Trump assassination attempt: Columnist warns of danger after second attempt

Columnists are cautioning Democrats about inflammatory language against former President Trump, with one writer suggesting that the public could become desensitized to political violence.

During "Fox & Friends," columnist and author David Marcus discussed the concerning disparity in American responses to the initial and second assassination attempts on the ex-president and the effects of divisive language.

"On Wednesday, Marcus informed Steve Doocy that nobody altered the TV channel and nobody discussed it. He felt it was palpable. Marcus stated that it was as if nothing had happened, which was terrifying because when we become numb to such events, they can escalate rapidly."

This week, Marcus wrote an op-ed about how "people stopped in their tracks" after the first attempt on Trump's life, but when news of the second one broke, some bystanders responded with, "Are you surprised?"

"No networks interrupted the action for news coverage, my phone remained silent with no notifications, and I believe 90% of the people in the casino or sportsbook were unaware of anything that had happened," he wrote.

If Vice President Kamala Harris' life had been attempted, the news would have been cut away and the games likely suspended. However, this goes beyond media bias; it's about social callousness.

Numerous high-level Democrats have faced criticism for labeling Trump as a "threat to democracy."

On Tuesday, Peter Doocy of Planet Chronicle had a brief but tense conversation with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the Democratic Party's continued use of the term "threat" to describe former President Trump, even after the second attempt on his life over the weekend.

Doocy inquired, "How many more assassination attempts on Trump until the president and vice president, and you choose a different word to describe Trump other than threat?"

"Jean-Pierre disagreed with the premise of the question and found it dangerous to ask in the way it was. He pointed out that American people were watching."

Democratic counterparts have been criticized by Republican opponents after it was discovered that bomb threats against schools in Springfield, Ohio, were actually hoaxes and originated overseas.

Officials believed the heightened security situation in the town was due to the Republicans' rhetoric surrounding the Haitian migrant crisis.

"Gov. Mike DeWine declared during a press conference that there were thirty-three threats and thirty-three hoaxes, emphasizing that none of them were valid."

Unfortunately, there are individuals overseas engaging in these actions, and some of them are from a specific country. He declined to specify which country the threats were originating from.

Democrats, including Harris, who criticized Republicans for highlighting the migrant surge's impact on the local community, should apologize to the American people for jumping to conclusions.

"Marcus stated, "This whole thing is unconscionable. The bomb threats to the schools in Springfield, Ohio, were foreign hoaxes. We don't know from which country because Governor DeWine won't tell us, but these are most likely information operations meant to sow division. If so, well done.""

"The Democrats and their media allies are pushing this narrative that Trump and Vance are being unfairly blamed for Trump's own assassination. The worst part of this is that the people of Springfield, Ohio, who I recently spent time with, are being falsely labeled as racist MAGA monsters who want to blow up schools."

"It is evident that this implication is false, and it is a shameful deception. These individuals deserve an apology from the media and Vice President Kamala Harris."

Planet Chronicle' Andrew Mark Miller and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.