Former CNN analyst Chris Cilizza shared a video on social media on Monday blasting people who diminish the assassination attempts made against former President Donald Trump; “Just stop doing it,” Cilizza said.
“I think it is so stupid and counterproductive to spend time trying to downplay the fact that … two times there have been people trying to kill him over the last 90 days. We are not a country in which political violence can be condoned. And just because Donald Trump helped incite Jan. 6 does not make two wrongs equal a right, right?” Cillizza said. “We need to be better than that — not the same or worse. It is a bad thing that twice in 90 days the nominee of one of the two major parties was the victim or the focus of an attempted assassination, period.”
Cillizza continued, saying people questioning whether Trump was shot “are bringing ourselves down, way down, to a place that we don’t want to be as a nation.”
“Political violence is wrong, period, whether it’s against Donald Trump or anyone else. And yes, the attempt at political violence, even if this guy on Sunday didn’t fire any shots is wrong, period,” he added. “I just think there is so much as it comes to Donald Trump that is legitimate for criticism, for dislike and for a vote against that when you spend your time mired in these waters, you are doing a disservice, not just to yourself but to who we are as a people and to our democracy. So just stop doing it. Leave it be … You beat him at the ballot box, you don’t beat him by violence or the threat of violence.”
Watch the clip below:
'Just Stop': Ex-CNN Analyst Unloads On People Downplaying Trump Assassination Attempts pic.twitter.com/bCUgqZDm0G
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