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“I was shot because of provocative speech”… Differences from the first assassination crisis with emphasis on ‘unification’
“No influence from the middle class” “Unfavorable to Harris”… Opinions on influence on presidential voters are mixed
The second assassination attempt on former US Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump on the 15th (local time) is shaking up the presidential election, which is about 50 days away. Candidate Trump, who had emphasized “unity” during the first assassination attempt on July 13, has rallied his hard-core supporters this time, saying that harsh remarks made by President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris have influenced the subsequent assassination attempts.
Trump was playing golf at his own golf course, Trump International Golf Club, in West Palm Beach, Florida, when he suffered his second assassination attempt by Ryan Wesley Rouse. At the time, Rouse was aiming an AK-47-type rifle at Trump, but was caught by U.S. Secret Service agents, shot, and fled before being caught. According to the FBI and others, Rouse had been critical of Trump, emphasizing the need to support the war in Ukraine.
However, there are mixed analyses on the impact of this incident on the presidential election, especially on moderate voters. The results of direct opinion polls regarding the second assassination attempt have not yet been released, but recent surveys show that Harris’s approval ratings are steadily rising. Harris, who was evaluated as having won the TV debate on the 10th, has since been ahead of Trump in national approval ratings as well as in Pennsylvania, which is considered the most competitive state. On the other hand, Nate Silver, a famous political data analyst, diagnosed on his website on the 17th, “The assassination attempt could have the effect of cutting off Harris’s approval ratings. The overall environment of the presidential election is still favorable for Trump (who has a strong support base).”
● Trump: “Only important presidents are targeted for assassination”
On the 17th, two days after the assassination attempt, Trump held a campaign rally in Flint, Michigan, another battleground state, and said that “only important presidents get shot,” and that performing the duties of the presidency and running for president are dangerous.
In an interview with Fox News Digital on the 16th, he claimed that the aggressive rhetoric and excessive hostility from candidate Harris and President Biden, who attacked him as an “enemy of democracy,” led to the second assassination attempt.
“I got shot because of their rhetoric. They use very inflammatory language,” Trump said. “I’m a country savior, and they’re a country destroyer.”
This is in contrast to his emphasis on “unity” immediately after the first assassination attempt, saying it was “an opportunity to bring the world together.” Some are analyzing that Trump is using the second assassination attempt as an opportunity to strengthen his attacks on Harris and rally his support base in order to overcome his loss in the TV debate and stagnation in his approval ratings.
● Polls after TV debate show Harris ahead
Meanwhile, according to the results of a survey of 11,022 voters conducted by polling firm Morning Consult from the 13th to the 15th and released on the 17th, candidate Harris is ahead of candidate Trump (45%) by 6 percentage points with 51% support. In the company’s survey conducted from the 4th to the 6th of this month before the TV debate, candidate Harris’s support was 49%, 3 percentage points ahead of candidate Trump (46%), but the gap has widened.
A poll conducted by USA Today and Suffolk University in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, from the 11th to the 15th showed the same result. Harris’s approval rating was 49%, higher than Trump’s (46%). Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that “a second assassination attempt could strengthen Trump’s support, but it won’t have much of an impact on independents and swing voters.”
In a phone call with Trump on the 17th, Harris offered her condolences regarding the assassination attempt. However, she continued to attack Trump. In an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists on the same day, she criticized Trump’s remarks during the TV debate that “Haitian immigrants eat the dogs and cats of the residents of Springfield, Ohio,” saying, “It’s so shameful that it brings tears to my eyes.”
Washington = Correspondent Moon Byeong-gi [email protected]
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