{"id":2342457,"date":"2024-09-17T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T20:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-bristles-at-allegations-it-encouraged-political-violence-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T16:53:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T20:53:04","slug":"white-house-bristles-at-allegations-it-encouraged-political-violence-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-bristles-at-allegations-it-encouraged-political-violence-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House bristles at allegations it encouraged political violence- 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%2Fwhite-house-bristles-at-allegations-it-encouraged-political-violence-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=2342457&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 White House has\u2062 rebutted allegations that President\u2062 Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala\u200d Harris incited political violence by\u200d labeling former President \u200dDonald Trump a &#8220;threat to democracy&#8221; and &#8220;dangerous.&#8221; Press Secretary\u200b Karine Jean-Pierre criticized \u200cthe framing of these questions as dangerous itself, emphasizing the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-scrap-potential-house-speaker-debate-report\/\" title=\"Republicans cancel potential House Speaker debate, according to report.\">healthy political discourse<\/a>\u2063 rather than inflammatory rhetoric. She highlighted Biden&#8217;s recent\u2062 phone call to Trump after an assassination attempt\u2064 on him, \u2063expressing concern for his safety, and referenced the January 6 Capitol attack as context. The discussion\u200c arose during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay-at-Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a>, \u2063when Fox News reporter Peter Doocy questioned how many assassination attempts would prompt Biden and Harris to modify\u2062 their \u2064language about Trump. Jean-Pierre argued that national leaders have a responsibility to communicate carefully, as\u2064 their words can significantly \u200cinfluence their followers&#8217; actions. Trump, in\u200b turn, has blamed Biden and\u200d Harris for creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-joe-biden-energy-crisis\/\" title=\"The Joe Biden Energy Crisis\">hostile political climate<\/a>, arguing that Democratic rhetoric \u200dhas contributed\u2063 to the violence against \u200chim.  <\/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\">White House bristles at allegations Biden and Harris encouraged political violence<\/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_1762556\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> dismissed claims President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, and other Democrats were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-has-sense-of-urgency-as-it-accuses-trump-of-stoking-political-violence\/\" title=\"Biden campaign has \u2018sense of urgency\u2019 as it accuses Trump of stoking political violence\">stoking political violence<\/a> by describing former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> as a &ldquo;threat to democracy&rdquo; and &ldquo;dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The question that you&rsquo;re asking is also incredibly dangerous in the way that you&rsquo;re asking it,&rdquo; press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> told Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre pointed to Biden, for example, calling Trump on the phone this week after last weekend&rsquo;s assassination attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life at the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach near the former president&rsquo;s private resort, Mar-a-Lago, to express his relief that he was not hurt in the incident and to discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>U.S. Secret Service<\/a>. She also cited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jan. 6 attack<\/a> on the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy had asked how many more assassination attempts must there be until Biden and Harris opt for different descriptors for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your question involved a comment in the statement,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We can have a disagreement on policies. We can on issues. That is what we should do. It is important to have those disagreements. It is important to have those disagreements on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>healthcare<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/foreign-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>foreign policy<\/a>. But when you start bringing political rhetoric, political rhetoric, that is not OK.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in Monday&rsquo;s briefing, Jean-Pierre responded to Trump and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hon-thaddeus-g-mccotter-the-democrats-diy-manual-for-autocracy\/\" title=\"Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter: The Democrats\u2019 DIY Manual for Autocracy\">vice president nominee<\/a>, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH), blaming Biden and Harris for the assassination attempts. Vance, in particular, underscored how no Trump supporters had made any attempt on the life of Harris, at least according to public information.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you are a national leader and you have a community that looks up to your leadership and you have a job where you&rsquo;re supposed to make people&rsquo;s lives better, where you&rsquo;re supposed to do the thing that is right on behalf not just say for the American people but on behalf of this country, people entrusted you to do just that,&rdquo; Jean-Pierre said. &ldquo;When you have that type of language out there, it&rsquo;s dangerous. It&rsquo;s dangerous because people look up to that particular national leader and they listen to you when you are a national leader, and when you make comments like that, all it does is create or opens an opportunity for people to listen to you and potentially take you very seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3155272\/trump-blames-biden-harris-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"attributed the assassination attempts\">attributed the assassination attempts<\/a> to Democratic rhetoric on social media, in interviews, and in public appearances. After the first attempt on his life in Pennsylvania on July 13, the former president did initially call for unity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Rhetoric, Lies, as exemplified by the false statements made by Comrade Kamala Harris during the rigged and highly partisan ABC Debate, and all of the ridiculous lawsuits specifically designed to inflict damage on Joe&rsquo;s, then Kamala&rsquo;s, Political Opponent, ME, has taken politics in our Country to a whole new level of Hatred, Abuse, and Distrust,&rdquo; Trump wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113148118321131590\/embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>on Truth Social<\/a>. &ldquo;Because of this Communist Left Rhetoric, the bullets are flying, and it will only get worse! Allowing millions of people, from places unknown, to INVADE and take over our Country, is an unpardonable sin.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harris has called for&nbsp;&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3156876\/harris-civil-dialogue-trump-blames-rhetoric-attempted-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"civil dialogue\">civil dialogue<\/a>&rdquo; and noted she called Trump after the second attempt on his life to check on him. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Political violence of any kind is unacceptable, and I strongly condemn it,&rdquo; Harris said Tuesday on the&nbsp;<em>Chiquibaby<\/em>&nbsp;radio show. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m grateful that he is OK, but we all have to stand up and say enough of this kind of approach. We have to have civil dialogue and discourse. We have to be able to talk through our differences.&rdquo;<\/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_1762556\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1762556\"}});<\/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>The White House reacted strongly to accusations that President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other Democrats were inciting political violence by labeling former President Donald Trump as a &#8220;threat to democracy&#8221; and &#8220;dangerous.&#8221; Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told Fox News reporter Peter Doocy that his question was itself quite dangerous. She highlighted that Biden had reached out to Trump this week after an assassination attempt on him at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, expressing relief that he was unharmed and discussing security matters with the U.S. Secret Service. Jean-Pierre also referenced the January 6 Capitol attack in her response. When Doocy asked how many more assassination attempts would prompt Biden and Harris to change their language regarding Trump, she emphasized the importance of having policy disagreements without resorting to harmful political rhetoric. Earlier in the briefing, she addressed comments from Trump and his vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), who blamed Biden and Harris for these threats against Trump&#8217;s life; Vance noted there had been no similar threats against Harris from Trump supporters based on available information. Jean-Pierre stated that national leaders have a responsibility to set a positive example for their communities, warning that inflammatory language can lead followers to take such comments seriously and potentially act on them.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has consistently linked these assassination attempts to Democratic rhetoric expressed through social media and public statements. Following an earlier attempt on his life in Pennsylvania on July 13, he initially called for unity but later criticized what he termed &#8220;Communist Left Rhetoric,&#8221; claiming it has escalated hatred and distrust in politics while condemning immigration policies as an &#8220;unpardonable sin.&#8221; In contrast, Harris advocated for \u201ccivil dialogue\u201d after reaching out to check on Trump&#8217;s well-being following another attempt on his life. She condemned all forms of political violence during an appearance on the Chiquibaby radio show, urging everyone to promote respectful discourse despite differences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2342458,"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\/karine-jean-pierre-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5609,4133,35049,32076,32127],"class_list":["post-2342457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-allegations","tag-news","tag-political-violence","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/karine-jean-pierre-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342457","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=2342457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}