One month after the attempted assassination of President Trump, Democratic elected officials continue to use violent language.
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) proudly declared on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper that Democrats could ultimately defeat the Republican Party’s “MAGA Strain” by electing Kamala Harris in November.
“What I know this election can do is finally kill that (MAGA) strain of the Republican Party,” Booker told Tapper. The host did not attempt to push back on Booker’s comment.
Here is the relevant part of the exchange:
TAPPER: A new chapter? I mean, she’s the incumbent vice president. Democrats have controlled the White House for 12 of the last 16 years. How can Democrats talk about a new chapter? Turning the page, you guys are the ones writing the book?”
BOOKER: Well, you know that that’s not true, Jake, because you know, politics like I do right now, we see the MAGA Republicans in Congress killing all kind of pragmatic policies that we need to get done. On the most contentious issue, we had a bipartisan deal settled by Senator Lankford, a right-wing Republican, and Chris Murphy, a blue-state Democrat.
And what killed that deal wasn’t the sensible Republicans, but really people that were kowtowing to Donald Trump. His influence is egregious and incredible from his appointment of three people to the Supreme Court that are now rolling back the most fundamental of our rights and freedoms like bodily autonomy and reproductive rights.
So to say that the MAGA Republicans are not still undermining common sense, pragmatic, sensible politics is just wrong, and what I know this election can do is finally kill that strain of the Republican Party in a way that I think helps the pragmatic Republicans come back.
WATCH:
Consider the potential reaction if a member of the Republican party had made a similar statement following an assassination attempt on Kamala Harris. The Trump campaign addressed Booker’s remarks through their social media account, @TrumpWarRoom, highlighting the correlation between the timing of the New Jersey senator’s comments and the attack on Trump.
“It has been barely a month since the assassination attempt on President Trump and top Kamala surrogate Cory Booker is calling to ‘kill that [MAGA] strain of the Republican Party.’”
It has been barely a month since the assassination attempt on President Trump and top Kamala surrogate Cory Booker is calling to "kill that [MAGA] strain of the Republican Party" pic.twitter.com/Ix7JVYHpd5
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 25, 2024
