Political Violence on the Rise

Former FBI agent warns rhetoric likening Trump to dictator led to assassination attempt: 'Unprecedented'

Former FBI agent Tim Clemente said heated rhetoric equating former President Trump to a dictator likely led to the latest assassination attempt on Sunday.

"I would think we‘re going to find that this guy is extremely politically motivated," Clemente said of suspect Ryan Routh, during a CNN appearance.

Clemente said Routh was "probably was spurred on by much of the political diatribes that are going on these days, talking about Trump, equating him to Hitler and things like that."

"So I don‘t think this is the last we‘ll see of crazies out there trying to do this," he warned.

"It is unprecedented in a civilized society. And I think we‘re becoming more and more uncivilized, sadly, with the political diatribes that are going on and the political indictments of either candidate," Clemente responded.

He went on to blame media pundits calling Trump "Hitler" for his "bloodbath" comments about the auto industry as an example of rhetoric that's "led to" these attempts on Trump's life.

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