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Critics are calling out Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) for demanding that “the left” tone down its rhetoric while taking little responsibility for the inflammatory comments from both himself and his running mate, Donald Trump . Speaking after another attempt on Trump’s life, Vance called for a “reduction in the ridiculous and inflammatory political rhetoric.
” “We cannot tell the American people that one candidate is a fascist and if he’s elected it is gonna be the end of American democracy,” he insisted . Yet Trump has used that exact word ― “fascist” ― to describe Vice President Kamala Harris and also claimed she would be the end of the nation. Trump has also called her a “ radical left lunatic ,” “Marxist” and a “communist,” among other things.
He’s claimed that Harris is trying to “destroy” the country, and told supporters that if Harris wins “you’re not gonna have a country anymore.” Trump has also repeatedly called Democrats “enemies of the people,” while both Trump and Vance have made false and inflammatory claims of immigrants stealing and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. That’s led to bomb threats against schools and evacuations in the community.
Yet Vance ― who last month said Harris can “ go to hell ” ― rejected the notion that there’s any degree of shared blame on “both sides.” “I’m not going to say that conservatives always get things exactly right,” he said. “But you know the big difference between conservatives and liberals is that no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months, and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months.
I’d say that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric and needs to cut this crap out.” Critics slammed Vance for his one-sided call to tone down the rhetoric ― and for failing to mention Trump’s own inflammatory claims and comments: Blaming one political party for the overheated rhetoric and violence in this country is ignorant and disingenuous, and marks another low point in the increasingly sad saga of @JDVance . https://t.
co/TEcFl4mtCb Why doesn't his mouth just catch fire? https://t.co/ioVsQig3KD "People need to stop fucking setting fire to shit. STOP IT!" says arsonist.
https://t.co/SCUqD6CBEF https://t.co/yMhcW20kYJ pic.
twitter.com/YwK9HZos9U Does he have any idea how tone deaf this sounds after lying about Hatian immigrants eating people's pets? https://t.co/5iMNylBzvA Trump woke up Sunday and sharted "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT" into his phone.
But sure. Dems need to tone the rhetoric. https://t.
co/zfSEnMvgEC Who’s gonna tell him? https://t.co/G8Ng6HhBQI You told Kamala Harris to go to hell last week. https://t.
co/V77QbAy0Lj VANCE TODAY: “We cannot tell the American people that one candidate is a fascist.” TRUMP 11 DAYS AGO: “Kamala Harris is the first major party nominee in American history who fundamentally rejects freedom and embraces Marxism, communism, and fascism.” pic.
twitter.com/VbrhbbsxGn https://t.co/Iy520EjvEf Says the guy who shut down hospitals and schools with his inflammatory racist rhetoric.
Rot https://t.co/xF8twAkCtr JD VANCE: We cannot call one candidate a fascist DONALD TRUMP: pic.twitter.
com/aCmVpvX9Bm https://t.co/r6gEcB87mm pic.twitter.
com/9VIXG2IzYY He cannot be serious. https://t.co/2skMkus8Fw But it's okay to call another candidate a communist? https://t.
co/QjgfknZ1f0 But calling all Dems “Marxists” and “Commies” is cool? lol gtfoh Consider supporting HuffPost starting at $2 to help us provide free, quality journalism that puts people first. Can't afford to contribute? Support HuffPost by creating a free account and log in while you read. Thank you for your past contribution to HuffPost.
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