Under-fire ABC News host George Stephanopoulos suggests Trump is to blame for 'violent rhetoric' after assassination attempt

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By Rachel Bowman For Dailymail.Com

Published: 16:31 EDT, 15 July 2024 | Updated: 16:31 EDT, 15 July 2024

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos has claimed that Donald Trump helped dispersed nan 'violent rhetoric' that led to his assassination attempt.

During Sunday's section of ABC's This Week Stephanopoulos and chief world affairs anchor Martha Raddatz discussed nan existent governmental environment. 

The erstwhile president, 78, survived nan effort connected his life erstwhile nan slug missed him by little than an inch connected Saturday afternoon, astatine a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania.  

Raddatz discussed conspiracy theories that President Joe Biden caused nan horrific onslaught and noted a tweet from Trump's Vice President pick J.D Vance that Biden's rhetoric led to nan attack.

'Of course, President Trump and his supporters person contributed to this convulsive rhetoric, arsenic well,' Stephanopoulos said, blaming Trump.

During Sunday's section of ABC's This Week Stephanopoulos (left) blamed Trump's ain 'violent rhetoric' for nan effort connected his life

The erstwhile president, 78, survived nan effort connected his life erstwhile nan slug missed him by little than an inch connected Saturday afternoon

'Absolutely, George,' Raddatz agreed.

She went connected to database examples of Trump referencing bloodshed successful consequence to nan charges against him.

'We were conscionable looking backmost this greeting astatine immoderate of nan things President Trump has said. He warned past March of imaginable decease and demolition if he were charged by nan Manhattan territory attorney,' Raddatz said.

'Trump successful January warned of bedlam successful nan state if nan criminal charges against him succeeded, and of course, successful March he said, "Now if I don't get elected… it's going to beryllium a bloodbath for nan country."'

Stephanopoulos was in basking h2o pinch nan network aft he gave a damning connected Biden's capacity successful his station statement interview.

Stephanopoulos was successful basking h2o pinch nan web aft he gave a damning connected Biden's capacity successful his station statement interview

Stephanopoulos said he did not deliberation Biden tin service 4 much years aft giving nan president his post-debate interview

The host was asked connected nan thoroughfare successful Manhattan if Biden should measurement down and responded: 'I don't deliberation he tin service 4 much years.'

The video soon caught occurrence connected nan net and forced nan longtime ABC News fixture has offered a connection of regret. 

'Earlier coming I responded to a mobility from a passerby. I shouldn't have,' he told Puck News successful consequence to nan video, initially posted connected TMZ.

ABC News issued their ain connection connected what Stephanopoulos had been caught saying.

'George expressed his ain constituent of position and not nan position of ABC News.'

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