ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos has claimed that Donald Trump helped spread the “violent rhetoric” that led to his assassination attempt.
During Sunday’s episode of ABC’s This Week, Stephanopoulos and senior global affairs anchor Martha Raddatz discussed the current political environment.
The 78-year-old former president survived the assassination attempt when the bullet missed him by less than an inch on Saturday afternoon at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Raddatz discussed conspiracy theories that President Joe Biden caused the horrific attack and highlighted a tweet from Trump’s vice president pick JD Vance that said Biden’s rhetoric led to the attack.
“Of course, President Trump and his supporters have also contributed to this violent rhetoric,” Stephanopoulos said, blaming Trump.
During Sunday’s episode of ABC’s This Week, Stephanopoulos (left) blamed Trump’s own “violent rhetoric” for the assassination attempt.
The 78-year-old former president survived the assassination attempt when the bullet missed him by less than an inch on Saturday afternoon.
“Of course, George,” Raddatz agreed.
He went on to list examples of Trump’s references to bloodshed in response to the charges against him.
“This morning we were going over some of the things President Trump has said. Last March he warned of the possibility of death and destruction if the Manhattan district attorney indicted him,” Raddatz said.
‘In January, Trump warned that chaos would ensue in the country if criminal charges against him were successful, and of course in March he said: “If I’m not elected… it will be a bloodbath for the country.”
Stephanopoulos found himself in hot water with the network after harshly criticizing Biden’s performance in his post-debate interview.
Stephanopoulos got into trouble with the network after harshly criticizing Biden’s performance in his post-debate interview.
Stephanopoulos said he did not believe Biden could serve four more years after giving the president his post-debate interview.
The host Asked on the street in Manhattan whether Biden should resign, he replied: “I don’t think I can serve four more years.”
The video soon went viral on the Internet and forced the regular ABC News contributor to issue a statement of regret.
“I answered a question from a passerby today. I shouldn’t have,” he told Puck News in response to the video, which was first posted on TMZ.
ABC News issued its own statement on what Stephanopoulos had said.
‘George expressed his own point of view and not the position of ABC News.’