{"id":2329487,"date":"2024-08-22T19:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T23:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-claims-democrats-apocalyptic-rhetoric-heightening-trump-security-worries-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T23:24:03","slug":"vance-claims-democrats-apocalyptic-rhetoric-heightening-trump-security-worries-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-claims-democrats-apocalyptic-rhetoric-heightening-trump-security-worries-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance claims Democrats\u2019 \u2018apocalyptic rhetoric\u2019 heightening Trump security worries after assassination attempt &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fvance-claims-democrats-apocalyptic-rhetoric-heightening-trump-security-worries-after-assassination-attempt-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=2329487&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>Senator J.D. \u200cVance\u200b (R-OH) \u2063has urged Democrats\u2063 to moderate their rhetoric regarding former \u200dPresident Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-health-nominee-mum-on-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/\" title=\"Biden Health Nominee Mum On Taxpayer Funded Abortion\">expressing concerns<\/a>\u2064 that inflammatory comments could provoke dangerous actions from individuals. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">recent press conference<\/a> in North Carolina, Vance \u200breferenced Trump&#8217;s recent assassination attempt and emphasized that extreme \u200blanguage, \u2063such as labeling Trump\u200c an existential threat to democracy, could lead &#8220;crazy people&#8221; to take matters into their own hands. He\u2062 noted that while the polarizing dialogue seemed to\u2062 diminish after the incident, there are signs \u200dthat Democrats\u200b are intensifying their criticisms ahead of \u200cthe Democratic National \u2062Convention (DNC) in\u200c Chicago. Noting speeches from various\u200d Democratic leaders at the DNC that criticized Trump&#8217;s character and his impact on the Republican Party, Vance called on his \u2064Democratic colleagues to reconsider\u200c their use of &#8220;apocalyptic \u200drhetoric.&#8221; He highlighted the potential consequences of advocating that Trump must be\u200c &#8220;stopped at all costs,&#8221; warning that \u2064it \u2062could elicit unreasonable reactions from some individuals.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance claims Democrats&rsquo; &lsquo;apocalyptic rhetoric&rsquo; heightening Trump security worries after assassination attempt<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1734825\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) urged the Left to soften its rhetoric around former President Donald Trump at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a>,&nbsp;as he worried &ldquo;crazy people are going to take actions into their own hands.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in North Carolina on Wednesday, Vance reflected on Trump&rsquo;s near brush with death last month and said even &ldquo;Democrats recognize that when you say that the guy is an existential threat to American democracy, sometimes that means crazy people are going to take actions into their own hands.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a> expressed concern that while polarizing rhetoric had dropped &ldquo;a little bit&rdquo; in the wake of the assassination attempt on the former president, Democrats are &ldquo;trying to ramp the rhetoric back up&rdquo; at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-no-more-hiding-joementia-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"White House Report Card: No more hiding #Joementia - Washington Examiner\">week&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s DNC in Chicago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio senator urged &ldquo;my Democratic friends to maybe pump the brakes a little bit on the apocalyptic rhetoric around Donald Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump appears with his running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) during a campaign rally at North Carolina Aviation Museum, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Asheboro, North Carolina. (AP Photo\/Julia Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope that they remember when you tell the American people that this guy must be stopped at all costs, most people are going to respond to that reasonably, some people are going to take crazy actions and take matters into their own hands,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>In his remark to the press, Vance specifically mentioned concerns over speakers from the second night of the high-profile Democratic event. Top Democrats from across the country took to the stage on Tuesday as they warned voters about the dangers of another Trump term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lvwm3VRPSdg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>&nbsp;called<\/a> the former president &ldquo;dangerous&rdquo; as he told attendees that &ldquo;Trump chooses cruelty,&rdquo; and John Giles, an Arizona mayor, worried that under Trump, the Republican Party had been &ldquo;kidnapped by extremists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Angela Alsobrooks, who is making a bid for a Maryland Senate seat, told the DNC she was &ldquo;frozen in fear&rdquo; that &ldquo;this one man and his extremist MAGA movement&rdquo; could once again &ldquo;come to power.&rdquo; Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) also worried Trump was trying to &ldquo;take away my rights and freedoms&rdquo; and warned that Republicans will &ldquo;prosecute doctors and they will shame and spy on women.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The night before, Rep. Jamie Raskin&rsquo;s (D-MD)&nbsp;speech to DNC attendees attracted fire when he issued a dire warning to Vance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;J.D. Vance, do you understand why there was a sudden job opening for running mate on the GOP ticket? They tried to kill your predecessor!&rdquo; Raskin said as he referenced the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol where he claimed people chanted &ldquo;hang Mike Pence,&rdquo; who was Trump&rsquo;s vice president at the time.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They tried to kill him because he would not follow Trump&rsquo;s plan to destroy and nullify the votes of millions of Americans,&rdquo; Raskin continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign slammed Raskin for being &ldquo;willing to politicize talking about assassinations just one month&rdquo; after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally.&nbsp;<\/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_1734825\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1734825\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) has called on Democrats to tone down their extreme language regarding former President Donald Trump during the Democratic National Convention, expressing concern that such rhetoric could provoke unstable individuals to take drastic actions. In a press conference in North Carolina on Wednesday, Vance reflected on Trump&#8217;s recent close call with death and noted that even Democrats understand that labeling someone as an &#8220;existential threat&#8221; can lead some people to act irrationally. He pointed out that while the inflammatory rhetoric had somewhat decreased following the assassination attempt on Trump, it seems to be escalating again at this week&#8217;s DNC in Chicago. Vance urged his Democratic counterparts to reconsider their alarming statements about Trump, emphasizing that when they suggest he must be stopped at all costs, it may lead some individuals to respond dangerously.<\/p>\n<p>During his comments, Vance highlighted concerns over remarks made by speakers at the DNC&#8217;s second night. Prominent Democrats warned of the risks associated with another term for Trump; Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker labeled him &#8220;dangerous,&#8221; while Arizona Mayor John Giles expressed fears about extremists taking over the Republican Party under Trump&#8217;s influence. Angela Alsobrooks, a Maryland Senate candidate, shared her anxiety about Trump&#8217;s potential return to power alongside his extremist supporters. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) voiced her worries about losing rights and freedoms under a Republican administration.<\/p>\n<p>The previous night saw Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) draw attention for his harsh warning directed at Vance regarding Trump&#8217;s past actions and threats against former Vice President Mike Pence during the January 6 Capitol riot. Raskin accused those involved of attempting violence because Pence refused to support Trump&#8217;s efforts to overturn election results.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the Trump campaign criticized Raskin for politicizing discussions of assassination attempts so soon after one occurred against Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2329488,"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\/08\/Trump.-1-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2329487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump.-1-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329487","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}