{"id":2342136,"date":"2024-09-17T07:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T11:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bomb-threats-used-to-excuse-trump-attack-were-hoaxes\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T07:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T11:41:07","slug":"bomb-threats-used-to-excuse-trump-attack-were-hoaxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bomb-threats-used-to-excuse-trump-attack-were-hoaxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb Threats Used To Excuse Trump Attack Were Hoaxes"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fbomb-threats-used-to-excuse-trump-attack-were-hoaxes%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=2342136&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>In the wake of a second \u200cassassination attempt \u200bon former President Donald Trump, NBC News&#8217; Lester Holt controversially connected the incident to unproven bomb \u200bthreats\u200b in Springfield, \u2062Ohio, suggesting that Trump&#8217;s inflammatory rhetoric was fueling political \u2063violence. He \u2064referenced the bomb threats occurring simultaneously with Trump&#8217;s claims\u200d about Haitian immigrants\u2063 in the \u2063area. However, Ohio Governor Mike \u200dDeWine confirmed that all bomb threats were \u200choaxes, dismissing their validity and indicating they originated from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Other media \u200dfigures, such as CBS News\u2019 Norah\u2062 O\u2019Donnell and USA Today\u2019s Rex Huppke, also\u2062 implicated Trump in inciting political violence through his statements. O\u2019Donnell asserted that Trump&#8217;s comments directly\u200b impacted the threats in Springfield, while Huppke accused \u200dhim of remaining passive amidst the chaos linked to his\u200d rhetoric. The New York Times\u2019 Peter Baker further suggested a \u200btimeline in\u2063 which Trump&#8217;s vilification of immigrants coincided with threats against public buildings in Springfield and an attempted attack on Trump himself, drawing a \u200ccontentious parallel between threats and assassination attempts.<\/p>\n<p>a narrative emerged among some media commentators suggesting \u2062that Trump&#8217;s rhetoric was not only irresponsible but potentially dangerous, contributing to\u200d an\u200c environment of\u2062 fear and violence that led to both bomb threats and attempts on his life.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Within hours of the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump on Sunday, NBC News&rsquo; Lester Holt tried to excuse the political violence by linking Trump to unsubstantiated bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today&rsquo;s <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> comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-didnt-lower-temp-between-trump-assassination-attempts\/\" title=\"Dems Didn&#039;t \u2018Lower Temp\u2019 Between Trump Assassination Attempts\">amid increasingly fierce rhetoric<\/a> on the campaign trail itself,&rdquo; Holt <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/16\/alleged-trump-attacker-praised-nbcs-lester-holt-who-blamed-trump-for-attempt-on-his-life\/\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Mr. Trump, his running mate JD Vance, continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-donald-trump-did-not-win-every-state-except-new-york-in-the-2020-election\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: No, Donald Trump Did Not Win Every State Except New York In The 2020 Election\">make baseless claims<\/a> about Haitian immigrants in [Springfield] Ohio. This weekend, there were new bomb threats in that town.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Republican Gov. Mike DeWine <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/16\/us-news\/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-says-springfield-bomb-threats-are-hoaxes-coming-from-overseas-one-particular-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> Monday that all 33 bomb threats were hoaxes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thirty-three threats; 33 hoaxes,&rdquo; DeWine said. &ldquo;None of these had any validity at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have people unfortunately overseas who are taking these actions,&rdquo; he added, according to the New York Post. &ldquo;Some of them are coming from one particular country.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Holt wasn&rsquo;t alone in making the egregious and unsubstantiated connection to try and justify political violence.  <\/p>\n<p>CBS News&rsquo; Norah O&rsquo;Donnell <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1835833050120196219\">claimed<\/a> Trump is the real source of violent rhetoric, bringing on a reporter to link Trump to the fake bomb threats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for inflaming political rhetoric, but the former President&rsquo;s own words seem to be increasing the threat of political violence in Springfield, Ohio. That&rsquo;s where a false and ugly accusation against Haitians &mdash; thousands of whom are legal and permanent residents &mdash; is impacting every day life,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Donnell said before bringing in a reporter to talk about the bomb threats.<\/p>\n<p>USA Today&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/columnist\/2024\/09\/16\/trump-assassination-attempt-golf-course-shooting-violence-hypocrisy\/75251537007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rex Huppke<\/a> also lamented that Trump correctly pointed out Democrats&rsquo; use of inflammatory and assassination-prep type language &ldquo;while he sits idly by as Springfield, Ohio, suffers bomb threats and school evacuations over his outrageous and racist lies about legal Haitian immigrants.&rdquo; Huppke also falsely stated Trump&rsquo;s recent comments highlighting the migrant crisis in Springfield &ldquo;led to repeated bomb threats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times&rsquo; Peter Baker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/16\/us\/politics\/trump-violence-assassination-attempt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> that &ldquo;within days of &hellip; Trump vilifying immigrants on national television &hellip; someone began threatening to blow up schools, City Hall and other public buildings, forcing evacuations and prompting a wave of fear.