White House distances Biden's 'threat to democracy' rhetoric from Trump assassination attempt

The White House defended President Joe Biden from former President Donald Trump‘s claim that the incumbent’s rhetoric that his predecessor is a “threat to democracy” could have motivated the young man who tried to kill him.

“The president has always been very clear: When it comes to violent political rhetoric, there’s no place, no place here in this country, in our nation, for it,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday. “He’s always spoken about that. He’s spoken about that for the past, you know, the past several years, throughout his career.”