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Vice presidential hopefuls J.D. Vance and Tim Walz will face off Tuesday night in the first (and only) vice presidential debate. But it likely won’t be a fair fight. In light of Trump’s criticism of Democrats’ inflammatory rhetoric following the second attempt against this life, one of Tuesday’s VP debate moderators rushed to subvert such concerns, blaming Vance and his running mate for inciting unsubstantiated threats of “political violence.”
After Trump narrowly avoided a second assassination attempt at a West Palm Beach golf course on Sept. 15, CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell effectively took to victim-blaming.
“Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for inflaming political rhetoric, but the former President’s own words seem to be increasing the threat of political violence in Springfield, Ohio,” O’Donnell said. “That’s where a false and ugly accusation against Haitians — thousands of whom are legal permanent residents — is impacting everyday life.”
‘CBS Evening News’ anchor Norah O’Donnell: “Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for inflaming political rhetoric, but the former President’s own words seem to be increasing the threat of political violence in Springfield, Ohio. That’s where a false and ugly accusation against… pic.twitter.com/fF7e3lPndO
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O’Donnell then introduced another CBS reporter who spoke of the alleged bomb threats made against Springfield, Ohio in the wake of Trump and Vance elevating to the national level a conversation about small towns being inundated with migrants.
As it would turn out, all 33 bomb threats
