Former First Lady Melania Trump sided with her husband on Wednesday, laying the blame for two assassination attempts on a media landscape she claimed is complicit in allegations from Democrats that former President Donald Trump is a “threat to democracy” who must be “extinguished.”
The former phrase was repeated by Ryan Wesley Routh, who attempted to shoot and kill Trump at his Florida golf course on September 15th, while the latter was made earlier this week by Biden commerce secretary Gina Raimondo. Both are examples of rhetoric that Melania said are motivating Trump critics to grow increasingly violent. “It’s interesting how quiet everything became, all of the mainstream media. There were a few days reporting about July 13th event, and everything then became quiet,” she told Fox News’ Ainsley Earhardt.
“I had a lot of questions,” Melania continued. “What’s going on? This is not normal. And, is it really shocking that all this egregious violence goes against my husband? Especially that we hear the leaders from the opposition party and mainstream media branding him as a threat to democracy, calling him vile names. They’re only fueling a toxic atmosphere and giving power to all of these people that want to do harm to him. This needs to stop. This needs to stop. The country needs to unite, and I encourage everybody to read my letter on July 14th again, because that cannot continue.”
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