By Col. Bill Connor ——Bio and Archives--September 23, 2024

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Unlike what happened after the first Trump assassination attempt when Democrats and media acknowledged the need to tone down the rhetoric, now after the second attempt they are doubling down on inciting rhetoric against Trump. The day after an assassin was engaged by Secret Service within a few hundred yards of shooting Trump on his golf course, Hillary Clinton called Trump a “threat to our country and the world”.

A day later, the New York Times blamed the victim “The Anger That Defines And Threatens Trump”. Democratic Congressman Jim Himes said what many other Democrats and media figures have claimed:

“[When Trump] uses the language he does . . . the level of violence will increase.” (NY Post, Sept. 19, 2024)

Only five days after the attempt, a new and more ominous talking point developed. Liberal New York Times Senior Political Correspondent Maggie Haberman attacked Trump for showing signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and weakness “Looking at his face was very telling, because you see his eyes dart off to the right, and he jerks his body, and he says it that he thought that somebody was coming up to the stage, He is on edge…. an........

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