MSNBC Anchor Says Trump Should Tone Down Rhetoric After Potential Second Assassination Attempt

“How have we gotten to this point, when the demonization of the other side, where we simply it’s no longer politics, it’s gotten bigger than that, the calls for violence, the violent rhetoric and look at what happens. And this heated rhetoric can only go so far before, unfortunately, it has led to violence on both sides of the aisle, and so I think it is something that Democrats and Republicans have to be very cognizant about,” Jordan continued. “What can we all do to take the temperature down?”

Guests and hosts on MSNBC have previously labeled Trump as a racist, a threat to democracy, fascist and even mentally unstable on the air.

“Do you expect to hear anything from the Trump campaign about toning down the rhetoric, toning down the violence, or would that be atypical of the former president?” Witt asked Jordan after noting that Trump would be reaching out to his supporters after the incident, citing the lack of details surrounding the incident.

“Well, Alex, remember back to the assassination attempt from President Trump’s life how there was talk of a new tone and the Republican convention was, by Trumpian standards, muted and it did seem like he was trying to take it down a few notches, then by the end of his convention speech, we were back to where we started, so I don’t know how long this moment of unity for the country where we come together and we say I don’t want any political opposition to be under threat of violence.”

Trump was shot and slightly wounded on his right ear during an assassination attempt during a July 13 campaign rally in Butler Township, Pennsylvania, that left former volunteer fire chief Corey Comperatore dead and two other attendees wounded.