CNN’s Jake Tapper brought the receipts after House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were crying about meanie Kamala Harris “normalizing violence” with her language about Trump. Tapper can get on my last nerve at times, but this was spot on.
On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) issued a joint statement weighing on Vice President Kamala Harris‘ characterization of former President Donald Trump as a “fascist.” CNN host Jake Tapper was having none of it on his Friday broadcast.
As the Hill reported, both Johnson and McConnell suggested that Harris calling her opponent a fascist could potentially invite more political violence ahead of the November election. The two Congressional Republican leaders said it’s important to not “allow this violence to be normalized,” referencing the July incident in which a would-be assassin barely missed Trump at a Pennsylvania rally and a September incident in which a man with a rifle was spotted at Trump’s Florida golf course.
