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Trigger Warning: This article contains themes of gun violence that some readers may find distressing.
Republican nominee Donald Trump was escorted to safety this Sunday after what the FBI classified as a possible assassination attempt at his West Palm Beach golf course. The incident unfolded nearly two months after a July shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that the former president survived with a mere graze to his right ear. In light of these attempts, Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, J.D Vance, recently argued a difference between conservatives and liberals.
As reported by CNN, at Atlanta’s Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition dinner, Vance said, “I know it’s popular on a lot of corners of the Left to say that we have a both-sides problem. And I’m not going to say we’re always perfect. I’m not going to say that conservatives always get things exactly right. But you know, the big difference between conservatives and liberals is that we have— no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months, and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months.
