Claim: Clinton and Biden hate talk made Trump shooting ‘inevitable’

Published July 16, 2024 2:20pm ET



When 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot into former President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday, the assassination attempt probably didn’t surprise political commentator Tammy Bruce.

For over two decades, Bruce has been warning about the hate-and-fear talk spouted by leftists. In her latest book, simply titled Fear Itself, she has pointed to the violent descriptions used by Trump’s opponents, Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Joe Biden, and how they threatened the former president.

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