Voters: Biden attacks ‘led directly’ to assassination attempt on Trump

Published July 17, 2024 4:09pm ET



President Joe Biden’s heated verbal attacks on his reelection opponent and demand that he be stopped at all costs “led directly” to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, a huge swath of likely voters believe.

What’s more, voters believe that those attacks backfired when a lone 20-year-old rifleman tried and failed to kill Trump Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.

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