{"id":2341936,"date":"2024-09-16T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-an-assassins-bullet-solves-nothing-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T16:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:06:17","slug":"biden-says-an-assassins-bullet-solves-nothing-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-an-assassins-bullet-solves-nothing-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden says an assassin&#8217;s bullet &#8216;solves nothing&#8217; &#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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-says-an-assassins-bullet-solves-nothing-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=2341936&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>After a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden strongly condemned political \u2062violence. Speaking at the \u2063National HBCU Week\u2062 Conference in Philadelphia, Biden emphasized that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fired-football-coach-sues-school-officials-for-retaliation-over-political-differences\/\" title=\"Fired Football Coach Sues School Officials for Retaliation Over Political Differences\">political differences<\/a> should be resolved \u2062peacefully through\u200c the electoral process, \u2062stating, &#8220;In \u200cAmerica, there is no place for\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccabe-says-trumps-message-demanding-peace-and-denouncing-violence-is-actually-coded-language-and-a-dog-whistle-to-his-base-to-fight-video\/\" title=\"McCabe Says Trump\u2019s Message Demanding Peace and Denouncing Violence is Actually \u201cCoded Language\u201d and a \u201cDog Whistle\u201d to His Base to Fight (VIDEO)\">political violence<\/a>.&#8221; He expressed that the \u200bcountry has suffered too much from violent acts and that such actions\u2064 only serve to divide the\u200d nation. <\/p>\n<p>Biden praised the Secret \u200dService\u200b for their professional handling \u200bof the situation, ensuring Trump&#8217;s safety, and\u2064 stated that an investigation was ongoing \u2064to \u200bassess any adjustments needed \u2062for security measures. \u200cHe \u200calso highlighted\u200d the necessity for Congress to consider further support for the Secret Service in light of recent events. Biden&#8217;s remarks focused \u200con reinforcing the importance of\u2064 a peaceful\u2064 political discourse and safeguarding democratic processes.  <\/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\">After Trump assassination attempt, Biden says a bullet &lsquo;solves nothing&rsquo;<\/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_1761981\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> condemned political violence after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> survived a second assassination attempt as the former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3155272\/trump-blames-biden-harris-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"casting blame\">cast blame<\/a> on him and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> for the foiled plot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In America, there is no place for political violence,&rdquo; Biden told the National HBCU Week Conference Monday afternoon in Philadelphia. &ldquo;In America, we resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box, not at the end of a gun. America&rsquo;s suffered too many times the tragedy of an assassin&rsquo;s bullet. It solves nothing. It just tears the country apart. We must do everything we can to prevent it and never give it any oxygen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden also commended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> for its &ldquo;expert handling&rdquo; of the situation, with Trump remaining unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the subject is in custody, an acting head of the Secret Service is in Florida today assessing what happened and determining whether any further adjustments need to be made to ensure the safety of our former president,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden told reporters Monday morning that the Secret Service &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3155217\/biden-secret-service-needs-help-second-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"needs more help\">needs more help<\/a>&rdquo; and that&nbsp;Congress &ldquo;should respond to their needs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re going to be talking about,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re deciding whether they need more personnel or not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his brief remarks to reporters Monday and in a statement released on Sunday after the incident, Biden also relayed his relief that Trump was not hurt this time around. Trump&rsquo;s ear was injured during the attempt on his life in July in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank God the president is OK,&rdquo; Biden said Monday on the South Lawn before departing the White House for Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>At roughly the same time, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58,&nbsp;appeared in federal court in Florida&nbsp;and was charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-bidens-would-rather-snub-all-their-grandkids-than-hang-a-christmas-stocking-for-navy-roberts\/\" title=\"The Bidens neglect their grandkids, won&#039;t hang a stocking for Navy Roberts\">federal gun crimes<\/a>, including possessing a firearm despite a prior felony conviction and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Prosecutors allege the Secret Service opened fire at him after seeing a person with a weapon near Trump&rsquo;s West Palm Beach, Florida, golf club while he was golfing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has criticized Biden, Harris, and other Democrats for their rhetoric, complaining they have encouraged the assassination attempts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,&rdquo; Trump said to Fox News about Routh. &ldquo;Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country &mdash; both from the inside and out.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1761981\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1761981\"}});<\/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>Following the assassination attempt on Trump, President Joe Biden denounced political violence, emphasizing that it has no place in America. This statement came after Donald Trump narrowly escaped a second assassination attempt, during which he accused Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of being responsible for the thwarted attack. &#8220;In America, we settle our differences peacefully at the ballot box rather than through violence,&#8221; Biden stated at the National HBCU Week Conference in Philadelphia. He lamented that the nation has experienced too many tragedies due to gun violence and insisted that such actions only serve to divide the country further. He praised the Secret Service for their effective response, ensuring Trump&#8217;s safety during this incident. Biden also mentioned that an acting head of the Secret Service was in Florida assessing security measures following this event and noted that Congress should provide additional support to enhance their capabilities. Expressing relief over Trump&#8217;s safety\u2014especially after a previous incident where Trump sustained an ear injury\u2014Biden remarked, &#8220;Thank God the president is OK.&#8221; Meanwhile, Ryan Wesley Routh was charged with federal gun offenses related to this incident after allegedly being shot at by Secret Service agents near Trump&#8217;s golf club in West Palm Beach while armed. In response to these events, Trump criticized Biden and Harris for their rhetoric, claiming it incited violent actions against him: &#8220;Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at when I am trying to save the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2341937,"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\/09\/ap-joe-biden-media-microphones-091624.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41007,3620,34991,32171,32076],"class_list":["post-2341936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassins-bullet","tag-biden","tag-gun-violence","tag-political-commentary","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ap-joe-biden-media-microphones-091624.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341936","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}