Alyssa Farah Griffin slams Trump and Vance for their 'escalatory rhetoric' after second assassination bid

WASHINGTON, DC: In an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Alyssa Farah Griffin emphasized the need to address "political rhetoric" in the wake of a second assassination attempt against Donald Trump.

At the same time, she highlighted, "But one of the biggest offenders of escalatory rhetoric is Donald Trump and JD Vance." Both the GOP nominee and his campaign have shifted blame toward Democrats while neglecting their own inflammatory statements.

Alyssa Farah Griffin says current policial atmosphere calls for 'serious leadership'

Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as the White House Director of Strategic Communications during the presidency of Donald Trump, stated that this is "a moment for sobriety that calls for serious leadership," noting the lack of self-reflection from those involved.

She pointed out the former president's comments to Fox News, where he accused Democrats of being "responsible" for the rhetoric, but then undermined his own stance by labeling them the "enemy from within."

Griffin cautioned, "That’s the kind of language our adversaries love to hear us throwing around. It tears us apart from within. And by the way, it does put people at risk." 

On X (formerly Twitter), she wrote, "We live in a dangerous, polarized moment in politics & we all have a duty to take the temperature down. We also have to be honest. It’s simply dishonest for Trump & his allies to say his opponents shouldn’t use the very language he regularly uses: fascist, enemy within, vermin, traitors, you won’t have a country.." 

Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro address normalization of political violence in America

On 'The View', which Alyssa Farah Griffin cohosts alongside Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, and Sara Haines, she discussed the implications of the assassination attempts.

She began, "Thank God he’s okay and it’s wild that we’re here again just weeks after the former assassination attempt." Expressing concern over the security measures, the political strategist stated, "Now former US presidents have faced assassination plots... but never something that got this close."

Hostin echoed Griffin's sentiments, saying, "I am so saddened and disturbed by the fact that political violence is so normalized in this country." She brought up a University of Chicago poll which apparently indicates that 10% of American adults believe violence against Trump is acceptable.

Pointing out how politicians across the aisle have posted on social media about there being no space for political violence in America, Navarro asked, "What America do these folks live in that they think there’s no space for political violence?"

She went on to cite incidents like the 2011 shooting of former Rep Gabby Giffords, the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting, the 2022 hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband, and the January 6 Capitol Hill riot, emphasizing that "we have had now two different attempts on Donald Trump."

Navarro went on to say, "This is the America that we live in and policial violence is very much a part of it. Bomb threats in Springfield, I consider that policial violence. Threats against Taylor Swift because she made an endorsement which we all have a right to do, I consider that political violence."