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Days later,&rdquo; Baker immediately follows up, &ldquo;authorities said, a man who described himself online as a disaffected former Trump supporter made his way with a semiautomatic rifle to the former president&rsquo;s Florida golf course, evidently looking to take a shot.&rdquo; Baker later goes on to compare &ldquo;bomb threats and attempted assassinations&rdquo; as though an entirely fictitious &ldquo;threat&rdquo; is somehow comparable to Trump nearly being murdered. <\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Chait tried to justify the continued use of assassination prep language (like calling Trump a threat to democracy) by linking Trump to the alleged Springfield bomb threats in a piece in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/trump-is-a-threat-to-democracy-saying-so-is-not-incitement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intelligencer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In recent days Trump has been telling wild lies about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. These inflammatory claims have resulted directly in bomb threats that have forced the closings of schools and community events.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, mainstream media wants you to believe that memes inspired by Trump&rsquo;s comments on the migrant crisis in Springfield undoubtedly led to bomb threats (which turned out to be part of a hoax) all the while insisting their own relentless rhetoric calling Trump &ldquo;Hitler&rdquo; and a &ldquo;threat&rdquo; to democracy had no role in the second assassination attempt against him.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the would-be assassin parroted the Democrats&rsquo; false claim that Trump is a threat to democracy, the media linked Trump to fake bomb threats to shift the blame for the assassination attempt away from the left and their provocative rhetoric. Ironically, it&rsquo;s this exact type of inflammatory conjecture &mdash; that Trump was responsible for alleged bomb threats &mdash; that further fans the flame of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Every single member of the propaganda press that falsely linked the unverified bomb threats in Springfield to Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, owes the American people an apology for their further incitement in such a fragile moment in American history. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Sunday, NBC News&#8217; Lester Holt attempted to rationalize the political violence by associating Trump with unverified bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio. He stated, \u201cToday\u2019s apparent assassination attempt occurs alongside escalating rhetoric during the campaign.\u201d Holt claimed that Trump and his running mate JD Vance were making unfounded allegations about Haitian immigrants in Springfield and noted that new bomb threats had emerged over the weekend. However, Republican Governor Mike DeWine confirmed on Monday that all 33 bomb threats were hoaxes. \u201cThirty-three threats; 33 hoaxes,\u201d DeWine remarked, emphasizing their lack of validity.<\/p>\n<p>DeWine also mentioned that some of these actions were being carried out by individuals overseas from a specific country. Holt was not alone in making this questionable connection to justify political violence; CBS News\u2019 Norah O\u2019Donnell suggested that Trump was the true source of violent rhetoric and brought in a reporter to link him to the false bomb threats. She argued that while Trump blamed Democrats for inflaming political discourse, his own statements seemed to escalate tensions regarding Haitian immigrants\u2014many of whom are legal residents.<\/p>\n<p>USA Today\u2019s Rex Huppke criticized Trump&#8217;s remarks about Democrats using inflammatory language while he remained passive as Springfield faced bomb threats due to his &#8220;outrageous and racist lies&#8221; about Haitian immigrants. Huppke inaccurately claimed Trump&#8217;s comments about the migrant crisis led directly to repeated bomb threats.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times\u2019 Peter Baker noted a timeline where shortly after Trump vilified immigrants publicly, there were subsequent bomb threats targeting schools and public buildings in Springfield. He later connected this with an individual who allegedly attempted an armed attack at Trump&#8217;s golf course in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Chait also sought to justify continued use of incendiary language against Trump by linking him with alleged bomb threats stemming from his comments about Haitian immigrants in Springfield.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, mainstream media narratives suggest that memes inspired by Trump&#8217;s remarks contributed directly to these hoaxes while downplaying their own aggressive rhetoric labeling him as a &#8220;threat&#8221; or comparing him to Hitler\u2014rhetoric they claim had no influence on recent violent incidents against him. Despite one would-be assassin echoing claims from Democrats regarding Trump&#8217;s threat level, media outlets shifted blame for the assassination attempt onto Trump through unfounded connections with fake bomb threats\u2014a move seen as exacerbating tensions rather than alleviating them.<\/p>\n<p>Every journalist who falsely associated these unverified claims with Trump owes an apology for inciting further unrest during such a delicate time in American history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2342137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-34-1024x576.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[21090,7380,38736,39031,3634],"class_list":["post-2342136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-hoaxes","tag-misinformation","tag-bomb-threats","tag-security-threats","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-34-1024x576.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342136","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}