p>The president trails Trump in a host of battleground states, polling that has gotten worse since his disastrous debate last month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re looking at a much larger win, and our movement will only get stronger because they see the rhetoric that Democrats put out and made him a target, and someone took a shot at him because of that rhetoric,\u201d Power said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, GOP pollster Frank Luntz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrankLuntz\/status\/1812354526781018242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>doubted<\/a> the assassination attempt will offer more than a temporary bump to Trump among independent voters in particular.<\/p>\n<p><em>Marisa Schultz contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701734\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701734\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent attempt on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s life has caused Democrats to shift their focus from attacking him to calling for unity. President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign, which previously painted Trump as a threat to democracy, is now emphasizing the importance of democracy and condemning political violence. However, the attack has forced both parties to reassess their campaign strategies and tone down their rhetoric. The Democrats face the challenge of maintaining a strong stance on important issues while avoiding further scrutiny of their remarks. Trump, on the other hand, must be cautious not to return to divisive rhetoric. The incident may energize Trump&#8217;s supporters, but it is uncertain whether it will have a lasting impact on independent voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2295246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-trump-rally-shooting-1024x592.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,3950,34954,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2295245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-rhetoric","tag-threat-to-democracy","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-trump-rally-shooting-1024x592.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}