President Biden continued to argue that Donald Trump is a danger to democracy just one day after calling for Americans to “lower the temperature in our politics” following the assassination attempt on Trump. “If you notice, what do I talk about with him?” Biden asked NBC’s Lester Holt during a sit-down interview at the White House. “A policy issue where he’s dividing the country, a policy issues that relate to democracy.

President Biden revealed that his phone call with former President Donald Trump was “very cordial” after the assassination attempt on Saturday.”I told him how concerned I was and wanted to make sure I knew how he was actually doing,” Biden told NBC’s Lester Holt during an interview on Monday night. “He sounded good. He said he was fine, and he thanked me for calling.

MILWAUKEE — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott delivered a rousing speech on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, focusing his attention on how God saved former President Trump during the assassination attempt on Saturday. “Our God still saves. He still delivers, and he still sets free. Because on Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle,” Scott said. “But an American lion got back up on his feet, and he roared.

President Biden admitted it was a mistake to talk about putting Donald Trump “in a bull’s-eye” several days before the assassination attempt on the former president.”It was a mistake to use the word … I meant focus on him: Focus on what he’s doing, focus on one on his policies, focus on the number of lies he told,” Biden told NBC’s Lester Holt during a sit-down interview at the White House set to air Monday evening.

President Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night, saying the attempted assassination of former President Trump is forcing Americans to “take a step back” and calling on all sides to “lower the temperature in our politics.””My fellow Americans, I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics,” Biden said. “Do remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies.

Security experts are questioning why the building whose roof served as a shooter’s perch for the assailant responsible for Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Trump appeared to not have been secured in advance by law enforcement officials.”It’s a no-brainer,” Kevin Maloy, a former retired special agent with the State Department, told Fox News Digital.

House Republicans huddled for a somber safety discussion less than 12 hours after the attempted assassination of former President Trump.House GOP lawmakers spoke with their sergeant at arms via conference call on Sunday afternoon where questions about security at the Republican National Convention dominated discussion.”I think most are angered by the failure of security yesterday,” one House Republican on the call told Fox News Digital.

Former President Trump is “extremely lucky” to be alive after a deadly assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, according to two special forces soldiers.”He is extremely lucky to be alive,” James Pechi, a Marine veteran who later served as a Green Beret, said of the former president in an interview with Fox News Digital.”I was trying to look at this, trying to figure out what was the shot, what was going on,” he added.