Harris touches base with Trump after second assassination attempt

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with former President Donald Trump on the phone on Tuesday, two days after a second assassination attempt on the former president was thwarted by the Secret Service.

The phone call occurred a day after President Joe Biden spoke with the former president about his security detail, but details on the discussion were not released. However, Trump described the Biden phone call as "very nice," and the White House maintained that the conversation was "cordial." 

Harris said she condemned political violence during the phone call, and observed that she was "grateful" Trump was safe, after a man allegedly aimed a gun at the former president on his golf course in Florida on Sunday. A suspect in the incident has been arrested and charged.

“I checked on to see if he was okay. And, I told him what I have said publicly– there’s no place for political violence in our country," Harris said at a panel with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), according to The Hill. "I am in this election and this race for many reasons, including to fight for our democracy and in a democracy, there is no place for political violence."

The conversation took place after Trump slammed Biden and Harris on Monday for using dangerous rhetoric that inspired the attack. 

"He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it," Trump said at the time. "Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out."

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.