Kamala Harris Said She Spoke To Donald Trump Following Apparent Assassination Attempt, Told Him There “Was No Place For Political Violence”

Vice President Kamala Harris said that she spoke to her political rival Donald Trump to check to “see if he was okay” following an apparent assassination attempt on his life on Sunday.

Speaking at a National Association of Black Journalists event this afternoon, Harris said that she told Trump “what I have said publicly, that there is no place for political violence in our country.”

“I am in this election, in this race, for many reasons, including to fight for our democracy. And in a democracy there is no place for political violence. We can and should have healthy debates and discussion and disagreements, but not resort to violence to resolve those issues.”

In a Fox Digital interview, Trump blamed the assassination attempt on Harris and President Joe Biden’s “rhetoric,” including their warnings that Trump would be a “threat to democracy.”

But Trump has consistently used extreme rhetoric when talking about Biden and Harris, including that the vice president was a “Marxist” and that her policies were “fascist.” In the same Fox interview, Trump said that Biden and Harris “are people that want to destroy our country” and that they were “the enemy from within.”

Biden also called Trump, and the former president said that he “couldn’t have been nicer,” per CNN.

Harris’ NABJ appearance was scheduled after she did not make their convention in July. Trump did appear at that event, where he questioned whether Harris “happened to turn Black,” suggesting that she was changing her political identity because it was more advantageous politically. But that is not true, per a Reuters fact check.

Harris has brushed off Trump’s comments as the “same, old tired playbook.” Trump’s claim was not raised during today’s NABJ interview.

More to come.