Violence-Inciting Falsehoods
Joe Biden and ABC News are accusing Donald Trump of using violence-inciting rhetoric.
Back in 2018, Just Facts documented that:
- The media was “painting a target on Trump by declaring that he is complicit in murder.”
- “When people publicly criticize each other, there is always a chance that a third party will use those words as a license for violence.”
- “This does not necessarily mean that the critics share the blame” but “the basis for blame rises when people make false allegations.”
Since that time, the media and Democrats have persistently spread falsehoods about Trump that could incite violence because they lead people to believe that Trump will physically harm or kill them. This has continued even after an assassin shot Trump, critically injured two other people, and took the life of Corey Comperatore. Here’s three prime examples:
- The day after the shooting, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and Martha Raddatz claimed that Trump has “contributed” to “violent rhetoric” because he said “it’s going to be a bloodbath” “if I don’t get elected.”
IN FACT, Trump didn’t use the term “bloodbath” as “violent rhetoric” but to describe the effects of Biden’s policies, especially on the auto industry.
- Two days after the shooting, President Biden claimed that he hasn’t said anything that could “incite” violence against Trump while simultaneously accusing Trump of threatening “a bloodbath if he loses.”
- Three days after the shooting, Biden told the NAACP that Trump “called for the National Guard to go after you” as “you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder.”
IN FACT, Trump stated he is an “ally of all peaceful protesters” and that the National Guard should protect “innocent people” from “professional anarchists, violent mobs, arsonists, looters.”
Other pre-shooting examples of falsehoods that could incite violence against Trump include the:
- “migrants are animals” hoax.
- “inciting insurrection” hoax.
- “dictator on day one” hoax.
- “indicting political opponents” hoax.
- “Unified Reich” hoax.
