Elizabeth Warren urges people to 'defend' their positions on issues amid growing calls for cooling down political rhetoric

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma) recently spoke about the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump during her appearance on the Wednesday, July 17 episode of 'The View'.

Joining hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin during the Hot Topics segment, Warren made her case in favor of having disagreements over important issues and resolving them through non-violent ways.

Elizabeth Warren on Donald Trump's assassination attempt

"The first I thought about (after learning of the assassination attempt on Trump) is democracy," Senator Elizabeth Warren shared in response to a question from host Sara Haines.

"And what is the core, foundational principle (of democracy)? I mean all the way down to the bedrock, you brush everything else away. And it's that we have ideas, powerful ideas, important ideas, ideas that are not the same. Things we disagree with each other on passionately, and we resolve it at the ballot box, not with violence. That's it," she explained.

Elizabeth Warren's stance on cooling down political rhetoric

"In my view, cooling down does not mean not talking about things that are powerfully important," Senator Elizabeth told Sunny Hostin when the latter asked about her views on the direction political rhetoric may take in the country in the aftermath of the Pennsylvania shooting.

She highlighted the different standings of Republicans and Democrats on women's healthcare, and noted, "I don't think that as tweaking up the rhetoric."

"I don't want to do name-calling, that's not the point," she continued, before adding, "It's not to get out here and troll, and talk about how people look, or use their names. It's to talk about what the issues are and what the choice will be on November 5. I want people passionate."

Warren felt that people should not have to be overly polite to each other to voice opposing views on issues. The conversation should be more like, "Bring me what you've got and I'll bring you what I've got."

"I think that's what we hunger for. We hunger for people who just won't sit back and watch access to IVF just leave this country, watch half of our population lose access to abortion because an extremist wing of the Supreme Court ... just threw it out the window. I want people to stand up and defend the position I believe in. I want the other side to make their argument. And then I want people to vote on November 5," she added.